# Xcode Reviews **Vendor:** Apple **Category:** [Java Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/java-integrated-development-environments-ide) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1,034 ## About Xcode Xcode is Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) that provides a comprehensive suite of tools for developing, testing, and distributing applications across all Apple platforms, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Designed to streamline the app development process, Xcode offers features like predictive code completion, advanced debugging tools, and simulators for various Apple devices, enabling developers to create high-quality applications efficiently. Key Features and Functionality: - Coding Intelligence: Xcode leverages machine learning models to offer predictive code completion tailored to Swift and Apple SDKs, enhancing coding efficiency. - Previews: Developers can visualize and interact with their app's user interface in real-time using Xcode's preview feature, facilitating rapid iteration and design refinement. - Simulator: Xcode includes a simulator that allows testing of applications across different Apple devices and OS versions directly from a Mac, supporting scenarios like location changes and network conditions. - Debugging Tools: The IDE provides robust debugging capabilities, including breakpoints, memory usage inspection, and variable monitoring, aiding in the identification and resolution of issues. - Performance Analysis: With Instruments, developers can analyze app performance metrics such as CPU, memory, and GPU usage in real-time, helping to optimize app responsiveness and efficiency. - Testing Frameworks: Xcode supports unit and UI testing through frameworks like Swift Testing and XCTest, enabling comprehensive test coverage and quality assurance. - Xcode Cloud: Integrated continuous integration and delivery service that automates building, testing, and distributing apps, enhancing collaboration and development speed. Primary Value and User Solutions: Xcode serves as a unified platform that simplifies the app development lifecycle for Apple devices. By integrating coding, testing, debugging, and deployment tools within a single environment, it reduces development time and complexity. Features like real-time previews and simulators allow developers to iterate quickly and ensure their applications perform optimally across all Apple platforms. The inclusion of Xcode Cloud further streamlines workflows by automating routine tasks, enabling teams to focus on innovation and delivering high-quality apps to users efficiently. ## Xcode Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **ease of use** of Xcode, finding the integration of tools and setup process straightforward and efficient. (36 reviews) - Users value the **integrated tools** in Xcode, enhancing app development for the entire Apple ecosystem. (25 reviews) - Users praise the **seamless integration and intuitive UI** of Xcode, enhancing the app development experience across Apple platforms. (22 reviews) - Users value the **effective debugging tools** in Xcode, which streamline error resolution and enhance development efficiency. (21 reviews) - Users value the **integrated tools** in Xcode, enhancing the development workflow for building and deploying iOS apps. (17 reviews) - Users praise the **seamless integration** of Xcode with Apple frameworks, enhancing game development efficiency and ease. (16 reviews) - Users appreciate the **versatile functionality** of Xcode, finding it essential for daily iOS app development and testing. (16 reviews) - Users benefit from **comprehensive testing simulators** in Xcode, enabling effortless app testing across all Apple devices. (16 reviews) - Users appreciate the **seamless integration with the Apple ecosystem** , making app development smooth and efficient. (15 reviews) - Bug Detection (11 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users experience **slow performance** in Xcode, facing sluggishness and errors that hinder productivity and efficiency. (17 reviews) - Users experience **performance issues** with Xcode, facing slowness, long build times, and unclear error messages affecting productivity. (15 reviews) - Users often experience **update issues** with Xcode, making it difficult and time-consuming to maintain performance and reliability. (12 reviews) - Users often struggle with **high memory usage** in Xcode, leading to slow performance and interrupted workflows. (10 reviews) - Users find the **high specifications** of Xcode demanding, leading to significant space usage on their Macs. (10 reviews) - Users face frequent **software bugs** with Xcode, leading to instability and frustrating slowdowns in coding efficiency. (9 reviews) - Users find Xcode's **heavy size** problematic, consuming valuable disk space and affecting performance on lower-end systems. (8 reviews) - Large Size (8 reviews) - Performance Lag (8 reviews) - Slow Loading (7 reviews) ## Xcode Reviews ### 1. GOOD IDE **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Raul H. | ingeniero de animaciones 3D, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** My most loved element of Xcode is the snappy progress between realistic components and code. Xcode gives a natural task route framework enabling you to move between modules rapidly and successfully. Additionally, the code finishing usefulness of the IDE makes coding simple. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** There isn't much documentation for the couple of things that require extra research to completely get it. As an engineer, regularly you have to comprehend what's proficient in an IDE before you start creating. This data can radically change your methodology. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use XCode to build up our restrictive versatile application that keeps running on iPhone. We initially planned our application utilizing a cross-stage device. The issue with utilizing an instrument like that will be that you have almost no entrance to the inborn, local usefulness. This made us think about structure our portable application utilizing local innovations. We are as of now utilizing the Xcode IDE with Swift3. Xcode's code fruition is in reverse good to all bolstered Swift rendition. ### 2. Best IDE I have ever used **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 02, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Xcode essential for iOS Development - Split window and Coding assistant the most used featured - Profiling tools are best and exclusive in xcode for app development **What do you dislike about Xcode?