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Most essential choice for basic unit-level testing of iOS apps and functionality
December 15, 2022

Most essential choice for basic unit-level testing of iOS apps and functionality

Romi Kalathiya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with XCTest

We do all our iOS apps/games testing with XCTest. Like Android Studio, Xcode provides tons of software testing capabilities for developers/UX designers that can help to enhance the stability and usability of the apps. Xcode provides XCTest and XCUITest which are extremely helpful for achieving and building better-quality software. Thoroughly tested apps, regardless of whether done at the unit level or UI level, improve the user experience and accelerate the adoption of those sorts of apps.
  • Basic unit level testing of iOS apps/games and functionalities
  • Xcode Test Recorder - mostly a feature for UI tests but as XCTest is related with XCUITest the UI recording is possible with Xcode environment.
  • No cross platform support
  • Limited Programming Language Support
  • Xcode Test Recorder feature
  • Native iOS Language Support
  • Easy to Learn and implement
  • Mostly positive and almost a must to have for all our app testing
  • Making our UI/UX seamless with test recording so we can launch a bug free apps

Do you think XCTest delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with XCTest's feature set?

Yes

Did XCTest live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of XCTest go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy XCTest again?

Yes

Overall, XCTest is a good choice for testing iOS functionality and apps at a basic unit level. In order to thoroughly test the logic, you must add many of those sorts of basic tests, which makes functional UI testing more appropriate for iOS apps. As I mentioned earlier, limited Programming Language Support and no cross platform compatibilities are the only major drawbacks.