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Top 20 Crash Reporting and Performance SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 8 Dec 2024 CET
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Top 20 Crash Reporting and Performance SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Crash Reporting and Performance SDKs leveraged by iOS apps available on the iOS app market.

Crash Reporting and Performance SDKs help developers monitor the performance of their mobile apps. By integrating these SDKs into their products, developers can leverage the crash detection, error reporting, performance monitoring, real-time analytics, and other related capabilities that they offer.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Apple App Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect Crash Reporting and Performance SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 84.61% have integrated Google Firebase. This accounts for 82.73% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Firebase is Google's mobile platform SDK that helps you quickly develop high-quality apps and grow your business.

Total Apps
812.55k
App Store
App Share
84.61%
App Store
Apps
719.60k
Games
92.95k
Total Downloads
297.86b
App Store
Download Share
82.73%
App Store
App Downloads
209.64b
Game Downloads
88.22b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Google Firebase.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 35.83% have integrated Firebase Crashlytics Fabric. This accounts for 57.60% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Firebase Crashlytics is an app that helps you track, prioritize, and fix stability issues that erode app quality, in realtime. Spend less time triaging and troubleshooting crashes and more time building app features that delight users.

Total Apps
344.05k
App Store
App Share
35.83%
App Store
Apps
317.52k
Games
26.53k
Total Downloads
207.37b
App Store
Download Share
57.60%
App Store
App Downloads
149.87b
Game Downloads
57.49b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Firebase Crashlytics Fabric.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 9.00% have integrated Sentry. This accounts for 8.14% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

The official Sentry SDK for iOS, tvOS, macOS, watchOS. This SDK is written in Objective-C, but also provides a nice Swift interface.

Total Apps
86.40k
App Store
App Share
9.00%
App Store
Apps
85.01k
Games
1.40k
Total Downloads
29.30b
App Store
Download Share
8.14%
App Store
App Downloads
24.02b
Game Downloads
5.28b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Sentry.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 6.33% have integrated Firebase Performance Monitoring. This accounts for 10.05% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
60.83k
App Store
App Share
6.33%
App Store
Apps
59.28k
Games
1.55k
Total Downloads
36.17b
App Store
Download Share
10.05%
App Store
App Downloads
32.92b
Game Downloads
3.25b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Firebase Performance Monitoring.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 5.62% have integrated CodePush by Microsoft. This accounts for 1.10% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
53.96k
App Store
App Share
5.62%
App Store
Apps
53.76k
Games
196
Total Downloads
3.96b
App Store
Download Share
1.10%
App Store
App Downloads
3.92b
Game Downloads
40.72m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use CodePush by Microsoft.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 5.43% have integrated Umeng Common ASMS. This accounts for 6.93% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Common is a Umeng Analytics SDK. It's a leading mobile app analytical platform in China.

Total Apps
52.13k
App Store
App Share
5.43%
App Store
Apps
47.25k
Games
4.89k
Total Downloads
24.95b
App Store
Download Share
6.93%
App Store
App Downloads
21.25b
Game Downloads
3.70b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Umeng Common ASMS.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 3.74% have integrated Bugly. This accounts for 7.52% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

The Tencent Bugly SDK provides mobile developers with professional reports and operation statistics, helping developers to quickly find and solve issues. At the same time it grasps product operation dynamics, and follows-up user feedback in a timely manner.

Total Apps
35.94k
App Store
App Share
3.74%
App Store
Apps
32.59k
Games
3.35k
Total Downloads
27.08b
App Store
Download Share
7.52%
App Store
App Downloads
17.38b
Game Downloads
9.70b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Bugly.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 1.45% have integrated New Relic Mobile. This accounts for 2.69% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

New Relic One is an observability platform SDK built to help engineers create more perfect software.

Total Apps
13.96k
App Store
App Share
1.45%
App Store
Apps
13.90k
Games
53
Total Downloads
9.69b
App Store
Download Share
2.69%
App Store
App Downloads
9.52b
Game Downloads
171.12m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use New Relic Mobile.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 1.35% have integrated KSCrash. This accounts for 5.58% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

KSCrash is an iOS Crash Reporter SDK.

