Xcode 12 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Xcode 12

4.5

(45)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Xcode 12

Xcode is an integrated development environment (IDE) that allows businesses to build applications for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices. With Xcode, developers have access to a highly useful suite of software development tools including an intelligent code editor and app testing tools.

It enables staff members to integrate the platform with GitHub and GitLab repositories to create features such as pull requests, comments, and activity feeds. Xcode's CarPlay simulator allows team members to gain control over screen resolutions and variables input method to test CarPlay experiences across multiple car platforms.

Xcode 12 Screenshots

Xcode 12 Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

Xcode 12 Features

Popular features found in App Building
Compatibility Testing
Drag & Drop
Iteration Management
Workflow Management
More features of Xcode 12
Code Development
Code Editing
Debugging
Deployment Management
For Developers
Graphical User Interface
Web/Mobile App Development

Xcode 12 User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

58%

36%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

3.9

Functionality

4.5

Roshish S.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

A must have for iOS development

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

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.

Ryan S.

Verified reviewer

Sports

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2024

Xcode is great but be prepared to Youtube or research alot

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Julian H.

Verified reviewer

Design

11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2023

Bulky software but does the job

It takes some getting used to, and there are often lots of small issues, but ultimately it does the job.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

There are not exactly alternatives when building iOS software, and Xcode is ultimately good enough. Once you overcome the initial learning curve and various teething issues, it's pretty quick to deploy new builds to the App Store, for instance. Automatic account/team/signing management is also useful.

Cons:

The filesize is huge. This is particularly problematic on Macs with small internal storage, as updating often involved uninstalling, then doing a full reinstall (sometimes 30GB+ of free space is needed).

Chris L.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

Best platform for developing mobile apps

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Powerful platform with an intuitive UI.

Cons:

Occasional technical issues with compiling.

Phanit P.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Standard IDE for iOS Development

I've been using Xcode for a while (over 10 years). Xcode 12 adds a lot of features to existing features to include a lot of support for SwiftUI. Overall, it's a must-have tool for Apple Development.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The autocompletion feature is nice for Swift and Objective-C. Xcode 12 can be used to submit the app directly into the app store. Xcode 12 has a lot of great documentation since it has been the standard tool for iOS development for a while. The simulator can be used to simulate different devices with different Operating Systems.

Cons:

Xcode provides a lot of advanced options in their User Interface, but a lot of options can be overwhelming. Storyboard merges can be nearly impossible to resolve. Sometimes, an error message can be difficult to debug. Frequent updates. Requires 40GB of free space to update on the latest versions.

Reasons for choosing Xcode 12

There was no alternative option since Xcode was the standard IDE for Apple

Binigya D.

Verified reviewer

Computer Games

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

The only option for iOS development

It is the only option for iOS app development, so you are stuck with it if you want to make any iOS apps or games. I did have a good experience using it, as it does have a slick UI and some nifty features going for it, but I found my experience to also be mildly frustrating at times.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

As with any Apple product, I love the Slick UI and the UX of XCode. It is a daunting and a complex beast of an IDE, but it does look good and you can access stuff you want easily. It also has such an easy connection for releasing TestFlight apps and making archives for the App store, which does compensate for some of its frustrations and quirks. I also loved the emulators, which are pretty light on the system and do work so smoothly to test out your apps.

Cons:

I really dislike the way debugging works on Xcode, it is a cumbersome process. Also, while exporting archives and app packages, it raises errors after a substantial amount of time instead of warning about it earlier on. And, the permission settings are pretty confusing and the countless amounts of errors I have gotten due it is a painful experience to have. Finally, it is really slow at times. I've used it on a Mac mini and a Macbook pro and the plodding performance has always been an issue for me.

Viktor T.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Xcode user as QA

It is a usable development environment with many great features, at the same time a sometimes less user friendly user interface

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

Excellent for Swift Development

Working on iOS App development, XCode has really upped the game for an IDE using the native languages. Compared to Android Development with Android Studio, or even something like React-Native, XCode was miles ahead in terms of features, ease of use and reliability.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This product is THE way to handle Swift development for macOS and iOS. I've never had it crash on me, the built-in compiler is top notch and it is incredibly easy to send an application over to your mobile device

Cons:

This software CAN be used for things like C++ development. Don't use it for that, there are better options out there. Its handling of anything NOT native Apple-developed Swift is very hit or miss for usability.

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2021

Why XCode

My overall experience with Xcode 12 is very good. I use it daily for developing cool applications.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There are many great features in XCode that I like.XCode 12 performs very well on code completion. We can learn profiling in a very natural way using XCode 12. Also, the app store has a very large audience.

Cons:

The app store approval process is very frustrating and lengthy. XCode does not support tabbed work environments.

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Xcode 12 experience

The overall experience was great , used it build and publish iOS apps.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

1.Ui is nice and clean 2. Easy to edit code 3. Add require details to publish iOS apps easily 4. regular app updates

Cons:

1. It is only available in macOS 2. So Heavy software need free space and ram to operate 3. For updating the software need 40gb free space

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