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Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

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Re: Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

#11

Our organization often comes up with its own secondary metrics based on user data (not just CTR or usage). Is this possible when using Apptimize?

Part of apptimize team here! We let you track whatever goals you want, so people measure stuff like "user returned within a week" and "user used app." What goals do you want to track?

Re: Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

#12
post #6

This looks interesting - although having never really considered using A/B testing on native apps before I did spend a few minutes looking around the site for examples of things to track. Maybe you could show an example project on the site showing what was changed and how that affected sales, etc.?

Part of apptimize team here. We want to do that! We will add more to our site; currently it looks deceptively slick bc our designer is awesome but it's really a first iteration.

Right now if you sign in, you can see an example experiment. How does it look to you?

Re: Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

#14

Our organization often comes up with its own secondary metrics based on user data (not just CTR or usage). Is this possible when using Apptimize?

Part of apptimize team here! We let you track whatever goals you want, so people measure stuff like "user returned within a week" and "user used app." What goals do you want to track?

That really depends on what we find to be important metrics. Flexibility is important since we need to be flexible too.

Re: Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

#15
post #13

I would like to see some code examples.

If you register (takes 2 seconds) there's an example project where you can see the integration steps with the exact code you need to paste in. You're right though, we should definitely add examples to the main site.

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post #13

I would like to see some code examples.

If you register (takes 2 seconds) there's an example project where you can see the integration steps with the exact code you need to paste in. You're right though, we should definitely add examples to the main site.

I'd recommend not forcing people to register to see generic information like this - I know HN is biased towards "Connect with Facebook to login", I would assume most are also biased towards registering to see content - I know I am.

Re: Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

#18
I've got some karma points to burn, so here comes something.

A list of your clients would be nice to see. So that I'd know to never install any of their apps.

I hate apps that phone home. I hate apps that phone to some random analytics companies even more. I don't like companies that enable, entice and profit from this sort of behavior, a behavior that every single user would opt out from if they were asked upfront. So, unfortunately, the only thing I can wish you at this point is a speedy demise so that you'd be free to focus on projects that are less ethically questionable.

/rant

Re: Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

#19
I couldn't find any pricing information even after registering. It only says its free to try, but no further clarification in the docs or the FAQ.

While it looks promising, I can't go and integrate this into my app without knowing if, when, and how much you're going to be charging for it.

Re: Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

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I couldn't find any pricing information even after registering. It only says its free to try, but no further clarification in the docs or the FAQ. While it looks promising, I can't go and integrate this into my app without knowing if, when, and how much you're going to be charging for it.

We haven't announced our pricing yet because we're constantly adding new features our users request. Email me at nancy at apptimize dot com and we'll give you a special deal we've been giving to early adopters.
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