SoftMeter collects usage data from your Windows, MacOS or IOS app and sends them to your Google Analytics account.
This table summarizes the mapping between the data collected by SoftMeter and the Google Analytics fields that get populated.
SoftMeter, our application analytics library, uses Google Analytics for the collection and the reporting of the usage data of your software.
The limits of the free Google Analytics accounts are set quite high. You probably do not need to bother about the limits as the traffic of most websites and the usage statistics of most applications are way below the G.A. limits.
SoftMeter is a small application analytics library for Windows and MacOS, that links together two great software systems:
How does SoftMeter work?
As software developers for desktop software, we monitor how visitors arrive at our website, which pages they visit the most, which are the entry and exit pages. We also measure the number our software was downloaded. And then, after the download, there is silence: We do not know if the user installed the software if he/she keeps using it or he/she abandoned it the next day. We do not know how many active users we have.
Application analytics is the new tool that allows you to look into these matters for the first time.
Our desktop software analytics library (SoftMeter) allows you to monitor your software program's exceptions by sending them automatically to Google Analytics.
It's time you see some instalaltion analytics for your shareware or other types of desktop software.
With SoftMeter, you can monitor your software's distribution and installation analytics using InnoSetup, and Google Analytics. A free and easy to implement solution.
Website vs Mobile App types of reporting views in Google Analytics, and the measurement protocol.
The Google measurement protocol can send PageViews, ScreenViews and Events to your Google Analytics account.
See a comparison listing the similarities and differences between the two types of reporting views: Website vs Mobile App.
The "Mobile App" view type is a relatively new view type in Google Analytics. It is used to track usage statistics of mobile (IOS, Android) apps, while with the help our libAppTelemetry, it can also track usage analytics of desktop (Windows, Mac OS) software.
The SoftMeter library for desktop software sends real-time hits from your desktop software to Google Analytics.
There are two ways to monitor more than one software products via the same Google Analytics property.
By using SoftMeter in your shareware/software application you can see runtime statistics of your desktop program via the Google Analytics platform.
As a shareware developer, you are probably already using Google analytics for your website traffic as it is a free and reliable solution. With our SoftMeter library, you can now also monitor the usage of your software program.
In this article, you can see examples of the reports that you will get.
