.ipa size is larger than overall project size

Question

My overall project size is 29.9MB but when I archive it, .ipa size is 49.4MB. I am not using any third-party sdks in the application.

What could be the reason for this increase in .ipa size?

Answer 1

IPA is just a .zip file (you can rename it as .zip and see what's inside, you can see if there are files that should not be in).