The app growth stack

Comparison

Mobile attribution platforms, compared

These join ad spend to installs across ad networks. Apple’s own campaign links already do part of that for App Store traffic with no SDK and no third party, so work out what you actually need before adding one.

There is no ranking on this page. Nobody here has run all 5 of these for a quarter, so a score would be invented. What follows is the shortlist, in alphabetical order, with one line on what separates each — and a link to the vendor’s own pricing page, because a price restated here would be out of date before you read it.

  • AppsFlyer

    A broad marketing platform rather than attribution alone — measurement, deep linking and data collaboration across mobile, web, CTV and console.

  • Branch

    Deep linking is the core rather than an attached feature — often chosen for the linking half as much as the measurement.

  • Kochava

    Covers publishers and CTV alongside app advertisers, so relevant if your spend is not only mobile.

  • Singular

    Aggregates ad spend from the networks as well as attributing installs, putting cost and outcome in one place.

  • Tenjin

    Sold self-serve on a pay-as-you-grow basis rather than through an enterprise contract.

What you have to check yourself

None of this is knowable from outside, and it is where the decision actually gets made.

  • How SKAdNetwork and AdAttributionKit are handled. Apple’s privacy framework, not the vendor, sets what is knowable about an iOS install.
  • Which of your ad networks are already integrated. A missing integration is engineering work you pay for twice.
  • How it is priced — per attributed install, per event, or a flat platform fee — and what happens in a month you scale spend.
  • Whether you need one at all. If you do not buy ads, this whole category is a cost with no matching question.
  • What data you can export, and whether raw install-level data is included or an upgrade.

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See the full attribution section for tools in this category that are not part of this comparison.

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