ByteBrew vs FirstLook Engagement Analytics

ByteBrew is a free suite of analytics, monetization, attribution, and live-operation tools for developers of mobile apps, games, and web games. Analyze covers user behavior, journeys, cohorts, events and parameters, funnels, lifetime value, purchase validation, and revenue reports. Operate provides remote configurations, segmented updates, JSON payloads, A/B tests, campaign attribution, and push notifications. The platform also includes install attribution and ByteBrew Ads cross-promotion campaigns: Ctrl is described as an AI behavioral targeting engine, and Alt as an AI vision engine for selecting creatives. SDK integrations listed include Unity, Godot, GameMaker, Flutter, React Native, iOS, Android, Swift, Unreal, .NET MAUI, Cordova, and JavaScript. ByteBrew says its free tools use one lightweight SDK and do not require another third-party SDK. It supports mobile apps and web games, but not PC, console, or Roblox games. The company says it does not sell platform data and that data leaves its system for another system only when specifically requested. Technical support is by email, with a requested response window of up to 48 hours.

FirstLook Engagement Analytics combines in-game telemetry with out-of-game player signals in player profiles for game studios. Native Unreal and Unity SDKs support session tracking and custom events. Teams can segment players by playtime, retention cohort, source, country, custom attributes, and tags, then trigger automated email or Discord direct messages from events or rules. Dashboards cover players, Discord, Steam, visits, sessions, custom events, retention cohorts, and funnels. Listed inputs include Unreal or Unity telemetry, Discord activity, Steam playtime, and API custom events; identity syncing spans Steam, Discord, Epic, and console accounts. Teams can export segments as CSV or through an API, and API ingestion can stream warehouse events. Counter and duration events can feed filters, segments, triggers, quests, rewards, and Discord roles. The Forever Free plan costs nothing and includes 100k player profiles, up to 500 playtesters, and 1,000 emails per month. Analytics Core costs $149 a month, billed monthly per game, and includes 1M events. Engagement Pro costs $3,499 a month, billed monthly per game, and includes 10M events. FirstLook lists Community Support for Core and Slack Support for Pro.