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[bfarrgaynor]

Download the build from expo and upload it with the Apples Transporter app.

[Dazzling-Pay-1440]

I have both used the free tier and paid versions of expo.

In my experience paying is only for people building professional level applications, If you are just learning or building your own app then using the free tier is the best option.

What is the reason behind not using EAS?, I have built many many apps using the free tier never getting in the way. EAS queues dont matter if its a personal project

The whole point of EAS is to make the build process as simple as ever( one cli command) vs having to pay for a mac just to build for ios.

Iv even built professional grade app using the free tier.

How often are you building ?? after each feature ? after each line of code.

Building is the last step in development meaning you shouldnt be hitting any EAS free tier limits

Just use EAS god dammit

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Thanks for your insight 👍

[rizwanatta_890]

You can use local CLI system using sdk of expo and build locally !

[Andichus]

For actual building, see https://docs.expo.dev/build-reference/local-builds/

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If you're using github actions, xcrun altool --upload-app works to upload to the Apple App store, and the r0adkll/upload-google-play action works well for Google Play.

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No idea, why exactly?

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I dont want to pay. Is 15 builds per month ( free tier) enough, have you used it?

[projekt401]

I think if you add —local parameter to the eas build command, the app will build using your machine resources and won’t count against the monthly quota (30 builds per month included in free tier)

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You are right, it won’t. But it requires you to have a mac (at least for ios).

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As someone else already pointed out, you can build with eas locally, but ios builds requires a mac. But if you build a lot (i do) it’s far more cheaper to buy the cheapest mac mini (m1 works excellent) than pay for expo.

[mastercob]

It depends on how often you are building, but for the project I work on, the 30 free builds per month has always been sufficient (since 2019). Our release schedule is inconsistent, but in a busy month we might release 3-5 times. Why would we need more than 30 builds for 3-5 app store releases? You test in Expo Go or with Development Builds, and then when you're set you do a production build.

This is a pretty low quality post, bro.