--- 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) ![Shabir B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shabir B.") SB Shabir B. Software engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/19/2024 "Software development in one place." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Azure DevOps' ability to automate repetitive processes such as continuous integration and continuous delivery really catches my attention because it helps me save time and improve the efficiency of software development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Its scalability should be more efficient because it could limit efficient resource management and productivity in large-scale development environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Superior security Strong security and compliance, such as data encryption, role-based access control, and compliance with industry standards, protect sensitive data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Hemal J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hemal J.") HJ Hemal J. Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/31/2021 "Visual studio app center review by Hemal" 4.5/5 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Krishnan S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Krishnan S.") KS Krishnan S. Programmer Analyst Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/14/2021 "Appcenter for test automation" 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? The most likable thing about the appcenter for test automation is their to device sets for both iOS and Android. They were very quick in updating the latest devices along with the latest operating systems for both iOS and Android. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? 1. No video recording option for test cases that are executed in test cloud. 2. No support for webview for Appium. 3. Appium upgrades takes lot of time. Hence was forced to work in an older version for a long time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? 1. Executing automated tests across various devices and hence was able to deliver a quality app to the customers. 2. Doing Mobilr app builds for our mobile apps which are basically using ionic or phone gap cordova plugins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AK Alfaiz K. W Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/26/2022 "App center review." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? App center has its own crash analytics which can give you full logs of your application errors and crashes and it is easiest to integrate with your application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Have to share link of applications or add user manually one by one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Uploading our enterprise application on visual studio app center. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Parth T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Parth T.") PT Parth T. Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/5/2021 "Control center and insights are best, Just try it" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? helps to view insights like how many users are using apps quickly run builds and distribute to testers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? buggy on the latest windows 11 update also the price to purchase this is very high Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? building apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/3/2019 "Platform to Analyse App insights" 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? It is best platform for anaytics of your application. With the help of azure mobile engagement you can analyse number of user who are using your app with specific country & number of crashes which user getting that helps to fix in next release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? There is no downside with this platform but the only thing is you will not get everything free there. There is some charges to use all the services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Visual Studio App Center: You can use this for analytics purpose to know no of user that are using your application and many more things. 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 fix bug which user are facing & trying to reproduce and fix them for next release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Internet](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Internet") AI Verified User in Internet Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/14/2019 "Codepush is one of the reasons you should be using React Native" 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Codepush is a great tool that allows developers to make changes to JavaScript code on the fly. One of the headaches of being a mobile developer is dealing with the App Store/Play Store and this allows you to make updates without the entire submission process. I like the ease of use and installation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? The worst part about Codepush is that it's documentation is robust but also very long. There aren't many practical examples, but you after spending some time reading you'll be able to use it to it's fullest potential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Visual Studio App Center: Follow the walk through and don't forget to set up a Staging and Production environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? CodePush, as mentioned, allows users to skip the extremely long App Store submission process. Small UI updates and even larger, JavaScript only, features can utilize CodePush's functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite CM christian m. Mr. Morales Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/21/2019 "is codepush awesome? yes or yeS?" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? I like the integration with visual studio code since its the leading code editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? it was a bit buggy in the earlier stages, but has been improving with time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? I develop react apps and this helps me to seamlessly update my apps without a long drawn out process all in the same code editor I was already using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![David G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "David G.") DG David G. Analista programador Android para BBVA Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/31/2018 "Hockeryapp" 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? The best way to have the versions of the applications located, you always have access to all the versions and are informed of the latest updates via email to those you choose, the truth is that it is very convenient and you don't have to be sending emails with the APKs and then managing and storing them, this does everything automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Everything is very well studied, there is no problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Visual Studio App Center: YES, of course, everything is organized Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Improved version control Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ![Carlos B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Carlos B.") CB Carlos B. Desarrollador Android Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/24/2018 "Notifications and crashes is better with Visual Studio App for Xamarin" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Easy implementation with your xamarin app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Limit for notifications. If i have an applciation with a lot of users, this is very bad Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft Visual Studio App Center: If you have a xamarin app, use this, and not firebase! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Visual Studio App Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Notifications for Xamarin applications and crashes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Microsoft Visual Studio App Center? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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