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Pieceable is really neat, but it's just not gonna work for most apps that use any of the phone's hardware and it doesn't perform super well. TestFlight is almo
by RandallBrown 15y ago
Pieceable is really neat, but it's just not gonna work for most apps that use any of the phone's hardware and it doesn't perform super well.
TestFlight is almost perfect. Lots of times people can't figure out how to register a device and then provisioning profiles get messed up and the app doesn't work for them. It's as seamless a process as you can get and still work within Apple's system. Once you get everything set up, it's quite amazing.
One last way that's super easy for users (but probably not supported/allowed by Apple) is to use the Enterprise distribution. This costs 300, instead of the normal 100 and it lets you sign your own apps for use inside of your "company." Once you get the Enterprise distribution building, you can put the app on a website and have anyone download and use it. Unfortunately, if Apple finds out about this they can ban you from the developer program. If you put it behind a password so only people you want to find it can, you'd probably be fine. I'm not sure what it takes for beta testers to count as part of your organization.
- allenbrunson 15y agoApple doesn't allow just anybody into the "enterprise" program. Your company has to have at least 500 employees and a Dun and Bradstreet number. I found this out the hard way, when a company I was working with had their enterprise application rejected by Apple.
- sceneshopping 15y agoI'm not sure about the 500 employees requirement. My startup definitely did it with 5 employees, though, I know we had to get a Dun and Bradstreet number.
- allenbrunson 15y agomaybe they relaxed that part recently! I'm pretty sure they told us about the 500 employee part at the time, but that was a couple of years ago.
- RandallBrown 15y agomy company doesn't have 500 employees either. I didn't know about the Dun and Bradstreet number though.