# Xcode 12 Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Xcode 12 Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other App Building products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/207197/Xcode-12 --- # Xcode 12 Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. Independent research methodology Capterra’s researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Xcode 12 ## What is Xcode 12? Xcode 15 is Apple's integrated development environment for creating iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS apps. The Xcode 15 IDE enables developers to code, test, and distribute apps for all Apple platforms with enhanced code completion, interactive previews, live animations, and seamless deployment to TestFlight and the App Store through Xcode Cloud. ## What is Xcode 12 used for? [App Building](https://www.capterra.com/app-building-software/)[Integrated Development Environment (IDE)](https://www.capterra.com/ide-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 45 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 93% Neutral 7% Negative 0% Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Xcode 12?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://www.apple.com&name=Xcode 12) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Xcode 12 4.5 (45) VS. [4.4 (15,352)](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $7.91 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.2 (45) Ease Of Use 4.1 (923) Value For Money 4.6 (36) Value For Money 4.3 (826) Customer Service 3.9 (26) Customer Service 4.2 (893) ## Xcode 12 alternatives [4.6 (249)](https://www.capterra.com/p/137206/Caspio/reviews/) Starting price $600.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [4.6 (1,389)](https://www.capterra.com/p/140928/Appy-Pie/reviews/) Starting price $16.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 92% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Essential Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/) [4.5 (923)](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/) [FlutterFlow](https://www.capterra.com/p/249489/FlutterFlow/) [4.4 (84)](https://www.capterra.com/p/249489/FlutterFlow/reviews/) Starting price $30.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 90% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/249489/FlutterFlow/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/207197/Xcode-12/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Graphical User Interface 4.3 (18) 44.44% of 18 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important A visual way of interacting with an application or operating system using items such as windows, icons, and menus Web/Mobile App Development 4.5 (16) 68.75% of 16 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create/edit commerce applications for mobile devices and/or web Deployment Management 4.4 (15) 53.33% of 15 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Manage the processes involved when making the application ready for use Code Development 4.7 (11) 54.55% of 11 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create code from scratch Code Editing 4.6 (11) 63.64% of 11 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Edit code that has been previously created for product development. Debugging 4.2 (10) 60.00% of 10 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Detect and remove errors Xcode 12 8 features Create code from scratch Edit code that has been previously created for product development. Detect and remove errors Manage the processes involved when making the application ready for use For the intention to be used by developers A visual way of interacting with an application or operating system using items such as windows, icons, and menus An application for source code editing, compiling, and debugging Create/edit commerce applications for mobile devices and/or web Features 4.5 (45) 4.5 Based on 45 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.6 (36) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Value for money 4.6 (36) 4.6 Based on 36 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 3.9 (26) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 3.9 (26) 3.9 Based on 26 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.5 Based on 45 reviews Filter by rating 5(26) 4(16) 3(3) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent RS Ryan S. Head of design and implementation Sports ### "Xcode is great but be prepared to Youtube or research alot" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 5/10 July 25, 2024 Overall was an awesome experience but wasn't for us in the end as it was too hard to implement in-app purchasing and subscriptions to our app. Also was very tedious having to resubmit the app to be published every time we made small changes. Pros Xcode offered a great amount of endless design options. Loved the way you can do a simulation of your app in a sandbox environment on different Apple devices from iPad Air to the latest iPhone or Apple Watch. Great library for filing media items too. Cons You can build any app you are after, given that you either know Swift (coding language) back to front or have plenty of time to research how to build your app. Cons are that it is very code intensive and difficult to wrap your head around some trickier concepts to bring them to life. Another con is the difficulty with publishing apps not always displaying why they got rejected from the app store and also adding in-app purchase functionality is difficult. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. CL Chris L. Captain Computer Software ### "Best platform for developing mobile apps" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 18, 2024 Pros Powerful platform with an intuitive UI. Cons Occasional technical issues with compiling. