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Parse vs. StackMob and others for push notification service (Appcelerator app)

We have a very basic application (iOS / Android) made in Appcelerator that will receive one update every week. This update will be sent to all users who subscribe to the push notification service.

At this point, we have about 35 thousand installations this month, but 7,000 active users in this application. We evaluate two services for all push notifications:

  • Stackmob
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Appcelerator Cloud apps are good, but we're not ready to pay that much. Parse and StackMob prices are lower than those of Appcelerator Cloud applications, and according to our analysis, we could even use a free service for both services (StackMob = 60 thousand push notifications + 60 thousand Api calls, and Parse 1M api calls + 1M push).

If we are going to use Parse, we need to buy the Android and iOS module from the Marketplace ($ 30 per year). This is normal. As for my colleague, I think we could use the REST API on StackMob to subscribe to the push service.

Questions:

  • What are your thoughts on both services? Which one do you prefer and why?
  • Have you used the StackMob REST API to subscribe to push notifications?
  • How to get Android token?
  • Is there a (cost-effective) alternative to these services? I also reviewed PubNub, which seems great, but the costs are higher than StackMob and Parse.

Thanks in advance.

Update

I asked the same question on the Appcelerator forums. After some time, users returned with several answers and users using Parse.com for this.

I ended up implementing Parse.com, which was really easy using the Android and iOS plugins that are on the Appcelerator market.

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I wanted to listen and point you to StackMob links around Appcelerator.

Aaron Saunders has several github projects showing how to use StackMob with Appcelerator. https://github.com/aaronksaunders

He also wrote a series of blog posts about this. http://developer.appcelerator.com/blog/2011/11/titanium-appcelerator-quickie-stackmob-api-module-part-one.html

A link to our REST API is available at https://developer.stackmob.com/tutorials/dashboard/REST-API-Reference

One of the big differences between StackMob and others is our custom code. You can write your own logic in Java, Scala or Clojure and post it on StackMob. User code can interact with your user data and other third-party APIs.

https://developer.stackmob.com/tutorials/custom%20code

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I have not used these services myself, so I can not comment. However, the other alternative that we use (and was very pleased) is Urban Airship . It is relatively cost-effective, supports Android, iOS and BB, and it has server libraries for several languages. There is also a clear blog post that describes how easy it is to register a device (at least for iOS) using simple web queries in Appcelerator.

Blog post about integration with Appcelerator here .

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/1439298/

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