Appcircle is a developer tools tool for Developers and Enterprise, offered as freemium. Founded in in .
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
How Appcircle compares in Developer tools
- Rank by votes
- #2 / 36
- Starting price
- $0
- Free alternatives
- 7
0 votes from members
Category median is $18/mo
Free or open-source tools in Developer tools
Appcircle ranks #2 of 36 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 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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