Applivery supports Enterprise (in-house), Ad-Hoc, Development, and TestFlight signed iOS apps.
Sometimes it is difficult to understand which are the differences, requirements and limitations between these signing methods so below we are providing a comparison table that will help you get a bit more familiar with them.
Profile type
Limitations
Expiration
Apple Cost / year
Ad-hoc
– App distribution to a restricted set of specific devices.
– Requires creation of a provisioning profile containing the UDIDs.
– Users: 100 devices.
Certificate: 3 years
Apps: 1 year
99 USD / year
Enterprise (In-house)
– Users: Unlimited, as long as they are employees or collaborators of the organization.
Certificate: 3 years
Apps: 1 year
299 USD / year
Development
– App distribution to a restricted set of specific devices.
– To distribute your app to just your Apple Developer Program team.
– For macOS apps, this is the only option to distribute an Apple Developer Program-signed app for testing.
- Users: 100 devices.
Certificate: 3 years
Apps: 1 year
Free with an Apple Developer Program
TestFlight
– To access TestFlight, you need to be registered, which also limits access.
– It cannot be installed directly on a device; it must go through TestFlight.
– Users: 10.000 testers via email or public link.
90 days per build
99 USD / year
As you can see, in most cases Ad-hoc can serve all your needs, knowing that you will have to collect end-users devices UDIDs and add them to your provisioning profile before signing the App. If you are looking for a more wide and massive distribution within an organization, most probably you will have to go for the Enterprise (In-House) certificate.
We highly encourage you to read more about it at Apple’s website.
