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Top 20 Database and Data Management SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 21 Feb 2025 CET
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Top 20 Database and Data Management SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Database and Data Management SDKs leveraged by iOS apps available on the iOS app market.

Data Management SDKs enable developers building mobile apps that require data processing, storage, or analysis to implement features such as data processing, data storage, data retrieval, data analysis, use of local or remote databases, and other such capabilities in their apps.

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 Database and Data Management 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 database and data management SDKs, 26.42% have integrated FMDB. This accounts for 22.29% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

FMDB is an Objective-C wrapper SDK built around SQLite.

Total Apps
167.87k
App Store
App Share
26.42%
App Store
Apps
165.48k
Games
2.39k
Total Downloads
58.18b
App Store
Download Share
22.29%
App Store
App Downloads
55.00b
Game Downloads
3.18b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 24.35% have integrated Firebase Remote Config. This accounts for 62.66% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Total Apps
154.74k
App Store
App Share
24.35%
App Store
Apps
133.94k
Games
20.80k
Total Downloads
163.52b
App Store
Download Share
62.66%
App Store
App Downloads
118.09b
Game Downloads
45.43b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 21.37% have integrated ZipArchive. This accounts for 22.04% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

ZipArchive is a simple utility class SDK for zipping and unzipping files on iOS, macOS, and tvOS.

Total Apps
135.81k
App Store
App Share
21.37%
App Store
Apps
133.70k
Games
2.11k
Total Downloads
57.53b
App Store
Download Share
22.04%
App Store
App Downloads
53.29b
Game Downloads
4.23b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 15.70% have integrated Firebase Firestore. This accounts for 7.31% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Total Apps
99.78k
App Store
App Share
15.70%
App Store
Apps
95.44k
Games
4.35k
Total Downloads
19.08b
App Store
Download Share
7.31%
App Store
App Downloads
15.09b
Game Downloads
4.00b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 11.50% have integrated Swifty. This accounts for 6.68% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

The Swifty SDK offers a better way to deal with JSON data in Swift.

Total Apps
73.08k
App Store
App Share
11.50%
App Store
Apps
72.46k
Games
621
Total Downloads
17.42b
App Store
Download Share
6.68%
App Store
App Downloads
17.01b
Game Downloads
415.88m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 9.61% have integrated Cloud Storage for Firebase. This accounts for 5.59% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Total Apps
61.05k
App Store
App Share
9.61%
App Store
Apps
58.14k
Games
2.91k
Total Downloads
14.58b
App Store
Download Share
5.59%
App Store
App Downloads
11.30b
Game Downloads
3.28b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Cloud Storage for Firebase.

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 9.10% have integrated Firebase Realtime Database. This accounts for 6.02% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Total Apps
57.83k
App Store
App Share
9.10%
App Store
Apps
52.82k
Games
5.01k
Total Downloads
15.72b
App Store
Download Share
6.02%
App Store
App Downloads
11.41b
Game Downloads
4.30b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 8.41% have integrated JWT. This accounts for 1.30% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

JWT is an SDK that offers a JSON Web token implementation in Objective-C.

Total Apps
53.43k
App Store
App Share
8.41%
App Store
Apps
53.25k
Games
175
Total Downloads
3.38b
App Store
Download Share
1.30%
App Store
App Downloads
3.35b
Game Downloads
34.63m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 8.34% have integrated Google Tag Manager. This accounts for 3.38% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Google Tag Manager is an SDK that helps you manage all your website tags without editing code. Google Tag Manager delivers simple, reliable, easily integrated tag management solutions — for free.

Total Apps
53.02k
App Store
App Share
8.34%
App Store
Apps
48.60k
Games
4.41k
Total Downloads
8.82b
App Store
Download Share
3.38%
App Store
App Downloads
7.98b
Game Downloads
837.11m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 7.89% have integrated Atlas Device by MongoDB. This accounts for 10.42% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Realm is a mobile platform SDK and a replacement for SQLite and Core Data. It enables developers to build offline-first, reactive mobile experiences using simple data sync.

Total Apps
50.16k
App Store
App Share
7.89%
App Store
Apps
49.63k
Games
521
Total Downloads
27.18b
App Store
Download Share
10.42%
App Store
App Downloads
26.87b
Game Downloads
314.75m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Atlas Device by MongoDB.

