The Problem with Diawi

Diawi has been around for a long time as a quick way to share IPA and APK files. However, modern mobile development teams have outgrown its limitations:

Expiring Links: On the free tier, your build links expire quickly (often in 24 hours or 7 days). This means you constantly have to re-upload builds when clients or QA testers inevitably click the link too late.
Upload Limits: Modern Flutter and React Native apps are large. Hitting Diawi's restrictive file size limits is incredibly frustrating when you just want to ship a build.
No CI/CD Automation: Diawi is heavily built around manual drag-and-drop web uploads. Integrating it into Fastlane or GitHub Actions is cumbersome.
No Analytics: You share a link, but you have no idea if your client or tester actually downloaded and installed the app.

Enter BuildShare: The Modern Alternative

We built BuildShare to solve these exact problems. It is designed specifically for developer velocity, focusing on automation, persistence, and ease of use.

1. Links That Never Expire

Unlike Diawi, BuildShare does not aggressively expire your links to force you into a paid tier. When you upload a build to BuildShare, that OTA install link stays active forever, until you decide to manually delete or disable it. Send a link to a client on Friday, and it will still work perfectly when they check their email on Tuesday.

2. Developer-First CLI & CI/CD

Drag and drop is great, but automation is better. BuildShare provides a powerful CLI that lets you upload builds directly from your terminal or CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Fastlane).

$ buildshare upload ./build/app-release.apk

> Success! Build uploaded.
> Share Link: https://buildshare.in/install/abc-123

3. No Strict Upload Limits

Whether you are building a small native utility app or a massive enterprise React Native application with hundreds of megabytes of assets, BuildShare handles large file uploads effortlessly (up to 500MB+ depending on your plan).

4. Download Analytics

Stop guessing if the QA team tested your build. BuildShare gives you a dashboard where you can see exactly how many times a build was downloaded, along with device platform analytics.

Ready to Make the Switch?

If you're tired of expired links and manual uploads, it's time to upgrade your distribution workflow. BuildShare is free to start, requires no Google accounts for your testers, and works beautifully for both Android and iOS.