Appelium vs EAS Observe
Appelium
appelium.comEAS Observe
expo.devSide by side
| Figure | Appelium | EAS Observe |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | 200 CHF/mo | $19/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 4 |
| Spec score · Mobile App Monitoring | 9.5 (#1) | 8.3 (#11) |
| Security | The site says it supports TOTP two-factor authentication, uses AES 256 GCM encryption, and has an A+ SSL Labs rating. | Expo says data is encrypted in transit and at rest and that Expo has SOC 2 Type 2 attestation. |
| Support | The pricing page says customers can email [email protected] to request an extension of the 30-day trial. | The product FAQ directs users with questions or who need human support to contact Expo’s team. |
Plans
Appelium
- FREEFree
- FREEFree
- BASIC250 CHF a month
- PRO860 CHF a month
- BASIC2,400 CHF a year
- PRO8,640 CHF a year
- ENTERPRISEPriced on request
EAS Observe
- FreeFree
- Starter$19 a month
- Production$199 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Appelium
Appelium is a mobile app quality platform for investigating stability and quality issues across iOS, tvOS and Android. Bug and crash reports can include network logs, videos, user steps, device details, stack traces, console logs and metadata. For UI tests, the platform records executions with network and console logs, videos and screenshots, then analyzes and groups failures. Performance monitoring covers API request timing and status codes, app launch performance and custom traces. Appelium also includes beta build distribution and names integrations such as Fastlane, Gradle, Xcode, GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Opsgenie. Its MCP server can provide crash and test-failure context to compatible clients including Claude, Copilot and Cursor through an API endpoint. The site says its SDKs work with any CI, whether customer-managed or cloud-based. A free plan is available; BASIC is CHF 250 a month and PRO is CHF 860 a month. The Enterprise plan offers self-hosting, with price on request. Appelium lists a 30-day trial and says customer data is processed and stored in Switzerland.
EAS Observe
EAS Observe is a production performance monitoring service for apps running on real devices and conditions. It records cold and warm launch times, time to first render, time to interactive, bundle load time, and EAS Update download time. Measurements can be compared across app versions and over-the-air updates to help identify regressions. Expo Router and React Navigation integrations add render and interactive timings for individual routes. Apps can send user-defined events with Observe.logEvent and analyze them with performance data. Results appear in the EAS dashboard or can be queried from the terminal with EAS CLI commands. EAS Observe supports Android, iOS, and tvOS, but requires Expo SDK 55 or later and an app linked to an EAS project. It is unavailable in Expo Go and needs a development or production build. JavaScript error and native crash reporting are preview features. Plans include Free at $0/month, Starter at $19/month plus additional usage, and Production at $199/month plus additional usage; Enterprise pricing is custom. Retention is 90 days.