According to the latest U.S. Mobile App Report, smartphone users spend half their time on their #1 most used app. But when it comes to new apps, users are generally far less likely to keep it if it crashes. Even with vigorous testing, reaching the point where your app never crashes will never come. Learn…
Why you need solid crash reports At one point or another, all mobile app users have been affected by a frozen frame followed by a crash soon after. Apps crash at an average rate of less than 2%, but still, they greatly affect user experience. A study on user expectations of mobile apps found that…
Crashes completely end a session and a study shows that 80% of users will uninstall your app after only three or less problematic sessions. We’ve rounded up the top reasons for mobile app crashes. Users nowadays don’t have much patience with the huge flood of applications available to them. Even if users were forgiving, app…
How often should you update your app? In our last post, we looked at data from the top 100 free apps as well as data from the top 100 grossing apps, which were 99% free, to understand how often free apps are releasing updates. Now, we’ll take a look at the top 100 paid apps…
How often should you update your app? There seems to be no particularly clear answer, and how could there be. Each developer, app, and market are completely different from one another. So how can there be a magic number that applies to an app like Facebook as well as an up-and-coming indie game? The answer…
Google’s yearly conference, Google I/O, highlights new updates coming to the Google and Android ecosystems. In 2019, Google introduced several changes to the Google Play Store that give app owners more options when it comes to feature and app updates, store listings, and data. Dynamic app delivery Last year Google introduced App Bundles, which functioned…
Instabug gives you the best overall package of products to help streamline your testing and drive your app’s success and rating further. Instabug’s crash reporting tool helps you send detailed crash reports and track your app’s crashes from the dashboard. You are able to assess and track crashes in real-time, helping you resolve issues and…
For mobile apps, the benchmarks for acceptable crash rates are not forgiving. Mobile app users have no patience for apps that crash. According to Qualitrix, app crashes per user and per session should be: App crashes per user < 1 % App crashes per session < 0.1 % In general, average crash rates for…
When it comes to mobile app crashes, it’s always important to look at how often they aren’t happening. Unlike bugs, crashes completely end the user experience and a study shows that 80% of users will only attempt to use a problematic app three times or less before uninstalling. Users nowadays don’t have much patience given…
The Google Play store is the biggest source Android users go to for downloading apps, and having your app featured prominently on it ensures more downloads. This guide will show you how to submit and release your app on the Google Play store. Prerequisites Have an app! Your app will need a unique Bundle…