Updraft is a Swiss-hosted app distribution and beta-testing platform for iOS, Android, and Windows, with code signing and CI/CD integrations.
Updraft is an app distribution and beta-testing platform for teams that build iOS, Android, and Windows apps. It positions itself as an alternative to Microsoft App Center, handling the code signing, ad-hoc and enterprise distribution, and store submission steps that come after a build is produced.
The product traces back to 2013, when its first version was released as a collaboration between the former founders of Moqod and the Swiss agency Apps with love AG. Apps with love AG took full ownership of Updraft in December 2023, and the platform continues to be hosted in ISO 27001-certified Swiss data centers, which the company markets as a differentiator for data privacy and GDPR/Swiss data protection compliance.
Updraft covers the app release pipeline from build to install: ad-hoc and enterprise distribution, code signing, deployment environments, and store submission support, alongside a testers dashboard for managing who receives beta builds. Installers can be shared via public links or QR codes, and the platform supports binary re-signing for iOS and Android apps.
The platform integrates with common CI/CD tooling including GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Fastlane, and Gradle, and sends real-time build and distribution notifications to Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Discord so development teams stay informed without checking a separate dashboard.
Updraft offers a free Starter plan limited to 1 project, 3 versions, 500 MB of storage, and 100 installations per month, making it usable for small teams or solo developers testing the platform.
Paid tiers scale from there: Pay-as-you-go is $5/month for unlimited projects, unlimited versions, unlimited storage, and 1,000 installations per month, while Professional is $49/month and adds binary re-signing capabilities on top of the Pay-as-you-go feature set. An Enterprise tier with custom pricing is available for larger organizations with more demanding distribution and support needs.
Yes, Updraft has a free Starter plan covering 1 project, 3 versions, 500 MB of storage, and 100 installations per month.
Updraft supports app distribution for iOS, Android, and Windows applications.
Paid plans start at $5/month for Pay-as-you-go (unlimited projects and storage, 1,000 installations/month), with a Professional plan at $49/month adding binary re-signing, and custom Enterprise pricing above that.
Updraft is owned by Apps with love AG, a Swiss agency that took full ownership of the product in December 2023 after previously co-developing it with the founders of Moqod.
Updraft is hosted in ISO 27001-certified Swiss data centers.
Yes, Updraft integrates with GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Fastlane, and Gradle.