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Crashlytics vs TestFlight: What are the differences?

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Crashlytics and TestFlight are both popular mobile app testing platforms used by developers to gather real-time data and improve the stability and performance of their apps. While they serve similar purposes, there are key differences between the two platforms that set them apart.

  1. Integration with development platforms: Crashlytics is owned and integrated with Fabric, which is a comprehensive suite of developer tools, allowing seamless integration with other Fabric tools such as Answers, Digits, and Beta. On the other hand, TestFlight is owned and integrated with Apple's development platform, making it the default choice for iOS app developers.

  2. Availability for multiple platforms: Crashlytics offers support for both iOS and Android platforms, providing a unified crash reporting and analytics solution for cross-platform app development. In contrast, TestFlight is exclusively available for iOS, limiting its use to Apple app development.

  3. Beta testing features: Crashlytics provides a comprehensive beta testing distribution system called Beta, allowing developers to distribute their apps to specific groups of testers for testing before releasing them to the app store. TestFlight, which was originally an independent beta testing platform, was integrated into Apple's development platform and offers similar beta testing capabilities but with a tighter integration into the app store release process.

  4. Crash reporting and analytics: Crashlytics focuses on real-time crash reporting and analytics, providing detailed crash reports with stack traces, device information, and user data. It offers advanced analytics features, including custom events and usage data. TestFlight, while it also provides crash reporting, has a more limited set of features compared to Crashlytics.

  5. User feedback and in-app bug reporting: Crashlytics allows users to provide feedback and report bugs within the app using a customizable feedback form. This facilitates direct communication between developers and users, helping in identifying and resolving app issues. TestFlight does not offer a built-in user feedback or bug reporting feature.

  6. Pricing and ownership: Crashlytics is owned by Google and is available for free, making it an attractive option for developers who want a robust crash reporting solution without any additional cost. TestFlight, being owned by Apple, is free to use for developers distributing their apps through the App Store.

In summary, Crashlytics and TestFlight differ in their integration with development platforms, availability for multiple platforms, beta testing features, crash reporting and analytics capabilities, user feedback and bug reporting, as well as pricing and ownership. While both serve the purpose of app testing and stability improvement, the choice between the two platforms depends on the specific requirements and preferences of the developer.

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Pros of Crashlytics
Pros of TestFlight
  • 78
    Crash tracking
  • 56
    Mobile exception tracking
  • 53
    Free
  • 37
    Easy deployment
  • 25
    Ios
  • 15
    Great ui
  • 11
    Great reports
  • 10
    Android
  • 8
    Advanced Logging
  • 7
    Monitor Tester Lifecycle
  • 3
    Mac APP and IDE Plugins
  • 3
    Great User Experience
  • 3
    In Real-Time
  • 3
    iOS SDK
  • 3
    Security
  • 3
    Android SDK
  • 2
    The UI is simple and it just works
  • 2
    Best UI
  • 2
    Light
  • 2
    Real-time
  • 2
    Seamless
  • 2
    Painless App Distribution
  • 2
    Crash Reporting
  • 2
    Beta distribution
  • 2
    Mobile Analytics
  • 2
    Deep Workflow Integration
  • 1
    IOS QA Deploy and tracking
  • 1
    Easy iOS Integration
  • 62
    Must have for ios development
  • 49
    Beta testing
  • 19
    Easy setup
  • 10
    Easy way to push out updates for internal testers
  • 7
    In-App Updates
  • 5
    Crash Logging
  • 4
    Checkpoints
  • 3
    Multiple platforms
  • 2
    Remote Logging
  • 1
    Sessions

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What is Crashlytics?

Instead of just showing you the stack trace, Crashlytics performs deep analysis of each and every thread. We de-prioritize lines that don't matter while highlighting the interesting ones. This makes reading stack traces easier, faster, and far more useful! Crashlytics' intelligent grouping can take 50,000 crashes, distill them down to 20 unique issues, and then tell you which 3 are the most important to fix.

What is TestFlight?

With TestFlight, developers simply upload a build, and the testers can install it directly from their device, over the air.

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