Aptabase
by Aptabase · Open source, privacy-first analytics for mobile, desktop and web apps
BenchRank score
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Overview
Aptabase is an open source analytics service for mobile, desktop and web apps, presented as an alternative to Google Firebase Analytics. Apps send events through one of over ten SDKs, and the data appears in real time in a built-in dashboard with live view, session timeline and CSV export. Sessions are anonymous, with no cookies, device identifiers or fingerprinting.
- Best for
- App developers who want anonymous, privacy-first analytics for mobile, desktop and web apps
- Pricing
- No figures are shown in the captured text: a Free plan is listed, paid plans are sized by events per month via a slider, and self-hosting is offered.
- Runs on
- Self-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open source, with EU, US or self-hosted data storage
- Over 10 SDKs, including Tauri, Swift, Flutter, Unity and Electron
- No cookies, device identifiers or fingerprinting
- Real-time dashboard with live view and CSV export
Trade-offs
- No user-level metrics such as monthly active users or retention
- Analytics are switched off until the next month if you pass the plan limit
- No prices are shown; only the Free plan's contents are published
How Aptabase markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Aptabase’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Analytics for Apps”
- Angle: Security / trust-led
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Aptabase’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Aptabase pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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