How much does Xcode cost?

No price is published on the record we hold for Xcode. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.

Does Xcode have a free plan?

Yes, Xcode is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.

Which mobile development tools can I use without paying?

4 of the 6 mobile development tools listed alongside Xcode have a free tier: Android Studio, Bitrise, Codemagic, Firebase.

What am I actually paying for with Xcode?

The record lists 26 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for ios app development, macos app development, watchos app development.

Does Xcode charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Xcode prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Xcode against before paying?

The closest mobile development tools in this directory are Android Studio, Bitrise, BuildFire, Codemagic. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Xcode covering price, platforms and features.

Mobile Development · pricing

Xcode pricing

No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Xcode. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the mobile development tools listed alongside it.

Entry price: Free
Model: Not recorded
Tiers: -
Free tier: Yes

What is on record

The Xcode catalogue entry carries no price, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Xcode review carries the full feature record.

What the product covers

The full Xcode feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Core

Source code editor
Interface Builder
iOS Simulator
Debugger
Instruments profiling
Version control
Asset catalog
App Store integration

Integrations

Git
GitHub
TestFlight
App Store Connect
CocoaPods
Swift Package Manager
Instruments
Simulator

Security

App signing
Keychain integration
Secure development

Deployment

Local deployment

Platform

Macos support

Localization

Swift language support
Objective-C language support
C++ language support
C language support
Assembly language support

People bring Xcode in for ios app development, macos app development, watchos app development, tvos app development, apple ecosystem development. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Xcode are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Mobile Development

Too few mobile development tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Xcode entry price against other Mobile Development tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Xcode (this page)	Free	-	-
Android Studio	Free	-	-	vs Xcode
Bitrise	Free	freemium	-	vs Xcode
BuildFire	On request	subscription	-	vs Xcode
Codemagic	Free	freemium	-	vs Xcode
Firebase	Free	freemium	-	vs Xcode
Luciq	On request	quote	-	vs Xcode

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Xcode badges page.

Before you pay for Xcode

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Xcode runs on macos, and is published by Apple Inc of Cupertino, CA. The full record is on the Xcode review, and the rest of the category is under best mobile development tools.

Xcode pricing on the vendor's own site

Xcode pricing questions

How much does Xcode cost?: No price is published on the record we hold for Xcode. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
Does Xcode have a free plan?: Yes, Xcode is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
Which mobile development tools can I use without paying?: 4 of the 6 mobile development tools listed alongside Xcode have a free tier: Android Studio, Bitrise, Codemagic, Firebase.
What am I actually paying for with Xcode?: The record lists 26 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for ios app development, macos app development, watchos app development.
Does Xcode charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Xcode prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Xcode against before paying?: The closest mobile development tools in this directory are Android Studio, Bitrise, BuildFire, Codemagic. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Xcode covering price, platforms and features.