When we talk about Android app performance, the term “performance” can mean just about anything, but you hear it all the time. Anything and everything can be related to performance. In this specific case, let’s about technical application performance monitoring. This is still a broad term when it comes to performance monitoring — should you be looking at CPU usage? Stability? UI speed? The quick answer is yes! You can monitor all of the above and more. But doing so isn’t as straightforward and requires tools to track and help make sense of all the performance data. Before we get into details o ..read more

Today I’m very excited to announce that Nick Bogaty is joining Instabug as our Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). This very welcomed addition comes on the heels of our recent $46m Series B funding. We have a massive opportunity ahead of us and I strongly believe there’s no better leader to help write our next chapter, scale our GTM organization, and bring the value of Instabug to customers around the world. Nick most recently was at AppDynamics as CRO where he was managing all aspects of the go-to-market including the sales and the CX organizations. Prior to AppDynamics, Nick was the General Manager ..read more

Banks and traditional financial institutions operate in a more competitive environment than ever. During the last decade, banking habits and customer expectations have shifted entirely. The emergence and subsequent explosion in popularity of fintechs presents a new challenge to banks. By 2025, anywhere from 10-40% of bank revenues could be at risk from fintech competitors. How do traditional financial institutions cope? Interestingly, one of the main challenges for banks is also the key to their continued success in today’s fast-changing, ultra-competitive digital finance world. Mobile finance ..read more

The mobile app industry has witnessed explosive growth over the past 10 years and mobile apps have now become ubiquitous and an integral part of our lives. User expectations for performance have increased with their reliance on mobile apps—the average mobile user today has very low tolerance for poor app performance and stability. And that is highly justified since mobile apps are no longer a novelty we amuse ourselves with, but a critical tool that we depend on for our personal and professional day-to-day lives. This article is a companion to our Droidcon 2022 presentation: Beyond the Basics ..read more

Mobile Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is more critical than ever, as user expectations for performance standards continue to rise. Building in-house APM software to do the job can seem like an attractive solution for enterprises. In theory, it’ll be customized perfectly to your business needs. You’ll keep costs low by using internal resources instead of paying for third-party software subscriptions. While this approach is cost-effective in many use cases, application performance monitoring is not one of them. Most in-house app performance monitoring solutions are a combination of ope ..read more

Application performance monitoring is a developer’s bread and butter when it comes to debugging and diagnosing system issues. If you’re a mobile developer, you’re likely familiar with monitoring platforms that help you keep track of such problems and identify failures that impact your app’s user experience. Technology is advancing, though. Monitoring is still essential, but developers like you need more profound insight into when their apps crash or don’t function properly. The mobile app industry is rapidly shifting toward distributed and serverless architecture, which entails more complicate ..read more

What do we mean when we say “application observability”? Observability is a step up from traditional mobile application monitoring. Beyond tracking crashes and errors, observability gives you the full context of the sessions where the errors occurred so you can quickly fix the issue. Moreover, observability enables you to get ahead of app errors by allowing you to identify areas of poor performance before they cause any issues. Application observability provides mobile developers with unprecedented insight into their app’s performance. If you’re a developer, you’re undoubtedly familiar with th ..read more

The mobile app industry is a very competitive space, and it takes a lot of hard work and innovation for an app to succeed. Development teams face constant pressure to push through aggressive feature development roadmaps in their efforts to outperform the competition. But sometimes you can get too focused on shipping your app’s next big feature and lose track of the big picture. Mobile apps were already an important part of our lives before COVID came along but in a post-COVID world, they have become an indispensable tool in our personal and professional lives. In fact, mobile usage has swelled ..read more

Users are paying more attention to how your app is performing. Simply put, higher app quality outperforms low app quality. And the best way to go about improving your app’s performance and general quality is through application performance monitoring. Dedicated tools allow you to easily identify performance issues such as slow screen transitions, crashes, or network issues before they are problematic to the user. So let’s talk about mobile APM best practices. This article will go through what you need to know to use an application performance monitoring tool to help you get the most out of the ..read more

As a mobile developer, you want your app’s users to have an experience that’s as positive and as seamless as possible. Besides creating top-notch UX and UI, an important part of building an app people love coming back to is not only avoiding crashes but also providing a stellar app performance. User expectations have been steadily growing, with 76% of them saying their expectations of digital services have increased. And 93% of those said they expect reliable and consistent performance. This is where mobile observability steps in. Observability refers to the ability to assess a system’s state ..read more