Bitrise on AWS: macOS bare metal CI builder

My main use case for Bitrise is for releases, deployment, and distribution for testers.

I have set up multiple workflows for Bitrise so we could be built depending on their repos, on their secrets, and on their specific environments. So we can build a dev environment, build UAT environment, or even production environment builds of our apps, and then it's distributed through Firebase App Tester to our testers.

Bitrise offers quite a lot of valuable features. One of the good features is the ability to choose the machines on which it will run. It also gives you workflow recipes to ease the setup of your CI/CD flow.

Choosing the machines and using workflow recipes in Bitrise just speeds up and frees developers' time, so even managers or testers themselves can choose the flavors and create builds for specific apps. They can do testing without interrupting developers. As for workflow recipes, they're helping to set up it and do some specific hookups to, if you write a message, 'smoke,' or something like that, it will hook up that it's a smoke build and will post in our Slack channel so everyone can see that a new build was created and similar things. Also, recently we have added functionality to post the release notes with the build, so it takes a specific amount of recent commits, and then QAs can see which task is in this build and should we be able to test those tasks with a specific build or we need to create a new one.

It helps us save some action minutes from GitHub Actions and we can use free time from the developer side to build new features or do technical debt and similar things. It just improves the whole workflow for everyone.

I think it could probably be higher, but we probably are not using all the features and functionalities of Bitrise ourselves, so it's hard to give a higher number because I think more features could be done with it, but we are just not using it.

I have been using Bitrise for four and a half years, close to five years.

Read documentation and try talking with Bitrise chatbot if you are stuck on some things. They usually are quite good at providing reasonable answers which will lead you on a proper way to solve your issues.

I would say on average, Bitrise saves probably about 15 minutes a day.

The review process was quite simple, easy to understand, and not too long, so it's not boring. I would rate this review an 8 out of 10.

Deploying iOS and Android apps to the Play Store and App Store is the main use case for me with Bitrise.

I use Bitrise for deploying my React Native app, and for the iOS version, I have the setup for the yarn build and all my codebase script setup. I set that and all the configuration setup, including sign in with the App Store and all the configuration files, including a provision profile. I can get everything I need and start building. I also attach the pipeline with my GitHub, so whenever I push, the pipeline runs and uploads the new build with the increment version of the iOS build. For Android, I currently run differently because I need to run a different type of script for that.

Bitrise offers excellent pipeline-wise setup and all the setup scripts that are easy to use. The YML editor and all the tools are very useful, and that is the main purpose of Bitrise as a great tool to have.

The YML editor specifically helps me in my daily workflow by being a one-time setup with no hassle every time I need to check. It is a smooth process. The first time takes time to set up all the build-related pipeline setup, but as I use it further, it becomes quite smooth and easy to use. I can manage everything in one place, and I do not worry about any build errors. That is the main thing I can say.

Bitrise has positively impacted my organization because earlier we manually deployed, checked, and tested everything, which took much time to create a build along with machine-specific setups. After using Bitrise, it became very easy and hassle-free. It just becomes a matter of time to push the code, and everything runs smoothly. Deployment does not take much time. Bitrise is a very useful and time-saving tool, and it is very effective because we save our time and money in the organization.

Time-wise, before Bitrise, building an iOS build and an Android build differently while uploading took around four to five hours for me. Now with Bitrise, I do not need to worry about the build. I just push my code, and in the background, the Bitrise pipeline runs and uploads in less than thirty minutes. It is a very specific time-saving experience, and I also do not worry about creating a build, so I save considerable time regarding that.

Bitrise is quite usable, and the UI is good. There is no area for improvement I would suggest; it is perfect for me. Price-wise, I can tell that Bitrise could offer discounts.

Bitrise can be improved by adding some pre-setup builds already for iOS and Android setup with tutorials that are helpful to any new users. New users could see that they already have the pipeline created for platforms such as React Native, iOS, and Android without needing to create step-by-step setup. That is one improvement I can suggest.

I have been using Bitrise for the last two years. It is a very useful CI/CD tool for me, and I have been glad to work with Bitrise.

Bitrise is quite stable in my experience, with no issues, and it has been quite stable for me.

