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Top 20 Crash Reporting and Performance SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 21 Oct 2024 CET
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Top 20 Crash Reporting and Performance SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Crash Reporting and Performance SDKs leveraged by Android apps available on the Android 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 Google Play 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, 99.22% have integrated Google Firebase. This accounts for 98.98% 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
1.60m
Google Play
App Share
99.22%
Google Play
Apps
1.42m
Games
183.03k
Total Downloads
1.21t
Google Play
Download Share
98.98%
Google Play
App Downloads
828.00b
Game Downloads
385.89b

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 32.27% have integrated Firebase Crashlytics Fabric. This accounts for 41.53% 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
520.93k
Google Play
App Share
32.27%
Google Play
Apps
484.16k
Games
36.77k
Total Downloads
509.38b
Google Play
Download Share
41.53%
Google Play
App Downloads
325.90b
Game Downloads
183.48b

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 7.46% have integrated Sentry. This accounts for 3.29% 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
120.44k
Google Play
App Share
7.46%
Google Play
Apps
117.86k
Games
2.58k
Total Downloads
40.34b
Google Play
Download Share
3.29%
Google Play
App Downloads
29.42b
Game Downloads
10.91b

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 6.79% have integrated Firebase Performance Monitoring. This accounts for 11.36% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
109.67k
Google Play
App Share
6.79%
Google Play
Apps
106.87k
Games
2.80k
Total Downloads
139.32b
Google Play
Download Share
11.36%
Google Play
App Downloads
127.35b
Game Downloads
11.97b

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 6.50% have integrated Firebase Crashlytics NDK. This accounts for 16.48% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
104.89k
Google Play
App Share
6.50%
Google Play
Apps
80.43k
Games
24.47k
Total Downloads
202.12b
Google Play
Download Share
16.48%
Google Play
App Downloads
59.59b
Game Downloads
142.53b

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 3.90% have integrated CodePush by Microsoft. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Total Apps
62.92k
Google Play
App Share
3.90%
Google Play
Apps
62.75k
Games
171
Total Downloads
9.35b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
9.22b
Game Downloads
130.78m

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, 1.25% have integrated Opencensus OpenTelemetry. This accounts for 3.68% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Opencensus OpenTelemetry is an SDK that makes robust, portable telemetry a built-in feature of cloud-native software.

Total Apps
20.25k
Google Play
App Share
1.25%
Google Play
Apps
19.53k
Games
725
Total Downloads
45.15b
Google Play
Download Share
3.68%
Google Play
App Downloads
36.21b
Game Downloads
8.94b

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Bugsnag. This accounts for 2.11% 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
16.05k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
15.49k
Games
568
Total Downloads
25.87b
Google Play
Download Share
2.11%
Google Play
App Downloads
15.13b
Game Downloads
10.74b

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

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

Total Apps
15.90k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
15.84k
Games
58
Total Downloads
10.29b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
9.11b
Game Downloads
1.19b

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Huawei AppGallery Connect. This accounts for 1.35% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

Huawei AppGallery Connect is your one-stop open platform covering the entire app lifecycle: innovation, development, distribution, operation, and analysis. Build and run your apps faster and better, while growing your experience and revenue.

Total Apps
14.33k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
14.23k
Games
101
Total Downloads
16.60b
Google Play
Download Share
1.35%
Google Play
App Downloads
16.19b
Game Downloads
407.86m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Huawei AppGallery Connect.

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

ACRA's SDK is a library that enables Android applications to automatically post their crash reports to a report server.

Total Apps
10.16k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
9.84k
Games
319
Total Downloads
6.01b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
5.68b
Game Downloads
333.20m

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated New Relic Mobile. This accounts for <1% 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
9.69k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
9.64k
Games
49
Total Downloads
7.96b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
7.73b
Game Downloads
233.78m

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Bugly. This accounts for 1.53% 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
5.56k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
3.49k
Games
2.06k
Total Downloads
18.73b
Google Play
Download Share
1.53%
Google Play
App Downloads
6.22b
Game Downloads
12.51b

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated Instabug. This accounts for <1% 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
4.59k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
4.59k
Games
6
Total Downloads
3.23b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.21b
Game Downloads
17.09m

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

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
4.13k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
4.08k
Games
44
Total Downloads
2.74b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.66b
Game Downloads
82.62m

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

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

Total Apps
3.53k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
3.23k
Games
302
Total Downloads
8.84b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.05b
Game Downloads
6.79b

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
3.32k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
3.10k
Games
216
Total Downloads
1.86b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.38b
Game Downloads
480.00m

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

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

Total Apps
3.16k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
3.16k
Games
3
Total Downloads
4.20b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
4.19b
Game Downloads
6.80m

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

Among all apps utilizing crash reporting and performance SDKs, <1% have integrated LeakCanary. This accounts for 1.16% of app downloads within the crash reporting and performance SDK category.

LeakCanary is a a memory leak detection SDK for Android.

Total Apps
2.74k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
2.70k
Games
39
Total Downloads
14.18b
Google Play
Download Share
1.16%
Google Play
App Downloads
14.08b
Game Downloads
99.65m

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

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

FindBugs is an SDK that uses static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.

Total Apps
2.63k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
2.61k
Games
17
Total Downloads
5.74b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
5.63b
Game Downloads
114.37m

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

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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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