Comparison

Datadog vs Linear Mobile

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
Read full description

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

Linear Mobile

Manage your product development workflows on the go. This mobile companion allows you to file issues, track projects, and update important documents from anywhere, ensuring you stay connected to your team's progress.

Highlights
  • File issues on-the-go
  • Stay updated on work streams
  • Instant notifications
  • Update issues and projects remotely
  • Companion to desktop app
Read full description

Linear is a purpose-built tool for planning and building products. Streamline issues, projects, and product roadmaps. Linear Mobile is a companion to the Linear desktop app, designed for on-demand workflows when you are away from your keyboard: • File issues on-the-go • Stay up-to-date on your most important streams of work • Get instant notifications about important updates • Update issues, projects, and documents from anywhere Please note: This app requires an existing Linear account.

Screenshots

Datadog4 screens
Linear Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Linear Mobile at 4.8 against Datadog's 4.3. Linear Mobile also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 38%) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 292). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Linear Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Linear Mobile has 2.1K ratings behind it against 292, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Datadog's written reviews are positive against 57% of Linear Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Datadog ships an update every 9 days, Linear Mobile weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Datadog versus Linear Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDatadogLinear Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (292 ratings)4.8 (2.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.9% of reviews57.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2922.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB172 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDatadog, Inc.Linear

Customer experience

Datadog

All ratings292 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative15.1%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive37.9%
Neutral7.6%
Negative54.5%

Linear Mobile

All ratings2,129 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive57.5%
Neutral11.4%
Negative31.1%

User reviews

Datadog

From 292 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Handy for on-the-go monitoring
  • 👍 Useful for triaging incidents
  • 👍 Provides quick access to data
  • 👍 Good for checking services
  • 👍 App is stable for some users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 UI issues and frustrating login
  • 🐛 In-app browser broken
  • 🐛 Links don't open to the right page
  • 🐛 Authentication difficult and doesn't stay logged in
  • 🐛 Limited access to resources

Linear Mobile

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Clean and clear interface
  • 🚀 Smooth and fast performance
  • 💡 Thoughtful and intuitive UX
  • 🚀 Efficient workflow
  • 👍 Helpful mobile experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sign-in with Google issues
  • 🔍 Limited search and filtering options
  • 📱 Missing some features from web/desktop app
  • 📜 Difficult to navigate long issue lists

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

Linear Mobile

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sign in with Google not working properly
  • Scrolling issues when navigating issue lists

Requested features

4 requests
  • Drag and drop to rearrange tasks
  • Ability to modify documents
  • Vim mode
  • Widgets for iOS

In-app purchases

None

Datadog

No in-app purchases

None

Linear Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Datadog free?
Datadog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Linear Mobile free?
Linear Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Datadog or Linear Mobile?
Linear Mobile is rated higher. Datadog averages 4.3 out of 5 from 292 ratings, while Linear Mobile averages 4.8 from 2.1K ratings.
Do Datadog or Linear Mobile have ads?
Neither Datadog nor Linear Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Datadog or Linear Mobile?
Datadog ships an update every 9 days, and Linear Mobile weekly. Most recently, Datadog was updated on September 21, 2026 and Linear Mobile on September 23, 2026.

Other comparisons