Ask HN: Mobile developers - how do you find new mobile app services?

[kunle]

In the past we've used everything from Mixpanel & Flurry for analytics, Hockeyapp and Testflight for beta testing, Crittercism for crash testing etc. But we stumbled on all these or heard about them via word of mouth. Do you know of any directories of mobile app services? Somewhere that different mobile development tools are reviewed/rated? How do you currently find tools to solve your problems when building/testing/deploying apps?

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[gte910h]

HN. I've heard of every tool you mention on HN.

I've heard of others at the Atlanta Meetup for iOS Devs and at conferences.

Btw, you didn't mention PaintCode or App.net, I suggest you look at both of them, as well as cocoa-pods, and KIF (by Square)

[kunle → gte910h]

So you discover new tools primarily on HN, or offline by meeting other devs?

[gte910h → kunle]

For iOS, it seems primarily HN.

I also forgot: Sometimes they're referenced on Stackoverflow when I'm doing something and looking up how others did it.

[kodeshpa]

One more worth mentioning "Zubhium" , end to end solution for => Beta Testing + Crash reporting + in app support desk for android apps

[vellum]

I usually do a search on Quora,Stackoverflow/Stackexchange, and Hacker News when I'm looking for a service.

[kunle → vellum]

I use all these as well. Thanks for the info!