Comparison

Datadog vs Virtag NFC

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Datadog

Gain real-time visibility into alerts, incidents, and performance metrics from your mobile device. Quickly respond to critical issues, monitor key data, and manage incidents on the go. Access dashboards, logs, and APM traces anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Real-time alert and incident management
  • Monitor key metrics and dashboards
  • Create and manage incidents on-the-go
  • Search and explore logs in real-time
  • View APM traces and service health
  • Home Screen widget for quick access
Features
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The Datadog mobile app provides real-time visibility into critical alerts, incidents, monitors, dashboards, logs and application performance metrics across your entire environment directly from your iPhone or iPad. Datadog seamlessly integrates with your on-call notification and messaging services so your on-call engineers can quickly evaluate the conditions that triggered an alert, determine its urgency, and decide the next course of action—anywhere, anytime. With Datadog for iOS, you can: - Trigger, respond, and resolve On-Call alerts anywhere: Receive critical push notifications and investigate alerting monitors or active incidents with direct access to monitors and incidents. Additionally, Bits AI SRE accelerates root cause detection. - Monitor key metrics on-the-go: Track performance, SLO, and cloud integrations with full access to your Datadog dashboards and monitors. -Create and manage Incidents from anywhere: Kick off incidents, assemble teams, and manage response workflows without ever having to open your laptop - Add Datadog on your Homescreen: Add Datadog to your Home or Lock Screen for one-tap access to critical metrics and monitors. - Search and explore Logs in real time: Pinpoint issues faster with log search and anomaly detection powered by Watchdog. - View APM traces and service health anytime: Analyze distributed traces and stay on top of application performance wherever you are. A Datadog account is required to use this application. Setup a Datadog account for free at datadoghq.com For more information, see Datadog Mobile App documentation: https://docs.datadoghq.com/mobile/ IMPORTANT NOTICE - PLEASE READ By downloading this app, you agree to comply with the terms and conditions governing the use and operation of this software in the End User License Agreement available at the following link: https://www.datadoghq.com/legal/eula/

About

Virtag NFC

Features
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What can you do with Virtag? Using a variety of templates, create, write and share social-media-type posts, your personal profile, contacts, virtual ‘buttons’ for sharing rooms and more. - Make product sales tags that link to your online store (or another e-commerce site) - Make tags that show the status of a meeting room which everyone with the link can update (and reserve) - Make slideshows with images and audio for quick and easy promotions - Make a timecard or activity tracker with an exportable report - Write and attach NFC tags to items in your home or office or on cards, letters, flyers, etc. Virtags can be shared using many available sharing options such as Airdrop, by email, social networks, QR codes or with NFC tags.

Screenshots

Datadog4 screens
Virtag NFC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Datadog at Free against Virtag NFC's $11.99. Datadog also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Virtag NFC's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Datadog is free to download; Virtag NFC costs $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Datadog ships an update every 9 days, Virtag NFC every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Datadog versus Virtag NFC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDatadogVirtag NFC
PriceFree — better$11.99
Rating4.3 (292 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings292 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDatadog, Inc.Paladyne LLC

Bugs and requests

Datadog

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Login issues
  • In-app browser broken
  • Links not opening correctly
  • Authentication failures
  • App crashes
Show 14 more
  • App not launching after update
  • Dashboards not loading or reloading
  • Widgets not working
  • Monitors showing errors
  • Cannot search with filters
  • Graphs showing incorrect scales
  • Cannot access logs
  • Cannot switch organizations
  • SSO login failures
  • App logs out users unexpectedly
  • Cannot connect to login after logout
  • UI performance issues
  • Dashboards not updating without manual intervention
  • Loading animations that never end

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add volume control for alarms
  • Add RUM Session Replay accessibility
  • Add ability to see traces on mobile
  • Add ability to manually trigger synthetic monitors
  • Add push notification for warning monitors
Show 5 more
  • Add logs feature exposure
  • Add APM views to the app
  • Add widgets for iOS 14
  • Add ability to edit dashboards
  • Add logs feature

Virtag NFC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Datadog

No in-app purchases

None

Virtag NFC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Datadog free?
Datadog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Virtag NFC free?
Virtag NFC costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Datadog or Virtag NFC have ads?
Neither Datadog nor Virtag NFC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Datadog or Virtag NFC?
Datadog ships an update every 9 days, and Virtag NFC every 2 months. Most recently, Datadog was updated on September 21, 2026 and Virtag NFC on September 13, 2026.

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