Appcircle is a Developer tools tool: Mobile CI/CD, testing distribution and in-house app store.

How much does Appcircle cost?

Appcircle uses a Freemium model; see the vendor's pricing page for current plans.

What are the best alternatives to Appcircle?

Community-listed alternatives to Appcircle include Auth0, Cursor, Postman, Apidog.

What does Appcircle integrate with?

Appcircle integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, App Store Connect, Google Play Console and more.

Which platforms does Appcircle support?

Appcircle is available on web, linux.

Appcircle

Mobile CI/CD, testing distribution and in-house app store

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Appcircle is a developer tools tool for Developers and Enterprise, offered as freemium. Popular alternatives include Auth0, Cursor, Postman.

About Appcircle

Appcircle is a mobile DevOps platform that grew out of Smartface, a mobile development company with roots in Turkey; the two products for mobile CI/CD were announced in 2019. The legal entity is Appcircle Inc. in the US, while much of the engineering is in Istanbul. Its core job is automating how iOS and Android apps are built, signed, tested and shipped, including inside banks and other regulated enterprises.

The platform is split into modules: Build for iOS, Android, React Native and Flutter on Apple Silicon machines; Testing Distribution to send builds to testers by email, QR code or a portal; an Enterprise App Store for in-house apps without MDM; Publish to App Store, Google Play and Huawei AppGallery with approval gates; CodePush for over-the-air React Native updates; and Signing Identities for certificates and keystores. Appcircle AI diagnoses failed builds and offers an MCP server. A free Starter plan covers small projects, and the Corporate plan is quoted per module.

Appcircle fits enterprises that cannot send source code to a public cloud, since it can run on private cloud or fully self-hosted on Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift with SSO and LDAP. Its named customers include Ziraat Teknoloji, Halkbank and Intertech. For small teams, Bitrise and Codemagic are better known, and Firebase App Distribution or Expo cover lighter testing and update needs at lower cost.

The free Starter plan includes 20 builds a month with 30-minute builds, 1,000 CodePush updates and 5 store publishes. Paid Corporate pricing is not public and is billed as an annual license.

Key features of Appcircle

Build pipelines for iOS, Android, React Native and Flutter
Builds on Apple Silicon machines with advanced caching
Testing Distribution by email, QR code and a tester portal
Enterprise App Store for in-house apps without MDM
Publishing to App Store, Google Play and Huawei AppGallery
CodePush over-the-air updates with gradual rollout and rollback
Certificate, provisioning profile and keystore management
Self-hosted install on Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift or Podman

Pros and cons

Pros

Self-hosted and private cloud options for regulated industries
Covers build, test distribution, store publishing and OTA updates
Huawei AppGallery publishing alongside Apple and Google stores
Strong reference customers in Turkish banking and telecom
Free Starter plan with unlimited apps

Cons

Paid pricing is quote-only and billed annually
Free plan allows only 20 builds a month and one concurrency
Smaller community and fewer tutorials than Bitrise
Self-hosting requires your own DevOps capacity

Appcircle pricing

Appcircle uses a freemium model.

Plan	Price	Includes
Starter	$0	1 concurrency, 20 builds/mo, 30-min builds, SaaS only
Corporate	Custom	Annual license; cloud, private cloud or self-hosted

Source: appcircle.io · checked on Oct 20, 2026

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How Appcircle compares in Developer tools

Rank by votes: #2 / 101
Starting price: $0
Free alternatives: 23

Appcircle ranks #2 of 101 developer tools tools by community votes and is not directly comparable on price.

Common use cases

1Banks building mobile apps entirely on-premise
2Distributing test builds to QA teams and business users
3Running an internal app store for employee apps
4Shipping hotfixes to React Native apps with CodePush
5Managing expiring iOS certificates across many apps

Best for

Enterprises and regulated companies that need a full mobile CI/CD and distribution stack they can run on their own infrastructure.

Not ideal for

Small app teams that want a well-known hosted CI with public pricing (Bitrise, Codemagic) or simple tester delivery (Firebase App Distribution).

Integrations

GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Azure DevOps
App Store Connect
Google Play Console
Huawei AppGallery
Microsoft Intune

Our take

Appcircle is one of the few mobile CI/CD platforms that can run fully self-hosted, which makes it a serious option for banks and large enterprises. Smaller teams can try the free Starter plan, but should compare published prices from Bitrise or Codemagic before committing.

FAQ

What is Appcircle?: Appcircle is a Developer tools tool: Mobile CI/CD, testing distribution and in-house app store.
How much does Appcircle cost?: Appcircle uses a Freemium model; see the vendor's pricing page for current plans.
What are the best alternatives to Appcircle?: Community-listed alternatives to Appcircle include Auth0, Cursor, Postman, Apidog.
What does Appcircle integrate with?: Appcircle integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, App Store Connect, Google Play Console and more.
Which platforms does Appcircle support?: Appcircle is available on web, linux.
Who is Appcircle for?: Enterprises and regulated companies that need a full mobile CI/CD and distribution stack they can run on their own infrastructure.

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