Aptabase review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Aptabase report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for open-source event analytics for apps
Aptabase is open source, privacy-first analytics for mobile, desktop and web apps, with 20,000 events a month free. Without a user identifier it cannot report monthly active users or retention.
Who Aptabase is for
- Fits if you ship an app and want counts of events without user tracking
- Works for developers who want an open-source tool
Who Aptabase is not for
- Tight if you need MAU or retention, as it cannot report user-level metrics
- Watch out: past your tier, analytics pause until you upgrade or the next month starts
- Watch out: plans do not change automatically
- Not for you if you go above 50,000,000 events a month, as that needs a custom plan
Why Aptabase gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$10 a month for 200,000 events is inside the cheaper quarter of analytics tools, with every feature on every tier.
- BFree plan and trialA free plan with 20,000 events and every feature, no card, which a small app could live on.
- CFeaturesEvent tracking, a live view, 17 SDKs and export cover the basics, but with no user identifier it cannot report MAU or retention.
- CEase of useSDKs to add to your app code, and no store rating on record.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb dashboard with 17 SDKs, including Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, React Native, Electron and Unity.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Aptabase's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Aptabase's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 70 of the 100 other website and product analytics tools we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 72 of 100) and worst on features (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $25 for the category: 14 of the 63 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 101 website and product analytics tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Aptabase’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 66 of 100, level with 20
- BFree plan and trialAbove 72 of 100, level with 22
- CFeaturesAbove 3 of 100, level with 48
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 100, level with 88
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 32 of 100, level with 67
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 74 website and product analytics tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Aptabase, or make your own?
Keep it
Nothing Aptabase does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 70 of the 100 other website and product analytics tools we grade. It costs $120 a year. Aptabase is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- A tracking script and a database that counts every visit.
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- It plugs into other products, Swift, Kotlin and Flutter among them.
What this rests on. Aptabase’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Aptabase?
Aptabase is an open source analytics service for apps. Developers add one of 17 SDKs and send events for the actions they choose; the dashboard shows them live and keeps data anonymous, with no device identifiers, cookies or fingerprinting. Data can live in an EU or US data center, or on your own servers.
Worth knowing
- Without a user identifier, it cannot report user-level metrics such as monthly active users or retention, per the vendor's FAQ.
- If you exceed your tier's limit, analytics pause until you upgrade or the next month starts; there are no overage fees.
- Plans do not change automatically; you move to the next tier yourself.
- More than 50,000,000 events a month needs a custom plan by email.
Key features
- Anonymous by design
- No device identifiers, cookies, fingerprinting or long-term user identification; the only link between events is a daily identifier derived from a salted hash that rotates every 24 hours.
- Event tracking
- Every call to the SDK's track function is one event. Nothing is tracked automatically.
- Live view and session timeline
- Data updates in real time, with a live view dashboard and a per-session timeline.
- 17 SDKs
- Includes Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, React Native, Electron, Tauri, .NET MAUI, web apps, browser extensions, Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, Python and C++.
- Data residency choice
- Store data in the EU (Germany) or the US (Virginia), or host your own servers.
- Export and data ownership
- Export to CSV at any time. The vendor says it does not sell or use your data.
Aptabase pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Aptabase has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per month for up to 200,000 events, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $10 per month for up to 200,000 events, billed monthly
- Free plan
- Up to 20,000 events a month with every feature, no credit card required.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 20,000 events a month, with unlimited apps and the full dashboard. |
| 200K events | $10per month for up to 200,000 events, billed monthly | The same features as every other plan; the price follows the event tier. |
| 1M events | $20per month for up to 1,000,000 events, billed monthly | Same features, a higher monthly event limit. |
| 2M events | $40per month for up to 2,000,000 events, billed monthly | Same features, a higher monthly event limit. |
| 5M events | $75per month for up to 5,000,000 events, billed monthly | Tiers continue at $140 for 10M, $240 for 20M, $300 for 30M and $450 for 50M events a month. |
Read from aptabase.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Aptabase before you buy.
Works with
- Swift
- Kotlin
- Flutter
- React Native
- Electron
- Tauri
- Unity
- Godot
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Common questions
Does Aptabase have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Aptabase is listed for Web.
Does Aptabase have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Aptabase is listed for Web.
Is Aptabase open source?
Yes. Aptabase is open source, according to its own site. It can also be run on a server of your own.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.