Comparison

Datadog vs Backo

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

Backo

Features
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Backo puts your Umbraco backoffice in your pocket. Open the content tree, edit a page, check what a change looks like, and publish it — from an iPhone on the platform or an iPad on the sofa. It works with your own Umbraco installation, version 15 or newer. It talks to the stock Umbraco Management API on your own server. There is no package to install, no middleman service, and no account with us. Your content goes between your device and your server and nowhere else. EDITING THAT MATCHES THE BACKOFFICE • Every property editor you actually use: text, rich text, block lists, block grids, pickers, tags, dates, colours, sliders, toggles and raw JSON • Tabs, groups and validation messages land where the backoffice puts them • Drafts stay drafts — nothing goes live until you publish PUBLISHING, PROPERLY • Publish, unpublish, or schedule either for a date and time • Publish with descendants, with progress while the server works through them • Version history, with a rollback and a pin to stop Umbraco tidying a version away • References are checked before you delete, so you know what will break THE WHOLE TREE • Move, copy and sort pages and media, including sorting a whole level • Recycle bin for content and media, with restore • Search the site, or filter inside one branch • Public access: pick the member groups that may see a page MEDIA • Upload from the photo library, the files app or the share sheet • Crops and focal points, edited by dragging • See which pages use a file before you replace or delete it BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU WORK • Two-factor sign-in, API users, and external login providers (SSO) • Multiple servers, switched from one menu • Pages you open are kept on the device, so they can be read again offline • Shortcuts and Siri: publish a page or find pages from a shortcut • A share extension that sends a photo or a file straight to the media library REQUIREMENTS Backo needs an Umbraco installation running version 15 or newer — that is when the Management API gained the sign-in endpoints the app uses — and a backoffice account or API user to sign in with. It is a client, not a host: if you do not already run an Umbraco site, this app has nothing to connect to. Backo is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Umbraco A/S.

Screenshots

Datadog4 screens
Backo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Datadog at none against Backo's 2. Datadog also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Backo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Datadog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Datadog ships an update every 9 days, Backo every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Datadog versus Backo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDatadogBacko
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (295 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings295 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size323 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDatadog, Inc.Maximilian Kenfenheuer

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

Backo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Datadog

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Backo

Subscriptions1
  • Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro — Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Datadog free?
Datadog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backo free?
Backo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Datadog or Backo have ads?
Neither Datadog nor Backo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Datadog or Backo?
Datadog ships an update every 9 days, and Backo every 11 days. Most recently, Datadog was updated on November 2, 2026 and Backo on October 31, 2026.

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