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Fabric by Twitter vs TestFairy: What are the differences?
Fabric by Twitter: Mobile developer platform. Installing and managing a wide range of SDKs can be cumbersome and complex. Fabric solves this problem by combining all seven of our SDKs under one roof and organizing them into three Kits: the Crashlytics Kit, the Twitter Kit, and the MoPub Kit; TestFairy: Painless Beta Testing. When testing apps in the crowd, you never know what exactly was done, and what went wrong on the client side. TestFairy shows you a video of the exact test that was done, including CPU, memory, GPS, network and a lot more.
Fabric by Twitter and TestFairy can be primarily classified as "Beta Testing / Mobile App Distribution" tools.
Some of the features offered by Fabric by Twitter are:
- Crashlytics Kit - The Crashlytics Kit gives you a best-in-class toolset to build robust apps: crash reporting, beta distribution, and mobile app analytics that are so easy to understand, we called them Answers.
- Twitter Kit - Bring the conversation happening around the world into your app. From Login, to sharing, to displaying Tweets natively in your app, the Twitter Kit makes social integration simple.
- MoPub Kit - The MoPub kit helps you turn your app into a business. Monetize your app with just a few lines of code, and optimize your advertising across multiple ad networks.
On the other hand, TestFairy provides the following key features:
- App distribution
- Video recording
- Crash handler
Edufii, Yummypets, and Poq are some of the popular companies that use Fabric by Twitter, whereas TestFairy is used by BillGuard, All Events in City, and Devotee. Fabric by Twitter has a broader approval, being mentioned in 66 company stacks & 18 developers stacks; compared to TestFairy, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.
Pros of Fabric by Twitter
- Real-time analytics1
- Easy BETA distribution + monitoring1
Pros of TestFairy
- Get video rec of the user on your app8
- Landing Page4
- Better design4
- JIRA Integration3
- Cross-platform2
- Supports Enterprise IPA's (TestFlight doesn't/didn't)2
- GitHub Integration2
- Application full Log information1
- In-App Feedback1
- Single Sign-On1
- App Distribution1