In this article, we will be covering some iOS crash reporting best practices to help you stay on top of issues and deliver a high-quality app experience to users. The topics covered will be: Alerts Crash filters Repro steps Network logs Stay on top of crashes with instant alerts Crashes are inevitable, any developer…
A well-conducted beta test takes a great deal of planning and effort to ensure that you receive valuable feedback and insights and, often, small mistakes or oversights can make the difference between a resounding success and a big flop. When planning for a beta test, a common mistake made by app developers is not considering the…
The biggest problem with beta testing that mobile app developers and product managers report is not getting enough useful feedback. We define a beta test as the last testing stage before your app’s launch that targets real users. Making the most of your beta tests requires expertly coordinating a cluster of moving parts, including selecting relevant testers, coaxing…
One of the best ways to make sure your app is growing in sync with your users’ needs is to regularly get in-app feedback. Instabug Feature Requests give your users an organized and community-driven platform to share their ideas. They can vote and submit requests from right inside your app — and you can prioritize your…
How often should mobile apps be updated? To help answer this question, we analyzed the Top 100 Free, Paid, and Grossing apps (as of August 8th, 2019) and their version update history. When we sliced the data by app category and looked at the top 10 apps in each, we found meaningful differences between the categories.…
How often should mobile apps be updated? To help answer this question, we analyzed the Top 100 Free, Paid, and Grossing apps (as of August 8th, 2019) and their version update history. When we sliced the data by app category and looked at the top 10 apps in each, we found meaningful differences between the categories.…
How often should mobile apps be updated? To help answer this question, we analyzed the Top 100 Free, Paid, and Grossing apps (as of August 8th, 2019) and their version update history. When we sliced the data by app category and looked at the top 10 apps in each, we found meaningful differences between the categories.…
When it comes to setting up an effective bug reporting workflow, all apps have different requirements for each stage in the development lifecycle. At Instabug, we recognize that and try to accommodate the needs of apps in different stages of development. Customizing Instabug’s SDK allows you to unlock its full potential and adopt a streamlined…
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…
Since the rise of web 2.0, the practice of beta testing has steadily been gaining in popularity. However, the confusion about what beta testing really is and what benefits it can offer has been increasing at almost the same pace. What Is Beta Testing? There is no standard for what a beta…
Beta testing is well known as a way to weed out the bugs and crashes that are still hiding in your code. The benefits of beta testing as a marketing tool have also started to get more attention recently, with many examples of apps that used beta tests to drive wide adoption. But beta testing…