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App Center retired in 2025. Capawesome brings native builds, OTA live updates, and store publishing back in one modern platform.

More than 1,000 teams build with Capawesome

Key Advantages

A modern, fully supported replacement

Why teams left behind by App Center move to Capawesome.

Actively Developed

App Center retired in 2025. Capawesome ships new features every month, with a public roadmap and a support team that answers.

A Real CodePush Replacement

CodePush died with App Center. Capawesome Live Updates deliver RSA-signed bundles with rollouts, rollbacks, and deltas.

Zero-Configuration Builds

Configure builds from a single form — no YAML pipelines, no build agent to maintain. Attach a signing identity and ship.

M4 Pro Apple Silicon

iOS and Android both run on Apple Silicon M4 Pro. Typical builds finish in 2–5 minutes — 3–5× faster than legacy cloud CI.

Transparent Pricing

Fixed monthly plans bundling builds, live updates, and publishing. No pay-as-you-go minutes, no MAU guesswork, no surprise overages.

AI-Native from Day One

Full CLI, REST API, official AI Agent skills, and an MCP server (coming soon). Plug Claude Code or Cursor straight into your pipeline.

Comparison

Capawesome vs Visual Studio App Center

See where Capawesome picks up what App Center left behind.

Feature

Capawesome

Visual Studio App Center

Platform Status

Service status
Active
Retired (March 31, 2025)
New customer sign-ups
Yes
No
Future development
Active
None
Remaining services
All
Analytics & Diagnostics only, until March 31, 2027

Pricing

Pricing model
Fixed monthly plans
Free + pay-as-you-go build minutes (pre-retirement)

Live Updates / OTA

Over-the-air updates
Yes
No — CodePush retired
Gradual rollouts (10 / 25 / 50 / 100%)
Yes
Limited
Automatic rollbacks
Yes
No
RSA-signed bundles
Yes
No
Delta updates
Yes
Yes (pre-retirement)
Self-hosted bundles
Yes
No

Native Builds

iOS build hardware
Apple Silicon M4 Pro
Intel / older Apple Silicon (pre-retirement)
Android build hardware
Apple Silicon M4 Pro
Linux / Intel
Managed code signing
Yes
Yes (pre-retirement)
Monorepo support
Yes
Limited
Custom build scripts
Hooks at every stage
Limited
Latest Xcode availability
Days after release
Weeks–months (pre-retirement)

Developer Experience & AI

CLI
Yes
Yes (pre-retirement)
Public REST API
Yes, with JSON output for automation
Yes (pre-retirement)
MCP server
Coming soon
No
Official AI Agent skills
Yes
No

Distribution & Publishing

Internal OTA distribution (QR / install link)
Yes
Yes (pre-retirement)
TestFlight submission
Yes
No
Apple App Store submission
Yes
No
Google Play submission (all tracks)
Yes
No
Firebase App Distribution
Yes
No
Multiple destinations per app
Yes
No

Platform Support

Capacitor
Yes
No
Ionic
Yes
No
Cordova
Yes
Yes (pre-retirement)
Native iOS / Android
Yes
Yes (pre-retirement)
React Native / Xamarin / Unity
No
Yes (pre-retirement)

Enterprise SDKs

Enterprise SDKs
Yes
No

Support & Focus

Migration support
Full, free, dedicated engineer
None (retired)
Community & docs
Active
Archived
EU hosting option
Yes
No

All information has been researched to the best of our knowledge. While we strive for accuracy, this comparison might not be exhaustive or fully up-to-date. If you notice any inaccuracies, please contact us at support@capawesome.io so we can update it. 💜

Success Stories

See what our customers say

Our customers love Capawesome Cloud - find out why

Moving from Ionic Appflow to Capawesome Cloud has been a fantastic experience. We're very pleased with the product and genuinely impressed with what the team has built. The builds are significantly faster than Ionic Appflow, which is a nice improvement. We especially appreciate how the build process is separated from deployment—it has made debugging much easier and streamlined our entire workflow. The support has also been great. We hope to see even more users make the switch!

Karvan Jay Technical Director at Our Management Group Pty Ltd

We mainly use over-the-air (OTA) updates to deliver critical bug fixes and updates when waiting on the App Store review process is not an option. After dealing with too much down-time and latency from Capgo, we made the decision to switch to Capawesome Cloud and we couldn't be happier. Capawesome is more stable and the package delivery speeds are significantly faster, which makes a big difference at scale. Capawesome's team is extremely responsive and professional - thanks for supplying such a great product guys.

