HockeyApp vs Buddybuild | What are the differences?

Overview

HockeyApp

Stacks166

Followers158

Votes38

Buddybuild

Stacks47

Followers61

Votes41

Buddybuild vs HockeyApp: What are the differences?

What is Buddybuild? A continuous integration, continuous deployment and user feedback platform for iOS and Android development teams. Buddybuild ties together continuous integration, continuous delivery and an iterative feedback solution into a single, seamless platform.

What is HockeyApp? Manage your betas and collect live crash reports for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and OS X apps. HockeyApp is the best way to collect live crash reports, get feedback from your users, distribute your betas, and analyze your test coverage.

Buddybuild can be classified as a tool in the "Mobile Continuous Integration" category, while HockeyApp is grouped under "Beta Testing / Mobile App Distribution".

Some of the features offered by Buddybuild are:

Frictionless Setup: set up a comprehensive CI system for your iOS and Android apps in just minutes.
Customizable Workflow: use and extend buddybuild to meet the needs of your mobile development workflow.
Test with Confidence: maintain and improve the quality of your code base with automated Unit and UI testing

On the other hand, HockeyApp provides the following key features:

Crash Reports- HockeyApp offers the most reliable and complete crash reporting for beta and App Store versions using open source frameworks. Providing full server-side symbolication with class names, methods, line numbers, and automatic grouping of similar crash reports.
Feedback- HockeyApp allows you to communicate with your customers. Users can create a support request, post an idea, or discuss a problem right from within the app.
Distribution- Upload your beta versions to HockeyApp and distribute them to your beta testers. Integrate our open-source SDK and your app will automatically be able to detect updates and offer the updates right within the app.Analytics- By integrating our SDK into your app, you'll get advanced metrics to get a better overview of the testing for your app. See which devices were tested, which testers used the app for how long, and which language was tested.

"Easy setup" is the primary reason why developers consider Buddybuild over the competitors, whereas "Crash analytics" was stated as the key factor in picking HockeyApp.

According to the StackShare community, HockeyApp has a broader approval, being mentioned in 50 company stacks & 11 developers stacks; compared to Buddybuild, which is listed in 18 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

HockeyApp	Buddybuild
HockeyApp is the best way to collect live crash reports, get feedback from your users, distribute your betas, and analyze your test coverage.	Buddybuild ties together continuous integration, continuous delivery and an iterative feedback solution into a single, seamless platform.
Crash Reports- HockeyApp offers the most reliable and complete crash reporting for beta and App Store versions using open source frameworks. Providing full server-side symbolication with class names, methods, line numbers, and automatic grouping of similar crash reports.;Feedback- HockeyApp allows you to communicate with your customers. Users can create a support request, post an idea, or discuss a problem right from within the app.;Distribution- Upload your beta versions to HockeyApp and distribute them to your beta testers. Integrate our open-source SDK and your app will automatically be able to detect updates and offer the updates right within the app.Analytics- By integrating our SDK into your app, you'll get advanced metrics to get a better overview of the testing for your app. See which devices were tested, which testers used the app for how long, and which language was tested.	Frictionless Setup: set up a comprehensive CI system for your iOS and Android apps in just minutes.;Customizable Workflow: use and extend buddybuild to meet the needs of your mobile development workflow.;Test with Confidence: maintain and improve the quality of your code base with automated Unit and UI testing; Effortless Deployment: CD as it should be: one click to send, one click to install.;User Insight: get perfect insight into a tester's experience with buddybuild's mobile SDK.;Connected Services: connect buddybuild with the tools you already use to build your apps.
Statistics
Stacks 166	Stacks 47
Followers 158	Followers 61
Votes 38	Votes 41
Pros & Cons
Pros 17 Crash analytics 11 Cross-platform 5 Mobile application distribution 2 JIRA Integration 2 Open source	Pros 12 Easy setup 8 Beta testing 8 Crazy easy 7 GitHub Integration 3 Crash reporting
Integrations
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What are some alternatives to HockeyApp, Buddybuild?

TestFlight

With TestFlight, developers simply upload a build, and the testers can install it directly from their device, over the air.

fastlane

fastlane lets you define and run your deployment pipelines for different environments. It helps you unify your app’s release process and automate the whole process. fastlane connects all fastlane tools and third party tools, like CocoaPods.

Bitrise

It is a Continous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) Platform as a Service (PaaS) with a main focus on mobile app development (iOS, Android). You can automate the testing and deployment of your apps with just a few clicks. When you trigger a build a Virtual Machine is assigned to host your build and your defined Workflow (series of Steps scripts) will be executed, step by step.

Greenhouse

Greenhouse automatically builds your project for every commit you make and runs all your unit or UI tests on the emulator/simulator or on real hardware. Automatic build distribution is also supported so that your team and clients are always up to date with the latest state of your apps.

TestFairy

When testing apps in the crowd, you never know what exactly was done, and what went wrong on the client side. TestFairy shows you a video of the exact test that was done, including CPU, memory, GPS, network and a lot more.

Beta by Crashlytics

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Codemagic

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Fabric by Twitter

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Appcircle

Mobile CI/CD from small teams to on-premises Enterprise solutions, Appcircle is a mobile CI/CD platform that provides a fully automated environment to manage mobile app lifecycle end-to-end.

Distiller

Distiller's hosted continuous integration platform takes the pain out of mobile development through automated build, test, and deployment of your iOS apps.