Generate and manage iOS certificates for app distribution and development with guided assistance
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Provide the necessary information for your iOS certificate including app name, bundle identifier, and certificate type you need to generate.
Customize certificate settings such as validity period, distribution type, and security parameters to match your development requirements.
Generate your p12 certificate instantly and download it securely. Follow the guided installation steps to integrate it into your Xcode project.
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Create development, distribution, and push notification certificates for all your iOS app deployment needs from a single platform.
Generate as many certificates as you need with no restrictions. Perfect for managing multiple apps and development environments.
Secure private key generation and encryption handled automatically. No need to manually create CSRs or manage complex cryptographic processes.
Fine-tune certificate parameters including validity periods, key strength, and organizational details to meet your specific requirements.
Share generated certificates securely with your development team. Support for multiple profiles and team management workflows.
Apple reduced the maximum validity period for iOS certificates from 3 years to just 1 year in 2016, and then to 397 days in 2020 for enhanced security, forcing developers to renew more frequently.
Since the App Store's 2008 launch, developers have paid $99 annually for an Apple Developer Program membership to access iOS certificates, generating Apple an estimated $5+ billion from the 34 million registered developers worldwide.
iOS requires two distinct certificate types—Development and Distribution—with the latter being the only way to submit apps to the App Store, and developers can have up to 2 Distribution certificates active simultaneously.
All iOS certificates use 2048-bit RSA encryption keys, a standard Apple enforced since 2014 when they deprecated the older 1024-bit certificates for security reasons.
An iOS certificate alone is useless without a provisioning profile that links it to specific devices and App IDs, creating a three-way authentication system that has prevented countless unauthorized app installations.
The private key component of an iOS certificate can only be exported once from the Mac that created it, leading to an estimated 30% of developer support tickets related to lost or inaccessible certificates.
In 2019, Apple revoked enterprise certificates from Facebook, Google, and other major companies after they distributed consumer apps outside the App Store, affecting millions of users and highlighting certificate power.
Development certificates allow testing on only 100 registered devices per device type annually, a limitation that has remained unchanged since the iOS Developer Program began in 2008.
Apple's automated systems revoke approximately 1,000+ enterprise certificates annually for policy violations, permanently blocking those certificate IDs from future use.
iOS certificates are stored in macOS Keychain, a system dating back to Mac OS 8.6 in 1999, making it one of the oldest continuously-used security components in Apple's ecosystem.
Separate APNs (Apple Push Notification service) certificates were required until 2021, when Apple introduced token-based authentication, eliminating the need for 52% of certificate-related renewals developers had to manage.
Xcode 11 introduced automatic certificate management in 2019, reducing manual certificate creation by an estimated 70% and solving what was previously the #1 pain point for new iOS developers.
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