AppDynamics vs DASH by Datadog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AppDynamics
Monitor application performance and availability from your mobile device. Customize your view, receive critical alerts, and quickly diagnose issues with automated tools. Requires an active subscription.
- Customizable home screen
- Centralized event feed
- Entity-centric monitoring
- Automated Transaction Diagnostics
- Push notifications for alerts
- Integration with messaging tools
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With our reimagined AppDynamics mobile app you can: * Customize home screen to monitor your most important entities and metrics at a glance * View all events across entities and identify correlations through centralized event feed * See key monitoring data in detail with entity centric page and navigate between related entities with ease * Quickly identify potential root causes with Automated Transaction Diagnostics (ATD) support * Get alerted immediately for critical events through push notifications and seamless integration with messaging tools such as PagerDuty, Slack, SMS Note: this app requires active subscription credentials to AppDynamics product. This version only supports Application Performance Monitoring (APM). Please use the AppDynamics Classic mobile app for End-User Monitoring (EUM) and Server Infrastructure Monitoring (SIM) and Database Monitoring (DBMon). This app is designed for mobile phone use. About AppDynamics AppDynamics is an application performance management company that focuses on managing the performance and availability of applications across cloud computing environments as well as inside the data center. Specializing in complex, distributed environments, the company currently supports a wide range of different application platforms and languages, and offers both a Software-as-a-service or an on-premise deployment AppDynamics in the palm of your hand. View system performance and subscribe to push notifications so you only receive the alerts you need. Anytime. Anywhere.
DASH by Datadog
This app provides access to an annual conference focused on building and scaling applications, infrastructure, security, and technical teams. Users can browse sessions, view speaker information, and plan their conference agenda. It also delivers real-time updates and notifications about the event.
- Browse conference sessions
- View speaker profiles
- Plan personalized agenda
- Receive event updates
- Get real-time notifications
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DASH is an annual conference about building and scaling the next generation of applications, infrastructure, security, and technical teams. Download the app to: • Browse sessions, speakers, and plan your conference agenda • Receive the latest updates and notifications regarding the event
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DASH by Datadog at 5.0 against AppDynamics's 4.5. AppDynamics's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DASH by Datadog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AppDynamics has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AppDynamics ships an update every 6 weeks, DASH by Datadog every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AppDynamics | DASH by Datadog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppDynamics | Datadog, Inc. |
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AppDynamics
DASH by Datadog
In-app purchases
AppDynamics
No in-app purchases
DASH by Datadog
No in-app purchases
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