** - With the every update it slow downs the system - as project grows its become extremely slow! I wish it runs same like "hellow world" project for till end if the project **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Xcode occupy 16GB of disk it could be optimized As project size grows it becomes much slower need to address this issue **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** we used it for mobile app development supports cli and we used it for CI/CD automation ### 3. Very easy to use. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aryn J. | Developer , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** How solution were provided for errors in the code. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Compilation was slow. The only way to compile large projects was through the simulator. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Even if you are new to iOS development with Xcode you can learn very fast. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Xcode is the go to IDE for me and colleagues, it is also great that apple has many opportunities for help on their developer sight. ### 4. xCode is intuitive and easy to use **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Howard S. | Systems Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** My favorite feature of Xcode is the quick transition between graphic elements and code. Xcode provides an intuitive project navigation system allowing you to maneuver between modules quickly and effectively. Also, the code completion functionality of the IDE makes coding easy. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** There isn't much documentation for the few things that require additional research to fully understand. As a developer, often you need to understand what's capable in an IDE before you begin developing. This information can drastically change your approach. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use XCode to develop our proprietary mobile app that runs on iPhone. We originally designed our app using a cross-platform tool. The issue with using a tool like that is that you have little to no access to the inherent, native functionality. This caused us to consider building our mobile application using native technologies. We are currently using the Xcode IDE with Swift3. Xcode's code completion is backward compatible to all supported Swift version. ### 5. A little clunky, but lots of potential. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Xcodes emulators for the various devices are absolutely beautiful and by far the best thing about XCode **What do you dislike about Xcode?** To get into Xcode as a new developer used to regular IDE’s it was quite a leap, a lot of menus and tools and submenus that take a lot of tutorials to get used to. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** The drag and drop of elements onto the page was an absolute game changer when i started to properly make use of it. ### 6. Great IDE for iOS development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kevin D. | Software Developer, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 19, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Since it's an instrument that it completely perfect with all iOS stages, along these lines u can be 100% certain that each bug or mistake that it can turn out to be genuine, it will have an answer not at all like different stages that oversee different dialects that aren't 100% local as Xcode for iOS. Toward the end, having a 100% local application, sort of ensures that the UX is 100% immaculate relying upon the iOS gadget you are wanting to utilize it. The investigating device is the best I have utilized, the utilization of breakpoints, memory and power the board is extremely great and helps the designer a ton. I cherish that there is an emulator with all iPhone and iPad gadgets to test all screen sizes. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Little program crashes, issues in the wake of bringing in cocoapods conditions, vital restart of the IDE to oversee imports. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Try to peruse up on the hotkeys and other usefulness. It is exceptionally profound as an IDE and empowers a great deal of extra usefulness on the off chance that you realize where to look. Watch instructional exercises on Youtube and a prescribed move up to those utilizing prior adaptations. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have built up various applications for iPhone, from a few customers. The outcome was of course, the instruments given by xcode are impeccable to application advancement and testing. The principle issues to unravel were to create applications that pursued a customer server structure, for which it was important to actualize calls to a rest API. With the investigating devices it was anything but difficult to pursue the hints of mistake and end up building up a decent item. ### 7. Very easy to use. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Networking | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Xcode is very easy to use and can be understood without any guidance. For debugging purposes Xcode is very good at identifying errors and makes it vary easy for the user to fix. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Projects take a long time to load because the simulator has to be booted up. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Pay attention to the warnings even though they don’t stop your code from compiling. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Xcode is great for helping me visualize ideas that I have had. Anytime I had an idea and I wanted to test it out Xcode is very fast to create a new project and test it out. ### 8. IOS application development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kishan V. | Sr. iOS App Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Xcode is one of the best Software to make ios application. And Very Easy To Create App Design. And Full Supporting For Coding Side. