Top 10 Mobile Testing Tools In 2017 for Android & iOS

Top 10 Mobile Testing Tools In 2017 for Android & iOS

Nowadays, Automated tools are a must for any Mobile app
testing. Properly organized automated Testing can reduce the time needed for the testing process
and the chances of human errors during test execution.
There are innumerable mobile Automation Testing tools
available. Some of them are free while some are expensive. Some of these automation tools were created long ago; while some have just made it into the market. Each tool is unique and possesses certain characteristics.
A Broad range of automation tools makes it difficult to select the best one for a project and often tester's end up with tools that do not conform to project requirements.

Following Tools are recommended

1) Kobiton

Kobiton is a complete mobile device cloud platform that gives developers and businesses access to test on real devices. From manual to automated testing, Kobiton is an easy, affordable way to test your mobile,
web and hybrid apps more effectively.
Kobiton gives users full control of real mobile devices during manual
testing with support for multi-touch gestures, orientation and GPS simulations, camera and speaker control and device connection management. With automatically generated activity logs, Kobiton captures all the actions performed during a testing session so
issues can be identified and resolved more quickly. Users can purchase prepaid testing minutes that never expire for just $10.
Simple to use, easy to access from anywhere, and flexible enough to allow businesses to access the real devices they want and more effectively manage their internal devices. Kobiton is the most innovative mobile
device cloud platform on the market.
Benefits:
The latest real, cloud-based devices and configurations
Centralized testing history and data logs for increased collaboration
Internal Device Lab Management to more effectively utilizes internal devices
Support for Appium 1.6.4
Simplified user experience to streamline test sessions
Easy to try with Free Trial – no credit card required
Learn more about the tool

2) Appium Studio

Appium Studio community edition is a free tool that makes Appium testing
even better, helping organizations quickly release quality applications.
Appium Studio addresses many of Appium’s limitations. It allows users to start testing within minutes, reduces operational costs, and helps improve coverage with out-of-app testing. Test scripts and their execution
are much more stable, and results are presented in clear reports. Lastly, Appium Studio supports parallel execution and comes with guaranteed OS version support.
Appium Studio community edition benefits:
Start Appium testing within minutes
Test iOS apps on Windows machines (as well as on MAC)
Easily write or record tests using a device reflection, Object Spy, and unique XPath
Cover more use cases on any device and with any application type (native, web, hybrid)
Test outside your application(including barcode & check scanning, audio features, GPS simulation, TouchID, system apps)
Receive detailed step-by-step reports complete with screenshots and videos
Run your existing Appium tests without any modification
Enjoy guaranteed OS version support – Appium Studio supports iOS 11 beta
Test on locally connected mobile devices or on devices hosted at Experitest SaaS Digital Assurance Lab
Use out-of-the-box parallel execution.
Absolutely free
Learn more about the tool

3) Appium (iOS/Android Testing Tool)

Appium is an open source, and a cross platform test automation tool for the hybrid and native iOS, it supports Android versions from 2.3 onwards. Appium works like a server running in the background like selenium
server.
It supports many programming languages, such as Java,
Ruby, C# and other which are in the WebDriver library. Appium utilizes WebDriver interface for tests
running
Appium automates Android using the UIAutomator library, which is given by Google as part of the Android SDK. On mobile devices, it can control Safari and Chrome. It can be synchronized with testing framework TestNG.
In this case, UI Automator can produce informative and detailed reports, similar to reports generated by Ranorex
Appium Benefits

Due to the use of standard automation APIs on all platforms, you don't have to modify or recompile your app in any way
You can use any web-driver compatible language (Java, Objective-C, JavaScript) to write test case
You can use any testing framework
Easy to setup on a different platform
Supports various languages like Ruby, Java, PHP, Node, Python
It does not require anything to be installed on the device
You can still use Selenium Webdriver JSON wire protocol
You don't have to re-compile mobile app on a different platform
With the help of Java, it can be integrated with other tools
Learn more about the tool

4) Robotium

It is a free Android UI testing tool, with Robotium it is easy to write powerful automatic black box test cases for Android applications. So, there is no need for further information about the Android app's structure
or implemented classes. All they require is the name of the main class and the path that links to it. It supports Android 1.6 version and above. Tests in Robotium are
written in Java. In fact, Robotium is a library for unit tests.
But it takes a lot of effort and time to prepare tests by means of Robotium, as one must work with the program source code in order to automate tests. The tool is less suitable for interaction with system software;
it cannot lock and unlock a smartphone or a tablet. There is no play or record function in Robotium, and it does not provide screenshots.
Benefits of Robotium
With minimum knowledge of project powerful test cases can be created
It handles multiple Android activities automatically
It needs minimal time to create solid test cases
Synchronize easily with Ant or Maven to run tests as part of continuous integration
It is possible to run test cases on applications that are pre-installed
It can get code coverage for Robotium tests
Learn more about the tool

