What is difference between .ipa with development provisioning and .ipa with adhoc distribution provisioning profile?

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I looked on stack overflow there are many similar questions but could not understand exactly. As my knowledge there are three types provisioning profile -

  1. Development provisioning profile
  2. Ad hoc distribution provisioning profile
  3. App store distribution provisioning profile

Development provisioning profile allows for testing and debugging. Ad hoc distribution for beta testing without using Xcode.

But my question is that .ipa created for testing using development provisioning or using adhoc distribution provisioning, What is the difference in both ipa?

Thanks for your answer.

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Development provisioning profile

the development provisioning profile is for testing your App on a device (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch)

Ad hoc distribution provisioning profile

Adhoc testing is when you have completed development and want to distribute your app to multiple users for testing (your second question). Just create a distribution profile for adhoc testing and select all the device ids for which the profile is valid. In that case you will only need to send the .app file and .mobileprovision file to each user testing your app.

Details Desription:

If you'd like to install your software on several devices without using the App Store, you'll have to create an Ad Hoc distribution profile with the device ID numbers, and install that profile as well as the software, on all of the devices.

App store distribution provisioning profile

For submission of the app to app store, you have to create a distribution mobile provisional file with the "App Store" option selected.

1.you want to test your App then use - Development provisioning profile.

2.test multiple users without interaction with APP store then use - Ad hoc distribution provisioning profile

2.multiple users interaction with APP store then use - App store distribution provisioning profile