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Often Xcode is Crash. And Some times Xcode is Automatically Quit. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** In Xcode, We Can Create UI Using Storyboard Easily. And App Look Good in all ios devices. ### 9. The only way to write iOS apps **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** If you want to write iOS code, you have to use XCODE **What do you dislike about Xcode?** The downside is similar. You are locked into Xcode if you want to write iOS apps **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** There was a small learning curve but it's similar to most IDEs ### 10. Incredible IDE for iOS Development **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Xcode is an incredible application that is super powerful. It provides a clean interface and easy controls for building any iOS application.From my experience, the simulator's run great and provide an easy way to test as you code. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** It's not as much about the application as it is how you get/download it. I do wish it was available on other platforms, but understand the reasoning behind that. Because it is a great editor, it would be cool to see it integrate with web technologies like React, etc. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** N/A **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Xcode allows you to create iOS apps, which no other application really can do natively. You have the option of React Native and the other libraries, but they just don't compare to the real thing. I have also used it for C++ development in little programs and loved the debugging features Xcode offers. ### 11. Xcode 10 **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mayank W. | Content Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 05, 2018 **What do you like best about Xcode?** One of the best softwares available in the market for ios development recent version compatible with swift 4.2. Very easy to operate **What do you dislike about Xcode?** The things that i dilike are it some times becomes unresponsive otherwise awesome **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Jus make it more responsive **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helps to develop apps easily lots of features storyboards etc ### 12. Not always the best but increasingly better. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** XCode's strength is that it is developed by Apple and remains a centerpiece of Apple development. So Apple is continually updating and improving XCode which helps with all the little bugs and annoyances you will encounter using it. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** It needs a lot of RAM and CPU sometimes. It's frustrating having to close all other windows only to run XCode. But with every new version, Apple keeps making progress with regards to the CPU usage. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm using to write Swift code for servers as well as clients. The main benefit is that XCode 11 integrates with SPM so well and I can quickly start it up. ### 13. great product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** This is my go-to IDE for programming whether it be for school or for work, I will use xcode. I had problems before while using codeblocks or eclipse and I haven't had any problems with xcode. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** no dislikes. Xcode is really easy to use for anybody that is looking to program or get into programming. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Before, I would use eclipse or codeblocks when I'm programming but often times, they would crash or not even pull up my previous project. Since then, I haven't looked back at I've been using xcode ever since. ### 14. A good IDE but heavy on system **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Xcode has its own charm to it. Xcode has many tools which are a time saver and a lofe saver also **What do you dislike about Xcode?** The kind of bugs that come with new releases and the load the xcode especially simulators give to the system which makes them so hard to use **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mainly the tool is used for app development. ### 15. Xcode HCI Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I love how the features that are on the new Xcode versions are so easy to navigate through, especially with the virtual iPhone simulator that you can build once you finished coding your IOS app! **What do you dislike about Xcode?** I dislike how there are more than necessary options for making Swift errors (warnings that are not necessary to fix). **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I solve problems such as creating IOS apps in the best IDE because the human interaction is really helpful and easy to pick uo, and realized that it creates amazing products at the end. ### 16. An Hackable Editor **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anshu K. | Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 20, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** VS Code is quite fast and hangs very less, It has different plugins or extensions which support many other languages, The best thing i like is VS Code live share feature. It made remote pair programming very easy and efficient. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Very frequent updates and it gets crashed very often in Linux. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** It replaced using too many IDE for different languages, ### 17. XCode review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** the efficiency of the IDE and quick response **What do you dislike about Xcode?** the manual update of POD files is the worst. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating an application and solving the problem of customers ### 18. Xcode Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rainer B. | Data Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** It's an amazing software for coding in Swift. Amazing tool overall! **What do you dislike about Xcode?** It can be slow to load the screen demonstrator. