Clutch.io

Dev tools

mobile app a/b testing

SHOW HN2012

119points
16comments
#171of 1,677 in 2012
Top 11%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.

Pricing: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple, turnkey approach to A/B testing

    From 1 comment
    • I'm so excited to give this a spin. Something simple and turnkey was absolutely needed. Nice work guys!
      zashapiro on HN
  • Pricing on homepage looks good compared to alternatives

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks for the answer! The pricing on clutch.io's homepage looks good, I was worried it would get a pricing like parse.com that is in my opinion quite expensive per API call.
      nixarn on HN

Objections

  • Pricing may not suit apps with millions of free users

    From 1 comment
    • Just some quick feedback about your pricing. I think you need to accommodate your pricing model better for the AppStore where many apps have millions of users, especially free…
      dave1619 on HN
  • Delay in app store releases makes iterating on tests difficult

    From 1 comment
    • My only concern here is that the delay in pushing things out to various app stores makes iterating on A/B tests fairly difficult. However, it seems like using data-driven tests,…
      michaelmior on HN

Requests

  • Android support

    From 1 comment
    • I assume that if you're releasing this for Android, that Clutch for Android is not far away?
      kizza on HN
  • A/B testing for App Store descriptions and images

    From 1 comment
    • Slightly off-topic question - is there a way to A/B test App Store descriptions / pictures / etc?
      aresant on HN

Questions

  • What happens to apps if the service shuts down

    From 1 comment
    • Looks really nice. Couple questions though. 1. What happens if you shut down your service? Will the apps function properly? 2. Any idea how much this will cost? I wonder because…
      nixarn on HN
  • How to test each code branch during development

    From 1 comment
    • How do I go about testing each branch of the code when developing? Is there some nice way in the web console to manually set this for the test device?
      pheelicks on HN

Alternatives named

  • Flurry

    From 1 comment
    • Looks really nice. Couple questions though. 1. What happens if you shut down your service? Will the apps function properly? 2. Any idea how much this will cost? I wonder because…
      nixarn on HN
  • Parse.com

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks for the answer! The pricing on clutch.io's homepage looks good, I was worried it would get a pricing like parse.com that is in my opinion quite expensive per API call.
      nixarn on HN

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