Apptopia vs. Firebase Crashlytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apptopia
Score 7.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Apptopia offers mobile app data and market intelligence in a web tool. Mobile publishers and developers, service providers, and investors use Apptopia on a daily basis to understand and monitor competitors, inform business strategies, and identify emerging consumer interests and trends. Download, revenue, and usage estimates are available for every ranked app and publisher in the world. According to the vendor, Apptopia is unique in its ability to also offer SDK recognition and…
$79
month
Firebase Crashlytics
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Crashlytics is a mobile analytics tool which helps users find the exact line of code that their app crashed on, providing granular insight into mobile app performance and user experience. Crashlytics was acquired by Google in 2017 and is now offered as part of the Firebase product.N/A
Pricing
ApptopiaFirebase Crashlytics
Editions & Modules
Start Plan
$79
month
Engage Plan
$899
month
Grow Plan
$1,499
month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ApptopiaFirebase Crashlytics
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCustom plans are available, including the option for a robust API integration. Email sales@apptopia.com or call 1-855-277-8674 to learn more.
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Community Pulse
ApptopiaFirebase Crashlytics
Considered Both Products
Apptopia
Chose Apptopia
Apptopia has a much deeper iOS database than Datanyze, however Datanyze seemed to have more accurate SDK information in Android. Apptopia provided much more data on mobile traffic, revenue #'s, and demographics than Datanyze. These features are very appealing to an advertising …
Chose Apptopia
Overall it stacked up poorly against other competitors. The inaccurate info, limited coverage on apps and slow UI made it an unpleasant experience. I do not recommend using this program and think there are better solutions out there. The customer support also was not great.
Chose Apptopia
We initially went to Datanyze for email hunting and list building. As we learned more about the feature they offer we realized their data was not as accurate as we needed. During our evaluation of the product there were lots of promises of Beta features or things in the future …
Firebase Crashlytics
Chose Firebase Crashlytics
Truly speaking, it is also a quite good tool for crash reports, but Firebase Crashlytics was better to use when you are using the Firebase Realtime database as your DB, so the integrations become much easier.
Chose Firebase Crashlytics
As mentioned previously, the only realistic competitor to Crashlytics is Instabug (backed by Y Combinator in the W16 class). While Crashlytics is focused on actual crashes, Instabug's main innovation is in collecting feedback from users for non-crash bugs. While non-crash bugs …
Chose Firebase Crashlytics
Based on what our developers have told me, Crashlytics is better than anything else out there. I personally have worked with Flurry for event and crash monitoring, and my experience was terrible. I know some project teams have tried some alternatives in the space that I don't …
Chose Firebase Crashlytics
BuddyBuild's crash reporting tool is a far cry from Crashlytics, and the interface is also not nearly as good.
Chose Firebase Crashlytics
Compared it with Crittercism on a Xamarin project a while back and on that platform, Crittercism was the best.
But on Android, Crashlytics is just a lot better in providing good stack traces and having a useful analytics console. It's pretty much the defacto standard on …
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User Ratings
ApptopiaFirebase Crashlytics
Likelihood to Recommend
6.7
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10.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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10.0
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Usability
-
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10.0
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User Testimonials
ApptopiaFirebase Crashlytics
Likelihood to Recommend
At first the platform was great although after a while we noticed lots of inconsistencies when we compared with other platforms and confirmed when speaking with publishers. The coverage for iOS was also not great. Overall the coverage was not sufficient. The UI was beautiful looking although if it's not accurate it is pointless.
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Firebase Crashlytics is a no-brainer if you are already using any of the other Firebase suite of products, as its integration is very easy if you are already using these in your app. If you have cross-platform Android, iOS, and macOS apps, you should also consider Firebase Crashlytics to provide a unified across your platforms. If your app is only on Android or only on Apple, then you may be better off remaining with the default Apple Developer or Google Play Developer Console crash collection experiences.
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Pros
  • Apptopia not only allows you to see what technologies are being used in an app, but also when an technology is removed, inactive or installed.
  • You can create alerts to help you stay on top of changes in the market, SDK, revenue, user base and more.
  • The benefits of working with an SMB company is you get their full attention at any point in the customer lifecycle. Early on to our usage of Apptopia we had the Chief Product Officer getting on calls and video shares with us to hear our feedback, ask for suggestions and to showcase new/upcoming features. They have excellent customer support and are constantly updating and adding to their already amazing product.
  • The employees that work there are very receptive and helpful as well. I was reviewing another tool for my company to use and noticed one of their managers had left a review about the given tool. I personally reached out to her asking for her opinion and feedback before buying and she responded within a day.
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  • It has a great reporting interface to monitor crashes and affected users.
  • Setting up breadcrumbs to provide better insights around crashes is simple.
  • Easy for a non-developer like myself to jump in and figure out things quickly.
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Cons
  • very inaccurate in my team's experience.
  • the beautiful traffic map breakdown was also very inaccurate
  • Needs more app coverage. Did not have information for alot of large publishers we are looking to contact.
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  • Improve the SDK installation documentation
  • Simplify the migration from Fabric.io to Firebase
  • Improve the UI, currently it feels fairly old & clunky
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
Because its fulfilling our basic and necessary requirements that can be an only and enough reason to renew the subscription.
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Usability
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It is very easy for non-developer staff to use the Firebase Console and gather information for the development team. Developers will find it straightforward to integrate Firebase Crashlytics into new or existing codebases using Google's in-depth developer documentation. I cannot think of an easier cross-platform solution to use, and because of that I wish it supported more platforms!
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Alternatives Considered
We initially went to Datanyze for email hunting and list building. As we learned more about the feature they offer we realized their data was not as accurate as we needed. During our evaluation of the product there were lots of promises of Beta features or things in the future and not a ton of focus or confidence in what they offered currently. We did leverage and benefit from Datanyze for a decent amount of time, but when we evaluated a side by side comparison, Apptopia came out on top. Datanyze is a little different where they can pull lists of contacts, but at the end of the day we saw App data more important than those lists
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Compared it with Crittercism on a Xamarin project a while back and on that platform, Crittercism was the best. But on Android, Crashlytics is just a lot better in providing good stack traces and having a useful analytics console. It's pretty much the defacto standard on Android...everyone uses Crashlytics. It's even more common to use Crashlytics and the Firebase crash tracking; Firebase does track ANR's a lot better though.
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Return on Investment
  • Apptopia gave our sales team insight on growing apps and mobile SDK information.
  • We did not see an adequate ROI with regards to Apptopia. The data was not accurate enough to move forward with the partnership.
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  • It has help me in improving my app stability and has helped a lot in improving the UI.
  • Also, sometimes its quite interesting to understand the app usage, and it helps us in making better decisions.
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ScreenShots

Apptopia Screenshots

Screenshot of Apptopia provides download, revenue, and usage estimates for every ranked app and publisher in the world.Screenshot of The Top New Apps report shows the best performing apps released within the last 30 days. Other reports include the breakout predictor and surge report.Screenshot of Publisher portfolio pages show performance metrics for every app in the portfolio, category penetration, and relevant contact details.Screenshot of Store category analysis ranks categories by downloads, revenue, and submissions. Details also include top apps and publishers in the category and analysis of category competitiveness.Screenshot of Real-time SDK recognition shows when SDKs are installed and uninstalled in every app. View the SDK vendor's page to see their category penetration and recent installs and uninstalls.