Total Apps
12.93k
App Store
App Share
1.35%
App Store
Apps
11.42k
Games
1.51k
Total Downloads
20.09b
App Store
Download Share
5.58%
App Store
App Downloads
12.49b
Game Downloads
7.61b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use KSCrash.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 1.12% have integrated Bugsnag. This accounts for 1.53% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

The Bugsnag SDK monitors application stability so you can make data-driven decisions on whether you should be building new features, or fixing bugs.

Total Apps
10.80k
App Store
App Share
1.12%
App Store
Apps
10.65k
Games
146
Total Downloads
5.52b
App Store
Download Share
1.53%
App Store
App Downloads
3.16b
Game Downloads
2.36b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Bugsnag.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Instabug. This accounts for 1.40% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Instabug is an SDK that enables mobile teams to release with confidence. It offers comprehensive bug and crash reports, real-time user surveys, and user feedback.

Total Apps
9.42k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
9.40k
Games
21
Total Downloads
5.04b
App Store
Download Share
1.40%
App Store
App Downloads
5.01b
Game Downloads
36.90m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Instabug.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated PLCrashReporter. This accounts for 2.99% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

PLCrashReporter is a reliable open source library SDK that provides an in-process live crash reporting framework for iOS, macOS, and tvOS.

Total Apps
9.04k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
7.76k
Games
1.28k
Total Downloads
10.78b
App Store
Download Share
2.99%
App Store
App Downloads
7.55b
Game Downloads
3.22b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use PLCrashReporter.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Datadog. This accounts for 2.35% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
5.58k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
5.55k
Games
21
Total Downloads
8.47b
App Store
Download Share
2.35%
App Store
App Downloads
8.38b
Game Downloads
87.93m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Datadog.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Embrace. This accounts for 1.29% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
5.28k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
5.07k
Games
211
Total Downloads
4.63b
App Store
Download Share
1.29%
App Store
App Downloads
1.73b
Game Downloads
2.91b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Embrace.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Smartlook. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Smartlook is an SDK that records users on websites and in mobile apps. It has features that allow you to find useful information, even in thousands of recordings, in no time.

Total Apps
4.39k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
4.02k
Games
365
Total Downloads
1.45b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
1.04b
Game Downloads
409.04m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Smartlook.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Breakpad. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

The Breakpad SDK is a set of client and server components which implement a crash-reporting system.

Total Apps
3.99k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
3.66k
Games
329
Total Downloads
912.91m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
442.53m
Game Downloads
470.37m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Breakpad.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Bugsee. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
3.48k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
3.46k
Games
15
Total Downloads
162.91m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
157.99m
Game Downloads
4.91m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Bugsee.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated UXCam. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

UXCam is an experience analytics solution for mobile apps. The UXCam SDK captures every micro interaction on your app, allowing you to replay, analyze and optimize the User Experience.

Total Apps
2.88k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
2.85k
Games
28
Total Downloads
570.63m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
564.70m
Game Downloads
5.94m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use UXCam.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Dynatrace. This accounts for 1.93% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
2.67k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
2.67k
Games
6
Total Downloads
6.94b
App Store
Download Share
1.93%
App Store
App Downloads
6.94b
Game Downloads
3.02m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Dynatrace.

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated HockeyApp. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

This SDK enables you to distribute your builds, collect crash reports, and get feedback from your users.

Total Apps
2.32k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
1.89k
Games
424
Total Downloads
490.36m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
101.86m
Game Downloads
388.50m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use HockeyApp.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How does 42matters collect this data?'

We’ve developed a number of machine learning algorithms that scan millions of mobile and connected TV (CTV) applications on a regular basis. In addition, we collect ground truth app performance intelligence and use this data to build statistical models that estimate the performance of apps for which we do not have ground truth data.

What SDK data does 42matters collect?'

We track over 2,300 of the most popular SDKs integrated in iOS and Android apps. We collect a variety of SDK insights (title, platform, ID, category, and developer website); performance metrics (the number of apps that have installed each SDK, installation and removal trends, and app downloads); market share statistics (including market share per app category); and more!

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