Tower vs Xcode

Tower vs Xcode: What are the differences?

What is Tower? The most powerful Git client for Mac & Windows. Use all of Git's powerful feature set - in a GUI that makes you more productive.

What is Xcode? The complete toolset for building great apps. The Xcode IDE is at the center of the Apple development experience. Tightly integrated with the Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks, Xcode is an incredibly productive environment for building amazing apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Tower and Xcode are primarily classified as "Source Code Management Desktop Apps" and "Integrated Development Environment" tools respectively.

Some of the features offered by Tower are:

• Clone & create repos with a click - Manage your GitHub, Bitbucket & Beanstalk accounts from within Tower
• Open repos quickly - Tower's "Quick Open" dialog finds and opens repositories in no time
• Automate the boring stuff - Fetching and stashing are automatically done for you, if you wish

On the other hand, Xcode provides the following key features:

• Source Editor
• Assistant Editor
• Asset Catalog

"Git" is the primary reason why developers consider Tower over the competitors, whereas "IOS Development" was stated as the key factor in picking Xcode.

Pinterest, Instacart, and Lyft are some of the popular companies that use Xcode, whereas Tower is used by Swat.io, Coderus, and Startae. Xcode has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1051 company stacks & 603 developers stacks; compared to Tower, which is listed in 31 company stacks and 16 developer stacks.