App Center CodePush is retired

The CodePush alternative for React Native

Microsoft retired App Center CodePush. Bundle Drop is the drop-in replacement for over-the-air updates, with channels, staged and targeted rollouts, safe rollback, unlimited monthly active users, and a guided migration that adapts to your project structure.

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CodePush vs Bundle Drop

The same OTA model you already know, with the release controls CodePush never shipped.

CodePush

Bundle Drop

Status

Retired by Microsoft (2025)

Actively developed and supported

Release model

Deployment keys per environment

Named channels with promotion between them

Release controls

Basic mandatory / optional updates

Managed publishing, staged and targeted rollouts

Rollback

Roll back by re-deploying an old release

One-click rollback to the previous bundle or native binary

Download size

Full JavaScript bundle each update

Patch-size downloads with full-bundle reliability

Runtime safety

Target binary version gating

Runtime version boundaries per native release line

Pricing

Shutting down

Free tier, unlimited monthly active users

Native setup / migration

Manual native wiring

Project-aware setup with a guided cleanup checklist

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Migrate in minutes

The native seam is the part that is easy to get wrong by hand, so Bundle Drop does it for you.

your-app — bash

Connect your project

Install the package, log in, and link the app to a Bundle Drop project.

Review the project-aware migration

During login, Bundle Drop detects the project shape and existing CodePush integration, then previews the matching setup changes. Bare projects retain their current ReactHost, ReactNativeHost, or AppDelegate structure; Expo projects use the config plugin path.

Finish the guided cleanup

The plan lists the remaining CodePush leftovers to remove: the react-native-code-push dependency, the codePush() wrapper in JS, deployment keys in Info.plist and strings.xml, and the codepush.gradle apply line.

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Start shipping OTA updates in minutes

Bundle Drop gives you everything you need to deploy React Native updates instantly. Join developers shipping with confidence.

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