{"id":"appcenter-api","name":"App Center (Microsoft)","af_score":77.6,"security_score":null,"reliability_score":null,"what_it_does":"Microsoft's mobile DevOps platform with REST API for automating builds, distributing apps to testers, collecting crash reports, and sending push notifications — supporting iOS, Android, React Native, and Xamarin.","best_when":"You're developing iOS/Android apps cross-platform (including Xamarin/.NET) and need integrated CI/CD, crash reporting, and beta distribution in one Microsoft-hosted service.","avoid_when":"You're exclusively using Expo/React Native (use EAS instead), or you need a platform with an active development roadmap — App Center's future is uncertain as Microsoft transitions to Azure DevOps.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-01T09:50:05.242928+00:00"}