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Developing more advanced codes for iOS apps. ### 19. Best iOS coding software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** caden k. | Ya yeet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** That you can change files in your iOS device and code some things like apps **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Nothing I love Xcode I did the trial and loved it I might go buy it **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to manage your iOS device ### 20. Used it for an iOS app **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I used code to build the iOS app for a vehicle tracking system. It is really easy to operate and very user friendly. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** There is nothing that I dislike about it. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use xcode to developers the iOS app. It's easy to handle and develop ios app. I integrate location service, social media authentication, payment methods etc and xcode made it easy for me. ### 21. For code editor great application to use **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ALPER K. | Senior Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** * Great code editor * Easy to learn * Easy to use * You able to make developments about many programming languages **What do you dislike about Xcode?** * Could be extendible * Maybe more programming languages can be supported at future **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** * Support more programming languages **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** * Nice to make development * Great code editor ### 22. senior project **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** the integration of demo devices. i created my senior project app on xcode and was able to demo it on an apple device almost immediately after downloading it to the device **What do you dislike about Xcode?** the compilation time and space when you run demos on virtual devices. it caused my computer to freeze sometimes which was inconvenient and annoying **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** senior project app development work ### 23. Best Way to Make iOS Apps **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I love how easy it is to design on multiple devices. You do not have to be an experienced designer or learn anything in order to make a beautiful app with excellent animations. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Xcode can be pretty glitchy and the emulator always has issues that a physical phone would not have. Lately they have been pretty good at fixing these issues, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's always something. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am a mobile developer and I create apps for clients using Xcode. I help people bring their ideas to life and I debug/update apps already created. Xcode is great for doing both of those things. It's also awesome for sharing your work on Github with the community. ### 24. like it so much but needs enhancement **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** the most thing i like in it is it is fast and don't hang so much **What do you dislike about Xcode?** enhancement curve is really slow like renaming or get references for a method **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** developing iOS apps ### 25. Is the best and only way to achieve success on iOS DEV! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Felipe V. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2018 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Is the best and only way to achieve success on iOS DEV! - since it's a tool that it fully compatible with all iOS platforms, this way u can be 100% sure that every bug or error that it can become real, it will have a solution unlike other platforms that manage other languages that aren't 100% native as Xcode for iOS. At the end, having a 100% native app, kind of guarantees that the UX is 100% perfect depending on the iOS device you are planning to use it. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** It can become a little hard to learn at the beginning how the platform works, but u can find a lot of tutorials everywhere and lots of professionals that are willing to help u in many ways. Udemy and other learning platforms are very helpful. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Try to find people or experts that could help u using this great tool. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mainly Xcode is only for iOs development, so basically im solving how to develop solutions in many iOS devices. Generating native 100% apps is the most benefit and satisfactory thing you can get from Xcode. Developing in this tool kind of gives u an advantage amongst other companies that compete in this kind of development market since most of the apps now days are needed to be 100% native unlikely other solutions like phone gap or ionic that do not comply with this kind of requests. ### 26. Swift on Xcode is a breeze! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jordan F. | Student, Computer Networking, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Very awesome how easy Xcode integrates the swift language to help you create all sorts of apps. Very easy to just import any sort of files from mp3 music files to jpeg image files, you name it. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** I dislike some of the error messages that appear because they are unclear on why your file is crashing. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Make use of its ability to help produce iOS apps or try it out as your everyday code editor. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Xcode takes a bug chunk of coding walls programmers hit everyday and solves them for you! Benefits include built in tips and recommendations that help produce better code. ### 27. Amazing tool for iOS dev, user friendly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I guess the huge feature that I love is storyboard, which we can only find in iOS development. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Unfortunately, Xcode is not always as stable as it should. New versions often introduce bugs which lead to headache to the developer. And new versions often don't solve long-time weird issues (Core Data tabs for example). **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Developing iOS native apps. ### 28. Code for any target easily **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** The development experience and appearance is good. Out of the box debugging and simulator features are good. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Nothing as of now. One thing which may be improved is out of the box templates for UI development. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** - **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Java Development ### 29. Excellent product that streamlines the app development process **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 20, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Xcode has an easy to use user-interface that makes it easy to develop apps. Additionally, it is bug-free and quick. Moreover, it allows you to work on code and design, side by side. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** I dislike the fact that Xcode allows for very little personalization. Aside from color theme, Xcode doesn't allow for resizing of windows, etc. Sometimes, that can be very annoying. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Definitely use it if you are looking to build iOS Apps. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to build mobile applications that solve real world problems with Xcode. ### 30. The standard for swift deisgn **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Its simple and clean, if you've ever used android studios it will be worlds different **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Some of the recent updates have caused errors with the IBDesignables. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Everything our company does is based off mobile, so Xcode is a huge factor in any mobile design ### 31. wqdwq **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jacob H. | Senior Software Engineer , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2019 **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** efrewf **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** dwqwq ### 32. Easy to use and Powerful all around! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lee C. | Administrator, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 31, 2018 **What do you like best about Xcode?** The interface is nice and clean looking compared to others. There are certain functionalities that make it easy for beginners such as drag and drop. I've made quite a few apps and to be able to publish to the app store directly from Xcode is amazing. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** The simulators are buggy and not really functional at all. The controls to the program are a bit stuck meaning your computer could freeze a couple times. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** You should give it a try, its not easy at first but beginners will get the hang of it. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've built apps that have helped financial businesses. These apps have grown extensively and hope to make more in the near future. ### 33. Beginner Friendly iOS Dev Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jorge W. | Software Engineer, Computer Networking, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 31, 2018 **What do you like best about Xcode?** As a matter of first importance interface is perfect when contrasted with different IDEs. Intuitive makes it simple for amateurs to become acclimated to quick functionalities. I have just conveyed 3 applications in application store and can distribute straightforwardly from IDE which is the greatest accommodation as I would like to think. Troubleshooting application is simple, you can print investigate articulations in support and run it or include breakpoints. Presently has a dull topic too which I totally love for the greater part of the applications. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Hangs a couple of times when I switch in numerous tasks. Perhaps in light of the fact that a portion of my old activities are as yet dependent on target c and not on quick. Test systems controls are bit inconvenient. There are numerous test systems for iPhone, iPad however when you open products at same time, processor gets extremely hot. What's more, you need to control test systems by console alternate routes. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Fundamentally Xcode is just for iOs improvement, so essentially im tackling how to create arrangements in numerous iOS gadgets. Producing local 100% applications is the most advantage and acceptable thing you can get from Xcode. Creating in this apparatus sort of gives u preference among different organizations that contend in this sort of improvement showcase since a large portion of the applications now days are should have been 100% local impossible different arrangements like telephone hole or ionic that don't follow this sort of solicitations. ### 34. Great tool for native iOS apps development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** It’s strong capabilities and reliability. And also testing tools integrated. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** It’s size and too heavy for old machines **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Only native iOS development tool **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Developing iOS apps. ### 35. Xcode - sufficient, but not necessary **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Clean user interface; clear error messages/de-bug notifications **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Unclear synchronization with other software on computer; non-intuitive processes for saving **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Read handbooks/help, understand the error warnings/signals (usually very intuitive but minimal extra effort greatly enhances ease of use) **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Maintaining and updating large files that are changed regularly ### 36. Best platform for IOS development **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Storyboard UI development is really intuitive and got and amazing UI/UX. They way you drag and drop components and define the propertie values is effective. I really enjoy it. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** On IOS development part, cointraints could be pretty confusing at first, and a must headache in implementations. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** IOS native development mostly, but I have also used for openframeworks Development (c++) ### 37. Xcode Tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Very easy to work on iOS mobile application development. Light weight and faster way we can develop application and simulators are very fast and debugging features are more. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Running in real device is slow. React native warnings are not easy to clear. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Some of the error details. ### 38. Good ID for C++ development **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2018 **What do you like best about Xcode?** The best about Xcode is that the interface is extremely user-friendly. Using this product makes it easy to build and run source code files in multiple languages. Xcode is popular for macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS software development. However, it can do much more than that. For instance in my case I use it to teach my students development in C++, and my students love it ! Most of them have no prior coding experience and are happy to be able to write their code and run it easily on a friendly environment. I really recommend Xcode not only for Mac related development, but also for developing in other languages such as C and C++. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** When starting to use the product, it is not easy to get hang of all the available options. It takes some time. Maybe it would be good to include some short tips every time the product is opened. This product can be used with Mac only. It can be hard to use it with PC (connect to remote machines etc.) additionally there are other easier options available for PC (visual studio, code::blocks. many text editors and terminal etc.) **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** It is a good bet if your organization is equipped with Macbook laptops. It can be much easier to use than using the terminal. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use this product to teach my students concepts and software implementation in C++. Xcode is very beneficial for my new students who have no prior coding experience, because it's very user-friendly and easy to use. ### 39. The best application for IOS Development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brett D. | Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I'm still relatively new to IOS development. Xcode is the best tool when it comes to developing apps **What do you dislike about Xcode?** At the moment, I'm unable to think of anything I dislike. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Learning to build IOS Applications. ### 40. Pretty good software **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** It has a variety of integrated features that make my coding process smoother. I am able to compile on the spot and debug automatically. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** The UI can feel a bit dated and clunky at times. Can be quite confusing for starting out also. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been doing a lot of QA and automation using the software and it has allowed me to write my cases fairly quickly due to the automatic compiling ### 41. A very intuitive software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I like how everything is very intuitive. There are no useless spaces or sections. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** I would love to be able to personalize a bit more the interface. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** I highly recommend Xcode for novice, it's a very good IDE to start with. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I develop apps and can test continuously my work with the playground. ### 42. XCode Ultimate Platform For IOS Development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vishal A. | Digital Marketing Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 30, 2018 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Xcode is the best Platform where you can build ios Apps and many more. the best thing about Xcode is very simple to use I was very new to use Xcode. You can Also Manage the UI. Best Part of the Xcode is Xcode simulator is faster than Android Studio. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** I dislike about Xcode is there are so many login options within it like developer login I mean as a fresher to use it. It Is harder to find the login for developer profile which I faced while using it. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** I recommend Other User to Use Xcode Just because Officially Development is Best For future. Xcode is the best for Ios Development. Xcode is My Trusted Brand. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** With Xcode I solved My Company App Development Problem I found this platform where I build my company application. The benefits of Using Xcode You Can complete your business need like the main requirement of today is Mobile App. Xcode is the one of the best and officially iPhone App development Platform. ### 43. Xcode review **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Debugging is easy. Source code for most languages available. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Does not integrate with platforms other than macOS **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used for programming. ### 44. Massive IDE with a ton of features! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angelo C. | macOS Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I really like the debugging capabilities Xcode brings with it, from adjustable breakpoints to complete memory graph analysis Xcode got you covered and I just merely scratched the surface with that. But that brings me to the negativ aspects... **What do you dislike about Xcode?