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Top 20 Database and Data Management SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 24 Sep 2023 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, 31.97% have integrated FMDB. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

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

Total Apps
175.92k
App Store
App Share
31.97%
App Store
Apps
173.30k
Games
2.63k
Total Downloads
54.15b
App Store
Download Share
39.67%
App Store
App Downloads
51.38b
Game Downloads
2.77b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 24.11% have integrated ZipArchive. This accounts for 88% 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
143.81k
App Store
App Share
24.11%
App Store
Apps
141.63k
Games
2.18k
Total Downloads
49.52b
App Store
Download Share
36.27%
App Store
App Downloads
46.39b
Game Downloads
3.12b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 13.58% have integrated Swifty. This accounts for 88% 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
76.98k
App Store
App Share
13.58%
App Store
Apps
76.31k
Games
677
Total Downloads
16.35b
App Store
Download Share
11.98%
App Store
App Downloads
16.09b
Game Downloads
259.82m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 20.40% have integrated Google Tag Manager. This accounts for 88% 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
69.29k
App Store
App Share
20.40%
App Store
Apps
63.60k
Games
5.69k
Total Downloads
14.06b
App Store
Download Share
10.30%
App Store
App Downloads
13.20b
Game Downloads
859.25m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 8.37% have integrated Realm by MongoDB. This accounts for 88% 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
51.58k
App Store
App Share
8.37%
App Store
Apps
51.10k
Games
481
Total Downloads
20.10b
App Store
Download Share
14.72%
App Store
App Downloads
19.90b
Game Downloads
196.31m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 6.86% have integrated JWT. This accounts for 88% 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
50.86k
App Store
App Share
6.86%
App Store
Apps
50.65k
Games
210
Total Downloads
4.08b
App Store
Download Share
2.99%
App Store
App Downloads
4.02b
Game Downloads
60.81m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 5.55% have integrated ObjectMapper. This accounts for 88% 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
32.37k
App Store
App Share
5.55%
App Store
Apps
32.19k
Games
180
Total Downloads
7.98b
App Store
Download Share
5.84%
App Store
App Downloads
7.94b
Game Downloads
38.53m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 4.02% have integrated KeychainAccess. This accounts for 88% 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
26.45k
App Store
App Share
4.02%
App Store
Apps
26.30k
Games
149
Total Downloads
12.50b
App Store
Download Share
9.16%
App Store
App Downloads
12.37b
Game Downloads
124.80m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 4.72% have integrated JSONModel. This accounts for 88% 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
22.94k
App Store
App Share
4.72%
App Store
Apps
21.69k
Games
1.25k
Total Downloads
19.42b
App Store
Download Share
14.22%
App Store
App Downloads
17.21b
Game Downloads
2.21b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 2.82% have integrated MJExtension. This accounts for 88% 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
14.43k
App Store
App Share
2.82%
App Store
Apps
14.21k
Games
217
Total Downloads
4.50b
App Store
Download Share
3.30%
App Store
App Downloads
3.96b
Game Downloads
547.67m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 2.24% have integrated PINCache. This accounts for 88% 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
14.02k
App Store
App Share
2.24%
App Store
Apps
13.98k
Games
44
Total Downloads
10.58b
App Store
Download Share
7.75%
App Store
App Downloads
10.45b
Game Downloads
126.79m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 2.86% have integrated MagicalRecord. This accounts for 88% 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
11.63k
App Store
App Share
2.86%
App Store
Apps
11.50k
Games
129
Total Downloads
3.88b
App Store
Download Share
2.84%
App Store
App Downloads
3.80b
Game Downloads
78.20m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 3.15% have integrated SBJson. This accounts for 88% 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
10.37k
App Store
App Share
3.15%
App Store
Apps
9.26k
Games
1.11k
Total Downloads
1.60b
App Store
Download Share
1.18%
App Store
App Downloads
1.17b
Game Downloads
438.76m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 1.73% have integrated KVOController. This accounts for 88% 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
8.26k
App Store
App Share
1.73%
App Store
Apps
7.68k
Games
584
Total Downloads
16.87b
App Store
Download Share
12.36%
App Store
App Downloads
15.46b
Game Downloads
1.40b

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, 1.64% have integrated Qiniu. This accounts for 88% 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
7.63k
App Store
App Share
1.64%
App Store
Apps
7.53k
Games
107
Total Downloads
5.62b
App Store
Download Share
4.11%
App Store
App Downloads
4.93b
Game Downloads
686.57m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, <1% have integrated Dropbox. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Dropbox is a modern workspace SDK designed to reduce busywork, so you can focus on the things that matter. Sign in and put your creative energy to work.

Total Apps
3.60k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
3.59k
Games
9
Total Downloads
1.80b
App Store
Download Share
1.32%
App Store
App Downloads
1.76b
Game Downloads
40.23m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, <1% have integrated SWXMLHash. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

SWXMLHash is an SDK that offers a relatively simple way to parse XML in Swift.

Total Apps
3.45k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
3.43k
Games
20
Total Downloads
1.73b
App Store
Download Share
1.27%
App Store
App Downloads
1.73b
Game Downloads
2.12m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, <1% have integrated Amazon AWS Kinesis. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Total Apps
3.39k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
2.96k
Games
432
Total Downloads
5.14b
App Store
Download Share
3.77%
App Store
App Downloads
2.08b
Game Downloads
3.06b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Amazon AWS Kinesis.

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, <1% have integrated Apollo GraphQL. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Total Apps
3.25k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
3.24k
Games
8
Total Downloads
5.00b
App Store
Download Share
3.67%
App Store
App Downloads
4.99b
Game Downloads
12.82m

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

Among all apps utilizing database and data management SDKs, <1% have integrated Godzippa. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the database and data management SDK category.

Gozippa offered gzip compression and decompression for NSData and NSFileManager via SDK. This library is no longer being maintained.

Total Apps
3.15k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
2.31k
Games
836
Total Downloads
4.04b
App Store
Download Share
2.96%
App Store
App Downloads
3.73b
Game Downloads
311.36m

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

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