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Chief Architect Computer Software ### "A user friendly IDE for iOS developers" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 October 28, 2023 Pros Many of the build tools are automated, such as code correction, debugging, and deployment. This feature saves the developer time in building app. Cons You need Apple Mac in order to use this tool. Apple devices are necessary for building an app. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Roshish S. Flutter Developer Information Technology and Services ### "A must have for iOS development" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 September 20, 2023 Pros It has a ton of useful features and is really nicely integrated with Swift as well as Git. The UI is pretty appealing and overall has friendly interface. Cons Sometimes it might take too much time to load and sometime the default window does not even pop up. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Ritesh J. Frontend developer Computer Software ### "Best IDE for IOS app developers" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 5/10 September 13, 2023 Pros Xcode is great IDE for IOS developers. The package and plugin it offers are great. The Ui and theme are very appealing. Cons the app becomes laggy if you try to do multiple things. The boundary that it sets for app to build only in XCODE might be unacceptable for other developers. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RA Rishad A. IT Manager Information Technology and Services ### "One and only IDE for developing mobile/desktop application for MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS and TVOS" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 12, 2023 From developing to deployment, XCode is a single suite to do all of, which is super easy. Also for developing any App for Apple devices, XCode is mandatory. You can build an app without it. Even with Flutter Pros Apple creates XCode for developing apps for various Apple devices. It has all the required tools for developing & deploying an app. No additional tool is required for deployment. We can do it directly from Apple XCode Cons XCode itself is good. We need to pay 99$ per annum for a developer account, which is very expensive compared to Google PlayStore. We can use XCode without purchasing a developer account, but that limits many options such as sharing a test app with friends. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Software Developer Computer Software ### "Great quality software, essential for building iOS apps" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 2.0 2.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 April 13, 2023 It's good, not that there are many alternative to build iOS apps, so we have to stick with what Apple offers. Pros I like that Apple keeps on improving this IDE at every new version by making it always more easy for us developer to build our apps. Cons It is slow in building projects. Android studio is faster with instant run, not to mention Flutter! Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User IT engineer Information Technology and Services ### "Un IDE fondamentale ma pieno di bug e lento" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 March 16, 2023 Non si può prescindere da Xcode se si vuole programmare per dispositivi iOS ma l'IDE presenta numerosi difetti che rendono difficile e lenta la programmazione. Pros Xcode è un scelta obbligata per chi si accinge allo sviluppo di applicazioni iOS e macOS. Ho trovato l' interfaccia utente abbastanza intuitiva anche se può all'inizio disorientare un nuovo utente ma a mio avviso l'unico vero pregio di questo IDE è l'emulatore integrato che permette di debuggare le applicazioni anche senza avere un dispositivo apple fisico (permettendo di risparmiare parecchio) Cons I difetti purtroppo superano i pregi. Innanzitutto per utilizzare Xcode è necessario avere un Mac (molto oneroso) ma il problema principale è che l'IDE soprattutto nelle ultime versioni presenta numerosi bug. inoltre è molto lento in fase di compilazione e di segnalazione degli errori. Infine scaricare xcode e gli sdk necessari alla programmazione di app mobile occupa molto spazio sull'hardisk Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. VT Viktor T. Software engineer in test Information Technology and Services ### "Xcode user as QA" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 February 22, 2023 It is a usable development environment with many great features, at the same time a sometimes less user friendly user interface Pros Xcode is essentially the only tool with which it is relatively convenient to develop applications on Apple devices. It has a lot of features, but from the QA positions I like the source code debugger the most, it's top quality Cons Unfortunately, Xcode has several bugs, the app often crashes when it is committed to other branches. The application does not compile, but the exact error is not reported. It has less user friendly user interface. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MP Martin P. Web App Developer Computer Software ### "iOS Apps development solution" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 February 21, 2023 Required and must have app for iOS development, with nice storyboards implementation but code recognition is bad. Overall performance of the IDE is also bad. Pros This app is nearly must have in iOS Apps development. You can look for another apps but you finally get know that without Xcode you can't do so many things. I like the storyboards, which allows you to create app more interactively without less skills. Cons Code inspections and auto recognition is bad. The performance for these functions is also bad. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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