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Alternatives to EAS Build
20 mobile development tools sit alongside EAS Build in this directory. Below is what separates each from EAS Build on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 16
- Cheaper to start
- -
- EAS Build starts at
- Free
Why people look past EAS Build
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. EAS Build has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The mobile DevOps platform
- Publishes an entry price of $89/month, where EAS Build does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month plus build usage.
- 4 tiers to EAS Build's 2.
CI/CD built for Flutter and mobile apps
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where EAS Build does not.
- Sold on a usage-based|subscription model rather than Per month plus build usage.
- 7 tiers to EAS Build's 2.
Open-source automation for building, testing, and releasing iOS and Android apps.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than Per month plus build usage.
Open source UI framework for hybrid mobile apps, now owned by OutSystems
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per month plus build usage.
- 1 tier to EAS Build's 2.
Open source framework compiling JavaScript and TypeScript UI to true native components
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per month plus build usage.
- 1 tier to EAS Build's 2.
Microsoft-maintained, free framework for native iOS, Android, Windows and macOS apps from one C# codebase
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per month plus build usage.
- 1 tier to EAS Build's 2.
Every EAS Build alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAS Build (this page) | Free | Per month plus build usage | 2 | |
| BitriseMobile continuous integration covering native iOS and Android as well as React Native, with more pipeline control | Free, then $89/month | Subscription | 4 | vs EAS Build |
| CodemagicHosted mobile builds with strong Flutter support and per minute pricing that suits low volume teams | Free | Usage-based|subscription | 7 | vs EAS Build |
| FastlaneFree and open source release automation you run on your own machines, if you already have build hardware | Free | Open-source | - | vs EAS Build |
| Ionic | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| NativeScript | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| .NET MAUI | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| Capacitor | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| Kotlin Multiplatform | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| Superwall | Free | Per month by tracked revenue | 2 | vs EAS Build |
| RevenueCat | Free | Per month by tracked revenue | 3 | vs EAS Build |
| Adapty | Free | Per month by tracked revenue | 3 | vs EAS Build |
| Maestro | Free, then $250/month | Per concurrent cloud device per month | 3 | vs EAS Build |
| Flutter | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| React Native | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| Expo | Free, then $19/month | Freemium | 4 | vs EAS Build |
| Appcircle | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs EAS Build |
| Sencha | On request | One-time purchase, per developer | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| Adjust | On request | Per attributed install | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| AppsFlyer | On request | Per attributed conversion | 1 | vs EAS Build |
| Emerge Tools | On request | Quote | 1 | vs EAS Build |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the EAS Build badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (16)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Bitrise , Free, then $89/month
- Codemagic , Free
- Fastlane , Free
- Ionic , Free
- NativeScript , Free
- .NET MAUI , Free
- Capacitor , Free
- Kotlin Multiplatform , Free
What you would be giving up
EAS Build is most often brought in for a react native team with no macos build machine that needs signed ios builds, removing signing credentials from individual laptops and putting them under an auditable service, shipping javascript only fixes through eas update without waiting on store review, distributing internal test builds by link to non technical reviewers. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If EAS Build is broadly right and the question is cost, the EAS Build pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Mobile Development category lists everything the directory holds, and best mobile development tools ranks them.
EAS Build runs on ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about EAS Build alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to EAS Build?
- 20 other mobile development tools are listed in this directory, led by Bitrise, Codemagic, Fastlane, Ionic. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to EAS Build?
- 16 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bitrise, Codemagic, Fastlane, Ionic, NativeScript.
- Is there a reason to switch away from EAS Build?
- Nothing in the data flags one. EAS Build has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from EAS Build?
- EAS Build is most often brought in for a react native team with no macos build machine that needs signed ios builds, removing signing credentials from individual laptops and putting them under an auditable service, shipping javascript only fixes through eas update without waiting on store review, distributing internal test builds by link to non technical reviewers. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to EAS Build?
- Fastlane is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these EAS Build alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Mobile Development, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare EAS Build against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against EAS Build covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every mobile development tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Mobile Development category, 20 tools beside EAS Build. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.