Appcircle
Appcircle: A mobile-focused CI/CD platform with workflows, signing, distribution, and publishing. Ranked #18 of 58 in Continuous Integration Software by our editors (7.5/10); pricing: Free plan; best for mobile release teams.
At a glance
- Editor score7.5 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forMobile release teams
- Free planYes
- Facts checked21 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Centralizes iOS certificates, provisioning profiles, and Android keystores
- Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps
- Combines visual workflows, YAML, caching, and self-hosted runners
Where it doesn't
- Starter is limited to one concurrent build
- Starter includes 20 builds and 100 testing downloads per month
- General-purpose CI teams may find its mobile focus narrow
Our verdict on Appcircle
Appcircle is a mobile CI/CD platform for teams developing iOS and Android applications with Swift, Objective-C, Java, Kotlin, React Native, or Flutter. It connects to Git repositories and automates builds through visual workflows, custom scripts, YAML configuration, scheduled builds, and pull request or merge request triggers. Mobile release teams can also manage signing identities, distribute builds to tester groups, and publish applications to app stores from the same platform.
The always-free Starter plan includes one concurrent build, a 30-minute maximum build time per build, 20 builds per month, unlimited apps, 1000 CodePush updates per month, and 100 testing distribution downloads per month. The Corporate plan adds tailored plan limits, selectable machine plans, public cloud, private cloud, or on-premises deployment, plus SSO/LDAP, multi-tenancy, and role-based access management. That structure makes Starter suitable for smaller or lower-volume mobile pipelines, while Corporate is aimed at organizations that need deployment and access controls aligned to their environment.
Appcircle’s strongest fit is mobile delivery rather than broad, language-agnostic CI. Its workflow components cover dependency and build-file caching, while integrations include SonarQube, Danger, Fastlane, Tuist, and BrowserStack. Self-hosted runners support customer-managed infrastructure, and the platform works through web and self-hosted options. Choose Appcircle when mobile signing, tester distribution, app-store publishing, and repository flexibility are central requirements. Teams seeking a general-purpose CI service without a mobile release focus may prefer a more broadly oriented alternative.
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Appcircle fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Hosted option | Yes |
| Self-hosted runners | Yes |
| Parallel jobs | Not verified |
| Included build minutes | Not verified |
| Pull request checks | Yes |
| Pipeline configuration | Both |
| Artifact or dependency cache | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web, macOS, Linux |
| Compliance & security | SOC 2, ISO 27001 |
| Support | Email, Tickets, Community, Docs |
| Built for | Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 100+ integrations: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Fastlane, BrowserStack … See all → |
| Pricing | Free plan (source) |
| Website | appcircle.io |
| Facts checked | 21 Sep 2026 |
Appcircle integrations
Appcircle lists 100+ integrations on its own site — the 10 named here are the ones its pages call out.
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Azure DevOps
- Fastlane
- BrowserStack
- Firebase
- SonarQube
- Jira
- AWS Device Farm
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Alternatives to Appcircle
- GitHub ActionsA flexible CI/CD platform with strong GitHub integration and a low-cost entry tier.9.4
- GitLab CI/CDA flexible GitLab-integrated CI/CD system with strong pipeline orchestration.9.3
- TeamCityA flexible CI/CD platform for teams working across JetBrains tools and major VCS providers.9.1
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