Taplytics
Dev tools
a/b testing sdk
SHOW HN2014
61points
23comments
#522of 2,272 in 2014
Top 23%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Idea: 4 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Avoids App Store approval for changes
From 2 comments
This is a great way to make your native mobile interface completely dynamic. Sure makes mobile A/B testing a whole lot easier. ‘No app store approvals’ is huge. This is cool. I'm…
trey_swann on HNThis is awesome. I've wanted optimizely for mobile forever.
jkresner on HN
Fills a gap in mobile A/B testing
From 2 comments
This is awesome. I've wanted optimizely for mobile forever.
jkresner on HNThis is a great way to make your native mobile interface completely dynamic. Sure makes mobile A/B testing a whole lot easier. ‘No app store approvals’ is huge. This is cool. I'm…
trey_swann on HN
Useful for optimizing in-app purchase dialogs
From 1 comment
This is great. I can already see using it for an app I'm working on to optimize the IAP dialog.
w4 on HN
Objections
May violate Apple's App Store rules
From 2 comments
My question is how does a service like this not violate Apple's requirements? Isn't this a super easy back door around the App Store? Just submit a nice, simple app to Apple and…
morgante on HNI imagine that would depend on what exactly Taplytics allows (or at least encourages) you to change dynamically. While I suspect that Apple prohibits loading code remotely, I'm…
baddox on HN
Pricing is too low
From 2 comments
Great stuff. $20? You should be charging 10x that.
Brushfire on HNObviously you know your customers better than I do, but I bet you could keep the free plan, 2x-3x your middle plan, and 5x your upper plan and still service the same number of…
Brushfire on HN
Requests
Support for web and multi-platform experiments
From 2 comments
At my previous position we built our own A/B testing framework for iOS. There were a few hiccups, but overall it wasn't too complicated. One thing that was important for us was…
michaelmior on HNThanks for the comment. We agree that keeping your web presence in sync with your mobile product is critical. We have built Taplytics out as a big API engine with the goal of…
cdrux on HN
Multi-language support in experiments
From 2 comments
How deep do those properties go? Can I run sophisticated tests which change data sources, layout, etc. Or is your app focussed for now on the more trivial things like colour and…
mrfrisby on HNWe can change any native UIKit Class property using our sub-classes or categories. Currently, we are keeping it simple on the web interface to content and layout changes, but we…
jonathannorris on HN
Questions
Does it stop Apple's requirements being violated
From 1 comment
My question is how does a service like this not violate Apple's requirements? Isn't this a super easy back door around the App Store? Just submit a nice, simple app to Apple and…
morgante on HN
How deep can property changes go, such as data sources and layouts
From 1 comment
How deep do those properties go? Can I run sophisticated tests which change data sources, layout, etc. Or is your app focussed for now on the more trivial things like colour and…
mrfrisby on HN
How does it compare with Apptimize
From 1 comment
I am interested in how this product compares with Apptimize (a company that happens to be backed by Y Combinator). http://apptimize.com/
saurik on HN
Alternatives named
Apptimize
From 1 comment
I am interested in how this product compares with Apptimize (a company that happens to be backed by Y Combinator). http://apptimize.com/
saurik on HN
Optimizely
From 2 comments
The other day I saw a better demo of the same functionality by guys at Optimizely, it's in beta and coming out soon!
suyash on HNThis is awesome. I've wanted optimizely for mobile forever.
jkresner on HN
DIY in-house A/B framework
From 1 comment
At my previous position we built our own A/B testing framework for iOS. There were a few hiccups, but overall it wasn't too complicated. One thing that was important for us was…
michaelmior on HN