Comparison

AppDynamics Classic vs Datadog

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

Head to head
About

AppDynamics Classic

Gain deep visibility into the full-stack performance of your cloud, mobile, and individual applications. Monitor complex environments, identify real-time anomalies, and correlate infrastructure performance with business impact. Stay informed with personalized dashboards and flexible push notifications.

Highlights
  • Full-stack application performance visibility
  • Real-time anomaly detection
  • Business and infrastructure correlation
  • Customizable dashboards
  • Historical performance comparison
  • Push notifications for alerts
Features
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With AppDynamics app you can: * Gain deep visibility into production full-stack performance of your cloud, mobile and individual applications * Monitor performance across complex distributed environments and data centers * Make use of powerful AppDynamics intelligence engine to easily see performance anomalies in real-time * Correlate business & infrastructure revealing performance impacts on your business * View personalized metrics that matter to you with the use of highly flexible custom dashboards * Compare historical performance in the palm of your hand * Stay on top of application health anyplace, anytime with flexible push notifications Note: this app requires active subscription credentials to AppDynamics product. 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 dashboards and subscribe to push notifications so you only receive the alerts you need. Anytime. Anywhere.

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/

Screenshots

AppDynamics Classic4 screens
Datadog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Datadog at every 9 days against AppDynamics Classic's every 2 months. Datadog also leads on ratings volume (292 vs 11). AppDynamics Classic's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 38%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for AppDynamics Classic against 4.3 for Datadog. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Datadog has 292 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of AppDynamics Classic's written reviews are positive against 38% of Datadog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AppDynamics Classic ships an update every 2 months, Datadog every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AppDynamics Classic versus Datadog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppDynamics ClassicDatadog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (11 ratings) — better4.3 (292 ratings)
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews — better37.9% of reviews
Number of ratings11292 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB255 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppDynamicsDatadog, Inc.

Customer experience

AppDynamics Classic

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

Datadog

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

Bugs and requests

AppDynamics Classic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

None

AppDynamics Classic

No in-app purchases

None

Datadog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AppDynamics Classic free?
AppDynamics Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Datadog free?
Datadog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AppDynamics Classic or Datadog?
AppDynamics Classic is rated higher. AppDynamics Classic averages 4.4 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Datadog averages 4.3 from 292 ratings.
Do AppDynamics Classic or Datadog have ads?
Neither AppDynamics Classic nor Datadog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AppDynamics Classic or Datadog?
AppDynamics Classic ships an update every 2 months, and Datadog every 9 days. Most recently, AppDynamics Classic was updated on September 7, 2026 and Datadog on September 21, 2026.

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