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Microsoft Visual Studio App Center vs. Windows App SDK

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricMicrosoft Visual Studio App Center

by Microsoft

Windows App SDK

by Microsoft

Overall rating4.14.3
Review count6147
Ease of use8.48.4
Ease of setup8.28.6
Quality of support8.18.2
Meets requirements9.18.9
NPS32.2033947.826087
Small Business56.7%38.3%
Mid-Market20.0%34.0%
Enterprise23.3%27.7%
Total page views13245
Total LLM citations13876

Microsoft Visual Studio App Center

Visual Studio App Center ships iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS apps faster and with greater confidence by automating their lifecycles. It also connects your repository and, within minutes, builds in the cloud, tests on thousands of real devices, distributes to beta testers and app stores, and monitors real-world usage with crash and analytics data.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Solution Efficiency
  • App Development
  • Configuration Ease
  • Delivery Speed
  • Simple

Windows App SDK

The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) contains headers, libraries, and tools you can use when you create apps that run on Windows operating systems. With the Windows SDK, you can begin building Universal Windows apps and desktop apps for Windows 10, Version 1511. This SDK also supports building Windows apps and desktop applications for Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008.

Pros