Appium vs Detox
Appium
appium.io
Detox
wix.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Appium | Detox |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · GUI Testing Software | 8.1 (#13) | 8.4 (#8) |
| Spec score · Functional Testing Software | 8.1 (#17) | 8.4 (#12) |
| Spec score · Automated Testing | 8.1 (#16) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Spec score · Mobile App Testing Software | 8.2 (#16) | 8.4 (#13) |
| Spec score · End-to-End Testing Software | 8.1 (#15) | 8.4 (#10) |
Plans
In their own words
Detox
Detox is an open-source framework for end-to-end testing of React Native mobile apps. It runs tests on real devices or simulators and simulates user interactions, with JavaScript tests for iOS and Android. Its gray-box method accesses app internals, while monitoring asynchronous app activity to reduce flaky tests. An async-await API supports breakpoints in asynchronous tests. Teams can use Detox APIs with any test runner or independently; Jest integration is included. The project describes it as suitable for CI and documents CI workflows. Detox is free under the MIT License, supports self-hosted runners and visual testing, and is listed for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. React Native v0.77.x through v0.84.x is fully compatible with the New Architecture; later versions may work but are not thoroughly tested. Expo integration is community-driven and not maintained by the Detox team. Non-React Native Android apps are not supported. iOS simulator setup requires applesimutils, which the setup guide says is for macOS only.