Xcode
Develop, test, and distribute apps for all Apple platforms
Code and design your apps faster with enhanced code completion, interactive previews, and live animations. Use Git staging to craft your next commit without leaving your code. Explore and diagnose your test results with redesigned test reports with video recording. And start deploying seamlessly to TestFlight and the App Store from Xcode Cloud. Creating amazing apps has never been easier.
Reviews for Xcode
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Xcode earns strong praise for its deep, all-in-one workflow and tight Apple integration, though users note heavy installs, high resource use, and occasional sluggish updates. Makers of Remy AI, Sequoia, and Usage for Mac say it’s the primary—and often only—viable path for native apps, with SwiftUI previews, simulators, and TestFlight/Xcode Cloud streamlining build-to-ship. Veteran developers highlight robust debugging and documentation, while wishing for more stability, leaner indexing, and JetBrains-style ergonomics. Net: indispensable, improving, occasionally frustrating.
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for developing and debugging the final build.
Thank you Xcode! We can take it from here
It’s the best native environment for building iOS apps: stable, powerful, and gives full control over UIKit and Swift integrations.
Built and tested the iOS version of SessionDock using Apple’s native development tools.
I built Yoa Nutrition in Xcode because it offers everything needed to create, test, and polish iOS apps in one place. Its deep integration with Swift, Interface Builder, and Apple frameworks like HealthKit and Vision makes development smooth and efficient. With built-in debugging, previews, and real device testing, Xcode makes it easy to focus on quality and performance from start to finish.
Used Xcode to build, test, and package Uninstallr Pro for macOS the heart of the entire development process.
Apple’s own IDE gives unmatched integration with iOS 26 frameworks and device simulators. Build, debug, profile, and test all in one environment—no other tool delivers that native-level control or reliability for Swift development.
Xcode has amazing integration for iOS development and was a one stop shop for me to bring my app to life.
Precommit was built entirely in Xcode with SwiftUI and Apple frameworks. Nothing beats how seamlessly it compiles, debugs, and ships to iPhone, it’s the backbone of every indie iOS launch.
Xcode provides everything I need to build and test Swift libraries smoothly. Great UI and native support for Swift Package Manager.
Xcode powered the entire build. From coding to testing, it’s still the most reliable environment for bringing an iOS app to life.
Xcode has its quirks, but it's a great tool for building cool apps for iOS, WatchOS and so on. The latest improvements have definitely helped in getting Glyppo out the door faster than I anticipated and almost on iOS 26 release day.