I do not need any customer support for my use case, and I have never used it because there is no need. Currently, there is no chance to have an error that needs customer support, so I have never experienced that.

Previously, we did not use any other tool before Bitrise. We heard about Bitrise and researched it, and planned to use it since it is a good tool that reduces hassle for build creation and helps us create our CI/CD setup.

Pricing-wise, Bitrise is at the higher end. We need some discounts if we are using it for more than a year or two years, and the overall pricing is also good. The setup cost and licensing are very good.

Before choosing Bitrise, we checked Fastlane and other tools, and we found Bitrise to be a financially appealing and easy-to-use tool, so we picked Bitrise for our accelerated development.

Bitrise is a very great tool.

For those looking into Bitrise for mobile-related development, if you are planning to create and upload a build for the Play Store, this is the tool I can recommend. I already shared Bitrise with some of my friends and others, saying it is very useful to reduce time and money. I rate this product a 3 out of 5 based on my overall experience.

My main use case for Bitrise is mainly for iPhone builds, mobile development, and mobile builds. It really helps.

I am mainly using Bitrise for iPhone workflows where it handles the certificates, signs the application, tests the build, and finally publishes it to the App Store. This is the whole workflow I am using.

In my opinion, the best features Bitrise offers are that it is easy to create workflows, support always helps us, and it can be used with a lot of different things.

When I say easy to create workflows, it is easy to build workflows because you can select a lot of built-in steps, so they can help you to come up with workflows easier.

Bitrise has positively impacted my organization because we can build the applications easier.

Bitrise has made building applications easier because it has improved the time we are spending on them. It is saving a lot of time. It is really easy for developers to build the applications because they can just invoke those workflows. This makes it easier to find the errors, improve the time, and improve the collaboration.

I think Bitrise can be improved because it is kind of pricey at the moment.

Regarding Bitrise's AI capabilities, I think its accuracy and reliability of output need improvement because from time to time the accuracy is low, but it is good overall.

I have been using Bitrise for four years.

Regarding Bitrise's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security are pretty good.

I would advise others looking into using Bitrise to just use them. My rating for this review is 9.

My main use case for Bitrise is that we use it as a CI/CD platform to build our Cordova applications and further distribute them to Apple and Google stores.

Regarding my main use case with Bitrise, the cases that we need to cover work great for us. We have an option to store distribution certificates and any other certificates that are required for the build to work, and the configuration is very straightforward.

The best features Bitrise offers include the option to cache builds, although we decided to stop using it because the builds don't take a lot of time. I think it's the simplicity of configuring the workflows and the simplicity of configuring parallel workflows. In general, there's an option to build native applications.

The simplicity of Bitrise impacts my day-to-day work and my team's workflow because we have a single YAML file stored as part of the repository that has been set in stone for quite some time. Whenever we need to introduce a new workflow that would be similar to an existing one but for a different customer, it's just copy and paste. We can also use the UI at the Bitrise website directly to select all of the steps and provide the values for the input fields. It's straightforward and there are not many steps needed to configure it and have it up and running.

Bitrise has positively impacted my organization since we need a way to build native apps for Android and iOS that is efficient and fast, so the delivery to Play Store and App Stores does not take hours. We are rather talking about minutes here, which means that we can react to any customer requests and deliver when there is a new feature or bug fix. We can quickly spin up the build and then have it available for external testers on Play Console or in App Store Connect.

What kept it from being a ten is because I don't give tens. It's a great tool and I think eight is a great number. There's always room for improvement and it's not the perfect tool.

Regarding Bitrise's AI capabilities, I think the accuracy and reliability of output are pretty accurate and reliable nowadays.

I have been using Bitrise for the past seven and a half years.

Bitrise is stable.

Scalability of Bitrise is great.

Customer support of Bitrise is great.

Before Bitrise, we use Bitrise and GitHub Actions in parallel. Bitrise is needed for our native builds to work.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Bitrise is that I cannot really say because I don't manage these things. I think it would be around 1,000 euros per month for around 18,000 credits or 12,000 credits, but I don't remember from the top of my head. The setup is easy and I think the price, considering what we need to use it for, is justified.