5) Selendroid

Selendroid is a test automation framework
that drives off the UI of Android native and hybrid applications (apps) and the mobile web. Using the Selenium 2 client API tests are written.
Benefits of Selendroid
It is fully compatible with JSON wire protocol
No alteration of app under test is needed to automate it
Same concept for automating native or hybrid apps
By different locator types, UI elements can be found
It can interact with multiple Android devices at the same time
Selendroid supports hot plugging of hardware devices
By different locator types, UI elements can be found
Selendroid comes with a useful tool known as Selenium Inspector. It allows you to inspect the current state of your app's UI.
Learn more about the tool

6) MonkeyRunner

Monkeyrunner tool provides an API for writing programs that control an Android device or emulator from outside of Android code. This tool comes after robotium in respect to performance. The tests are written in
Python, for creating tests one may use a recording tool.
The only set-backs of MonkeyRunner is that it is necessary to write scripts for each device and the tests require adjustments each time when user interface of the tested program is changed.
Benefits of MonkeyRunner
It can control multiple devices
In order to automate tests, one does not have to deal with the source code
It can be used for Automated functional testing
Monkeyrunner can be used for regression testing as well
Jython allows MonkeyRunner API to interact with the Android application
Learn more about the tool

7) Calabash

Calabash consists of libraries that allow test-code to programmatically interact with native and hybrid apps.
It provides APIs that are specialized to native apps running on touch screen devices
It consists of libraries that allow test-code to programmatically interact with native and hybrid apps
It supports framework cucumber, which makes it easier to understand by business experts and non-technical QA staff
Download Calabash

8) Frank

It is a lightweight UI based automation tool. It is a tool that uses a combination of Cucumber and
JSON commands. It is described as the Selenium for native iOS app and some of its features include
It has got clean CSS-like selector syntax, allowing for fairly tolerant tests
It comes with pre-defined steps that you can use right away for your tests
It is driven by Cucumber
It contains symbiote a live introspection tool
It integrates with CI
It can run your tests on both the Simulator and Device
It records video of your test runs to show the app in action
Download Frank

9) KIF

KIF is objective C based framework and is purely for iOS automated testing. Kif is an automation framework which integrates directly with XCTests. It can be used when business folk are not involved in writing
or reading test specs.
It has got active community and good support
Integrates seamlessly with XCTests and KIF comes with an "KIFtestCase" which you can use in place of "XCTTestCase"
KIF accesses UI elements by their accessibility labels
Everything is in one language Objective C, so it is easier for pure iOS developer's to pickup
It has got impressive command line and CI
It has pretty reasonable support for gestures

Download KIF

10) MonkeyTalk

Everything from data driven test suites to simple "Smoke Tests", Moneytalk automates real, functional interactive tests for iOS and Android apps.
Scripts are simple and understandable
MonkeyTalk IDE can record/playback the test scripts
It does not require any strong programming or scripting knowledge
It supports tethered, network devices and emulators
For both android and iPhone, same script can be used
It supports looping concept
Both XML and HTML reports can be generated with this tool, it also captures screenshot when failure occurs
For continuous integration Monkey Talk supports Jenkins and Hudson. It also supports JUnit reporting

11) Testdroid

Testdroid is a cloud-based mobile application testing tool that helps developers to save costs behind app development, speed up time to market the product and reduce operational and unpredictable costs. It is
the fastest way to test your application against various real Android and iOS devices with different HW platforms, screen resolutions, and OS versions. The price range varies from $499- $4999/ month as per requirement. It is one of the solid mobile game testing
platforms for Android and iOS games. It allows remote manual access to over 300 real devices running Android before an app is launched.

Benefits of Testdroid
It saves in App development costs
Minimizes the risks with real devices and agile testing
Reduce operational and unpredictable costs
Improve app rating and daily active users
Learn more about the tool

12) SeeTest by ExperiTest

SeeTest is a leading Mobile Testing, Performance & Monitoring Tool by ExperiTest. SeeTest provides cloud-based mobile testing wherein you can run tests in real mobile devices remotely. SeeTest cloud offers a variety
of devices, mobile OS, and network speed simulation.
SeeTest automates your mobile testing and integrates well with CI/CD solutions. It enables parallel testing. SeeTest also has an offering – Appium Enterprise that allows testers to execute mobile tests remotely.
SeeTest allows performance testing of apps via SeeTest Network Virtualization and Loadrunner Add-on.
Learn more about SeeTest
All the above tools provide excellent performance and exciting features for Android application testing.
How to pick the best Automation Tool
Identify the tests that need to be automated
Research and analyze the automation products that meet your automation needs
Do a pilot for two best tools as per your requirements and budget.
Based on the requirements, select the most suitable one or more tools
Discuss the chosen automation tools with other stakeholders, explain the choice, and get their approval
Proceed to tests automation

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