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Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

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Re: Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

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There is no way this is calculated on a 'fair' basis. There are around 3 million apps total between different platforms for mobile. This 1M number must be calculated counting versions of apps as new apps.

Many apps have come and gone as well. I know my enterprise app from 2011 is no longer in the app store after they failed to maintain it, but is likely still active in Crashlytics.

Excellent product by the way. Very polished even from early beta.

Re: Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

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I wanted to do some estimation on what kind of revenue 1M apps could bring but their pricing page consists of "enter your email and we'll contact you shortly".

Seems weird they haven't passed the invite only phase at 1M apps served.

Re: Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

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post #4

I wanted to do some estimation on what kind of revenue 1M apps could bring but their pricing page consists of "enter your email and we'll contact you shortly". Seems weird they haven't passed the invite only phase at 1M apps served.

If you wait for the animation to load, you'll see that it's free (even for enterprise features). They are owned by twitter (in case you're wondering how it could be free).

Re: Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

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post #4

I wanted to do some estimation on what kind of revenue 1M apps could bring but their pricing page consists of "enter your email and we'll contact you shortly". Seems weird they haven't passed the invite only phase at 1M apps served.

It's not "invite only". It's just a trick to seem exclusive. They have an automated email go out a few minutes after you request an invite that gives you instructions on how to sign up that seems like it's coming from an actual person (unless I'm mistaken, in which case whoever is managing these invites is superhuman).

Re: Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

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post #4

I wanted to do some estimation on what kind of revenue 1M apps could bring but their pricing page consists of "enter your email and we'll contact you shortly". Seems weird they haven't passed the invite only phase at 1M apps served.

It's not "invite only". It's just a trick to seem exclusive. They have an automated email go out a few minutes after you request an invite that gives you instructions on how to sign up that seems like it's coming from an actual person (unless I'm mistaken, in which case whoever is managing these invites is superhuman).

Yup: http://blog.benhall.me.uk/2015/01/making-users-feel-special-...

Re: Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

#8
Crashlytics as part of Twitter's Fabric.io suite is awesome. It's our goto for simple things like monitoring crashes/errors, DAU/WAU/MAU and associated ratios across our apps.

It also knocks TestFlight right out of the water for beta testing.

Re: Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

#9

There is no way this is calculated on a 'fair' basis. There are around 3 million apps total between different platforms for mobile. This 1M number must be calculated counting versions of apps as new apps.

There are probably many unpublished (prototype, development version) apps.

Re: Crashlytics now serves over 1M apps

#10
The problem with Crashlytics is that you can't get your data out besides through their pretty website. Their search is limited and there's no adhoc querying. There's no API so you can't integrate with any of your other tools. Also, you have to trust Twitter with your app's data.
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