Nevercode

Nevercode is the former name of Codemagic, a CI/CD platform that builds, tests and publishes iOS and Android mobile apps on every code change. The Nevercode product moved fully to Codemagic on January 1, 2021, according to the official blog.

The history, as told by the official pages: the project began in 2012 as an internal initiative at Mobi Lab, a development company in Estonia. Launched in 2014 as Greenhouse, it became Nevercode in 2017. Codemagic launched in December 2018, and the Nevercode CI/CD moved to it in 2021. Codemagic's privacy policy states that Nevercode LTD, a UK company, operates mainly under the Codemagic trade name.

Today, anyone searching for Nevercode lands on Codemagic. Build configuration lives in a codemagic.yaml file, and the platform serves Flutter, React Native and native iOS and Android projects. The Codemagic blog publishes the Schneider Electric case, which moved from Nevercode to Codemagic and to codemagic.yaml.

Nevercode is now sold as Codemagic, which charges per build minute on pay-as-you-go and offers fixed-price annual plans. Personal accounts get 500 free minutes per month on macOS M2 machines, reset on the 1st; teams get no free minutes.

On pay-as-you-go, according to the pricing page and the documentation:

• macOS M2: US$0.095 per minute.
• macOS M4: US$0.114 per minute.
• Linux X2 and Windows: US$0.045 per minute.
• Extra concurrency: US$49 per month each. The plan includes one concurrency and goes up to three.

Usage from the previous month is charged on the 1st, with no minimum contract.

Annual plans cost US$3,990 per year with M2 machines and US$5,400 per year with M4, both starting with three concurrencies. Enterprise (M4, macOS Studio M4 Max, virtual private cloud and enterprise billing) is priced on request.

List prices published by the vendor, checked in October 2026.

Through Nexforce Marketplace, Nevercode can be purchased in Brazilian reais, with a Brazilian tax invoice (nota fiscal).

The main features of Nevercode, now Codemagic, are builds from a codemagic.yaml file, Git repository integration, code signing and publishing to the app stores.

• codemagic.yaml: one file can hold several workflows, such as one for Android and another for iOS. Different branches can carry different configuration files.
• Workflow editor: Flutter projects can also be configured through the interface, as an alternative to YAML.
• Repositories: integration with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps and other Git repositories. Webhooks trigger builds on push and pull request, and the cancel-outdated option drops queued builds that lost out to a newer commit.
• Code signing: Android keystores live in the team settings and are referenced by name in the YAML. On iOS, the ios_signing block handles certificates.
• Publishing: Google Play through a service account and track, and App Store Connect or TestFlight with a key that has App Manager permission.
• Platforms: Flutter, React Native and native iOS and Android apps.
• CodePush: over-the-air updates for React Native, a separate Codemagic product.

Nevercode, now Codemagic, is worth it for mobile app teams that want CI/CD with iOS builds without maintaining their own Mac machines. The per-minute cost on macOS and the concurrency limit weigh on the bill.

Pros:

• Personal accounts get 500 free minutes per month on macOS M2.
• Pay-as-you-go charges per minute with no minimum contract, and Linux and Windows run at US$0.045.
• codemagic.yaml is versioned and accepts several workflows in the same file.
• iOS and Android code signing and publishing to Google Play, TestFlight and App Store Connect in the same flow.

Cons:

• Teams get no free minutes: the 500-minute quota applies only to a personal account.
• A macOS minute costs more than a Linux minute: US$0.095 on M2 and US$0.114 on M4, against US$0.045.
• Pay-as-you-go reaches three simultaneous builds, and each extra concurrency costs US$49 per month.
• The focus is mobile: the official page presents it as CI/CD for mobile app teams.

The main alternatives to Nevercode, now Codemagic, are GitHub Actions, CircleCI and Bitrise.

• GitHub: GitHub Actions runs tests and deliveries from repository events, with included monthly minutes that vary by plan. It is a general-purpose CI/CD tool that sits next to the code.
• CircleCI: a CI/CD platform with Docker, virtual machine and macOS executors, billed in compute credits rather than fixed minutes.
• Bitrise: CI/CD that is also aimed at mobile apps. Codemagic publishes its own page comparing price and features against it.

Teams that already keep their code on GitHub can start with Actions. Codemagic presents itself as CI/CD for mobile app teams. Teams that only build mobile apps should compare the macOS cost per minute across platforms closely, since it is the most expensive part of Codemagic's pay-as-you-go.