I like how easy it was to install with Xcode, you can even do so from command line! The only thing I dislike about cocoapods is that its not available in windows. If there are any updates or bug fixes etc., they tend to be released very quickly after apple releases them through their developer portal. It's great that we have an alternative package management tool. You don't need to rely solely on xCode - which isn't always reliable. We've been using Cocoapods at work for our iOS apps and now also our MacOSX app as well. It makes managing dependencies so much easier, especially when dealing with third party libraries.