# Apple’s 100 Device Limit for Developers, Explained

> How the Apple Developer limit of 100 devices per product family works, why removing a device doesn’t free its slot, and how to reset the list at renewal.

Last updated: 2026-11-05
Canonical: https://buildferry.app/apple-device-limit

Apple lets each developer account register **up to 100 devices per product family, per membership year** for development and ad hoc testing.

## What counts

The limit applies separately to each product family:

- iPhone
- iPad
- iPod touch
- Apple Watch
- Apple TV
- Mac
- Apple Vision Pro

So you can have 100 iPhones and 100 iPads at the same time. TestFlight testers don't count toward it.

## Removing a device doesn't give the slot back

During the year, you can disable a device, but Apple says this won't increase the number of devices available. A registered device keeps using its slot until your membership year ends.

## Resetting at renewal

At the start of each membership year, the first time an Account Holder, Admin or App Manager signs in to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, Apple asks whether to:

- Remove specific devices.
- Remove all devices, restoring 100 per product family.
- Continue without removing any.

If your membership expires, you can download the device list 30 days before. Devices are removed 180 days after expiry.

## How to make 100 go further

- Register only devices that will really test, not every iPhone that asks. BuildFerry's share links only register an iPhone after **you approve it**.
- Keep a count. BuildFerry shows how many iPhone slots you've used, from Apple's own numbers, before you approve the next one.
- Clear unused devices at renewal.
- Use TestFlight for big public betas, where the limit is 10,000 external testers.