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 4.58% have integrated ObjectMapper. This accounts for 3.43% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

ObjectMapper is a framework written in Swift that makes it easy for you to convert your model objects (classes and structs) to and from JSON.

Total Apps
29.07k
App Store
App Share
4.58%
App Store
Apps
28.89k
Games
181
Total Downloads
8.96b
App Store
Download Share
3.43%
App Store
App Downloads
8.91b
Game Downloads
48.27m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 3.75% have integrated KeychainAccess. This accounts for 4.95% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

KeychainAccess is a simple Swift wrapper SDK for Keychain that works on iOS and OS X.

Total Apps
23.84k
App Store
App Share
3.75%
App Store
Apps
23.70k
Games
138
Total Downloads
12.91b
App Store
Download Share
4.95%
App Store
App Downloads
12.51b
Game Downloads
393.90m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 3.20% have integrated JSONModel. This accounts for 7.60% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

The JSONModel SDK enables the rapid creation of smart data models. You can use it in your iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS apps. Automatic introspection of your model classes and JSON input drastically reduces the amount of code you have to write.

Total Apps
20.32k
App Store
App Share
3.20%
App Store
Apps
19.27k
Games
1.05k
Total Downloads
19.84b
App Store
Download Share
7.60%
App Store
App Downloads
18.33b
Game Downloads
1.51b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 2.25% have integrated MJExtension. This accounts for 2.22% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

The MJExtension SDK is a fast, convenient, and nonintrusive conversion framework between JSON and model.

Total Apps
14.29k
App Store
App Share
2.25%
App Store
Apps
14.04k
Games
253
Total Downloads
5.80b
App Store
Download Share
2.22%
App Store
App Downloads
5.01b
Game Downloads
791.89m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 2.08% have integrated PINCache. This accounts for 3.48% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

PINCache is an SDK that offers a fast, non-deadlocking parallel object cache for iOS, tvOS, and OS X.

Total Apps
13.23k
App Store
App Share
2.08%
App Store
Apps
13.20k
Games
38
Total Downloads
9.08b
App Store
Download Share
3.48%
App Store
App Downloads
8.83b
Game Downloads
249.89m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 1.42% have integrated MagicalRecord. This accounts for 1.69% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

The MagicalRecord SDK cleans up core data related code, allows simple one-line fetches, and modifies NSFetchRequest when request optimizations are needed.

Total Apps
9.01k
App Store
App Share
1.42%
App Store
Apps
8.91k
Games
101
Total Downloads
4.42b
App Store
Download Share
1.69%
App Store
App Downloads
4.29b
Game Downloads
133.56m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 1.28% have integrated SBJson. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

SBJson (aka json-framework). JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a light-weight data interchange format that's easy to read and write for humans and computers alike. This library implements strict JSON parsing and generation in Objective-C.

Total Apps
8.14k
App Store
App Share
1.28%
App Store
Apps
7.26k
Games
880
Total Downloads
2.19b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
1.76b
Game Downloads
428.01m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 1.22% have integrated KVOController. This accounts for 7.41% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Key-value observing is a particularly useful technique for communicating between layers in a Model-View-Controller application. The KVOController SDK builds on Cocoa's time-tested key-value observing implementation. It offers a simple, modern API, that is also thread safe.

Total Apps
7.76k
App Store
App Share
1.22%
App Store
Apps
7.29k
Games
467
Total Downloads
19.35b
App Store
Download Share
7.41%
App Store
App Downloads
17.96b
Game Downloads
1.39b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 1.03% have integrated Qiniu. This accounts for 2.30% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Qiniu Cloud operates as a cloud storage software developer and solutions provider.

Total Apps
6.52k
App Store
App Share
1.03%
App Store
Apps
6.44k
Games
85
Total Downloads
6.00b
App Store
Download Share
2.30%
App Store
App Downloads
5.34b
Game Downloads
660.59m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, <1% have integrated Apollo GraphQL. This accounts for 2.40% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Total Apps
4.10k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
4.09k
Games
5
Total Downloads
6.26b
App Store
Download Share
2.40%
App Store
App Downloads
6.26b
Game Downloads
1.33m

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

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