--- title: Microsoft Visual Studio App Center Reviews meta\_title: 'Microsoft Visual Studio App Center Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 61 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Microsoft Visual Studio App Center works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 61 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Mobile Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-development --- # Microsoft Visual Studio App Center Reviews & Product Details Visual Studio App Center ships iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS apps faster and with greater confidence by automating their lifecycles. It also connects your repository and, within minutes, builds in the cloud, tests on thousands of real devices, distributes to beta testers and app stores, and monitors real-world usage with crash and analytics data. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [Microsoft Visual Studio App Center Community](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-visual-studio-app-center/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 4 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-visual-studio-app-center/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Firebase](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Firebase") Firebase 4.5/5(307) ](https://www.g2.com/products/firebase/reviews) [ ![Xcode](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Xcode") Xcode 4.2/5(1,039) ](https://www.g2.com/products/xcode/reviews) [ ![ServiceNow App Engine](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ServiceNow App Engine") ServiceNow App Engine 4.5/5(1,156) ](https://www.g2.com/products/servicenow-app-engine/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-visual-studio-app-center/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 61 real user reviews. Implementation Time 3 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![VASANTH K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "VASANTH K.") VK VASANTH K. Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/15/2023 "Dynamic App Updater" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? It helped me update a mobile app I created during my project in my final year. I have made many updates which have able to done easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? There are some network connectivity issues during the updates ,if the cost was a bit low it may attract more users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps me to deploy my app updates and increased the workflow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") AT Verified User in Telecommunications Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/3/2023 "Streamlining bug fixes to React Native apps." 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? The benefits. Allowing bug fixes to be decoupled from app store deployments. delivery to customers doesn't require to have auto updates defined. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Governance and policies are not well documented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Delivering small updates and bug fixes requires a traditional app store delivery pipeline. Critical production bugs and security patches delivery can take more than two days. CodePush diminishes this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/3/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kamrul H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kamrul H.") KH Kamrul H. Senior Programmer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/9/2022 "One of the best IDE to use on the Windows platform" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? The visual studio now supports multiple languages like nodejs or python. It is easy to use & coding with practical utilities and great testing tools for easy deployments. It has a strong community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? I think Visual Studio is not for beginners, and the application might be slow on the maximum workstation and could be frozen or crash. It is a heavy IDE compared to the others, and it will definitely consume more hard disk space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Visual Studio is great for C, C# learning and development. We benefited from using this app among our development team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![James "Brooks" L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "James "Brooks" L.") JL James "Brooks" L. Xamarin Developer Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/1/2019 "Gives us insight into our apps in the wild" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? The two main features that make HockeyApp great is the distribution of apps and crash reporting. It makes uploading new builds quick and easy and managing users and testers simple. The crash reporting is excellent. We have tons of data on any crashes that happen both in test and production environments. We are able to quickly isolate problems and provide fixes before customers are able to report them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Sometimes it feels like I have to click 10 times to drill down into the page I'm looking for. In its defense, there is a lot of information being provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Visual Studio App Center: I'm looking forward to seeing the product evolve, especially since It's transitioning to App Center in the near future. I haven't had a lot of experience with other similar products but HockeyApp has always been great to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? HockeyApp enables us to provide builds to our testers easily and quickly. We are also much more responsive to any problems our users are experiencing in the real world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Daniel T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Daniel T.") DT Daniel T. Software Developement Manager Internet Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/15/2019 "Control Center for React Native Apps" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? I like that I can quickly run builds and distribute them to beta testers and then send them to the app stores all from the same dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? On a project I'm working on now, I can to manually downgrade Cocoapods on my iOS build to match App Center's older version. It's a minor pain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Easy on-device testing, and painless app signing and store distribution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Miguel Ángel B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Miguel Ángel B.") MB Miguel Ángel B. Programador android & xamarin Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/23/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Bug reporting and analytics" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? It is multiplatform , easy to use , free of charge for the most part and offers many useful features for the developer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? ush notifications are very limited, so are tests, and that is a key part of an application's success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Visual Studio App Center: It should offer more free features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? We have solved several problems. With app center we have managed to debug the application failures until they disappear. We can also obtain analysis on the use of the application by users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/17/2018 "Good Code Editor" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Good Code editor. Easy to push code and centralizing the code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Nothing to dislike about. The UI is easy and nothing to mention any cons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Able to pull and push code. Able to edit with others. Easy to centralizing of code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") IC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/29/2018 "Best Code Editor" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? the ability to make edits and push them live to users devices, eg getting an ios or android update and having them choose when they want to update, immediate, on next restart, or next resume. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? there isn't anything to dislike here, this is simple straight forward coding and editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Visual Studio App Center: easy to use and learn, keep going and dont give up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? faster software and apps update, multiple users and coders can edit and make real time changes before pushing out updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JC John C. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/11/2018 "Full of tools" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? It has all the tools possible needed, and is very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? It is unforgiving, and depending on what packages you download, it can be very large and memory intensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? We are working on creating private programs for our company, and debugging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Entertainment](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Entertainment") UE Verified User in Entertainment Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/24/2017 "Easy to use app distribution for QA" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? HockeyApp allows us to test our apps quickly across multiple mobile devices and also allows us to keep track of the different build versions throughout the development process. Mostly painless to use and fits all our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? The account system is a bit hit or miss and can be a big hassle to get all our developers on. Its interface for mobile uses a web browser which can be difficult to use. Also the mobile and desktop interfaces are not the same leading to some confusion when switching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Visual Studio App Center: If you are developing for iOS and Android with a need to deploy and test to multiple devices then HockeyApp is the easiest way to distribute your app to multiple devices for ease of use for QA and for engineers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? HockeyApp allows us to distribute to iOS and Android for testing unlike TestFlight for instance. Having a central location for all of our official builds allows us to track down problems faster with more consistency. In addition, having a distribution system that QA can use allows engineering time to be freed up for other things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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