** ...because Xcode has so many features it is nearly impossible to know them all. When you go to a conference you always learn something new about it. A massive amount of features is not bad in itself, but when you really have no chance to find them due to the lack of discoverability, it quickly becomes that. Also because of this massiveness, some niche features may break after updates. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** After getting used to Xcode take a look at AppCode from IntelliJ it might be good for you. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Traditional development of iOS, tvOS, watchOS and macOS apps is done with Xcode. ### 45. A bit of a clunker, but really your only option **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2018 **What do you like best about Xcode?** The layout of Xcode is phenomenal. It's interfaces are, for the most part, very intuitive and easy to use. The debugging works well and can be used to solve issues very rapidly. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Apple has, in classic Apple style, told you exactly how this IDE is going to be laid out. You want the Navigator to be on the right instead of the left? Too bad. You want the Utilities at the bottom instead of the right? No, your wrong; it belongs on the right. I do miss the flexibility of Visual Studio, where I could but any tab anywhere I wanted. Not every developer has the same sized monitor and the same method of working, so it's a little frustrating that I can't customize my workspace very well. Some areas of the designer are a little slow. The real-time error identification lags far behind the lightning-fast speeds of Visual Studio, and the storyboard designer can frustratingly slow if you need to move back and forth between several storyboards quickly. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Take a look at the other options, but you should strongly consider this product that has been developed by Apple. There is a lot of support on the internet to help you through the most common of its bugs. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Xcode is the way to develop for IOS. That's all there is to it. We as a company needed an IOS app, so we used the tool that was the simplest to set up and the quickest to get running. ### 46. Has it’s good days and it’s bad **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** Fast and optimized, nice code hinting and navigation, XIB’s are great to use, Swift is amazing. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** Throws red herons all the time, cleaning and deleting derived data is a necessary chore as part of the development process. Sometimes indexing can be really slow. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Use it for Mac and iOS development, just be aware of its pitfalls! **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Xcode is the main tool I use for development, Swift has been an amazing resource for developing my projects. ### 47. If you’re new to coding this is for you **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaron L. | Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I’ve tried using Dreamweaver in the past, but Xcode is my new love. It’s so smart and intuitive, for any beginners this is the software you should use. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** UI Labels uploads so be easier to find. Especially for people just starting out with coding. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I’m developing apps and websites and this program is super easy to work with. ### 48. A good IDE for people invested in the Apple ecosystem **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeremy D. | Junior Software Engineer, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 07, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** The unified development environment between Mac, iOS and watchOS. Also, since Swift became semi-mainstream, it's become a better IDE. Debugging also seems to be easier on XCode. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** If you're working as an independent developer, the developer fee can sometimes be too high. It's not a problem in a corporate environment. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** The only option for iOS and Mac development. A decent choice nonetheless. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** Development of internal applications for iOS was solved with XCode. It is partly because there's no other option, but it gets the job done. ### 49. XCode is an essential application to develop your iOS apps **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 02, 2019 **What do you like best about Xcode?** It's the easiest way to develop and test iOS apps. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** I dislike that it is not available on Windows. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've realized how much easier Apple has made it to develop apps if you use Xcode ### 50. One of the best IDE/coding software which comes along with Macbooks. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ANAY P. | Software Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Xcode?** I have been using the Xcode application ever since I bought my first Macbook. The Xcode is super easy to use and very user-friendly application for working on my day to day software development projects. And being a software developer and also as a student working with tools getting to work on tools on my MacBook which doesn't require to buy any more license software makes life easy using MacBook. And the best thing about Xcode is that it works seamlessly on my MacBook Pro. On my macOS, it matches the theme also. And apart from that the shortcuts to copy and edit the code it seamless on the Xcode. It has helped me reduce my development time all because it's super easy to use which makes my life easy making software. **What do you dislike about Xcode?** It's very difficult to find a thing to dislike about the Xcode. **Recommendations to others considering Xcode:** Definitely, a must use for developers using Macbook. **What problems is Xcode solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using the software to work on my assignment and projects day to day. 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