mobile application analytics

Question

HI all,

so we all know "pinch media" - the "spyware" software ;)

i'm searching for some really cool analytics softwares for my iphone application. pinch media, is the one i know, it looks really great, but we all know, the reputation of this piece of software is very bad.

i'd like to know if i can use it, or if my app then is one of this spyware apps, for users (it isnt really, i know, but users might think it is, when i use this).

are there some alternatives? other programms, with the same good analysis?

I found admob and motally.com, but pinch media/Flurry is the best one atm.

Answer 1

Try Google Analytics

Answer 2

Here is a good pdf that compares some of the main iPhone/iPod touch analytics providers

Answer 3

Any analytics package which reports usage statistics back to a central server (Flurry, Google Analytics, etc.) will be considered "spyware" by some users, not just Pinch Media's offering. The really paranoid users will sniff data traffic out of your application and detect traffic from any service, no matter who provides it.

If you really care about those users who will be upset by this, give them the option to opt-out of data collection in your application's settings or when the application first starts.