Overview of iOS Crash Reporting Tools: Part 2/2
In this second part of a series on iOS Crash Reporting Tools, you’ll learn how to get started with 5 of the most popular services: Crashlytics, Crittercism, Bugsense, TestFlight and HockeyApp. By Cesare Rocchi.
HockeyApp — Summing it Up
HockeyApp is a great tool to manage distribution, remote logging and crash reporting. A disadvantage of the service is that it does not include built-in logging. I really appreciated the automation of hooking up with the archive action of Xcode, which saves you some time and stress when you create a new build.
Sometimes the information you need is a bit hidden, such as remote logs, and requires quite a number of clicks to be displayed. I have already expressed my preference for Crashlytics if you need just crash reporting and logging, but I'd definitely consider HockeyApp if you need also distribution management.
Conclusion
For your benefit, I'll repeat the comparison table included in the first part of the tutorial:
I'll confirm the verdict that I expressed in the first tutorial: Crashlytics is an excellent solution if you need to be up and running quickly and you like a well done back-end.
If you need more than just crash reports and remote logging, and if you are targeting platforms other than iOS, HockeyApp and Bugsense will work really well for you.