Jedidiah Weller
Jedidiah Weller World Builder at Summon Worlds

Capawesome Cloud has been a game-changer for our team. We can now deploy updates to our Capacitor app without pushing to the app stores. This has saved us countless hours and allowed us to iterate faster. It's a must-have for any modern app development team.

Hugo Corta
Hugo Corta Tech Lead at Vitruve

We tested and verified several solutions on the market to help us deliver OTA updates for our Apps quickly, securely and, most importantly, that were capable of scaling as we grew and demanded. Capawesome Cloud was our choice! The integration is super simple, we have automatic rollback and code signing to ensure the security of updates. The costs are transparent and honest, we are very happy with the platform and looking forward to integrating our future Apps!

Patrick A. Lima
Patrick A. Lima CEO at Nuinalp

We switched from Capgo to Capawesome Cloud a few months ago and so far we haven't looked back. With Capawesome Cloud, we have significantly less downtime, updates are delivered faster, and support is literally the best we have ever experienced. The integration was straightforward, and the documentation is clear and concise. Big thanks to the Capawesome team for creating such an awesome platform!

Clément Fradet Normand
Clément Fradet Normand Co-Founder at Clovis

Capawesome Cloud has become an essential part of our release workflow. We mainly use it for over-the-air updates, allowing us to fix bugs and release updates quickly without waiting for the app review process. The integration was incredibly easy — it took us less than a day and felt almost plug-and-play. The support is excellent as well; the team is always helpful, responsive, and quick to reply.

Sagie Ivan
Sagie Ivan Co-Founder at Dibs

We had to use an Android and iOS SDK in our Capacitor app, for which no plugin existed. Capawesome was able to create a fully functional Capacitor plugin for us within a few days. The communication was excellent and the plugin works perfectly.

Daniel Ehrhardt
Daniel Ehrhardt CEO at Codext GmbH

Capawesome Cloud has helped us reduce our live update costs by more than 90% while offering more features than our previous provider. The integration took us less than a day and the support is top-notch. We now deliver daily live updates to more than 200,000 devices without any issues.

Michael Wolz
Michael Wolz Head of Development at snapADDY GmbH

Our Capacitor app had several unique requirements for running operations in the background. The Capawesome team was able to quickly understand our needs and crafted a customized Capacitor plugin that exceeded our expectations.

Christofer Huber
Christofer Huber CTO at WEBPUNKS GmbH
Frequently asked questions

Have questions about migrating from Visual Studio App Center to Capawesome? We've answered the most common migration questions here. For additional support, reach out to us by Email or via Discord.

Microsoft retired most of App Center — including Build, Distribute, Test, Push, and CodePush — on March 31, 2025. Analytics and Diagnostics continue until March 31, 2027, after which Microsoft recommends migrating to Azure Monitor.

CodePush was retired together with App Center on March 31, 2025. Capawesome Live Updates are a direct, production-ready replacement — with code-signed bundles, gradual rollouts, and per-device automatic rollback that protects users when an update misbehaves on their device.

Most teams complete the migration in under a day — drop in the Live Update SDK, upload your signing identities, and reconnect your git provider. We also ship agent skills that let Claude Code or Cursor port your config automatically, plus a free migration call with a Capawesome engineer.

Yes — AI-native from day one. Every Capawesome capability is available through a CLI, a JSON-output REST API, and official AI Agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot. An MCP server is on the way. App Center was designed years before this workflow existed and was retired before it could catch up.

No. Capawesome is focused on Capacitor, Ionic, Cordova, and native iOS and Android apps. If you're on React Native, Xamarin, or Unity, App Center is not the framework fit we optimize for.

No. Capawesome focuses on build, OTA update delivery, and store publishing. Microsoft recommends Azure Monitor for teams still using App Center Analytics and Diagnostics until March 31, 2027.

Capawesome uses fixed monthly plans that bundle build minutes and Live Updates together — no build-minute overage fees, no per-MAU surprises, no pay-as-you-go billing. See our pricing page for current plans. App Center's free tier is no longer available since retirement.

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