Appium Reviews

To automate mobile apps, iOS and Android.

The way Appium server interacts with mobile apps is fantastic. It provides all the information about the elements inside the app, Android as well as iOS. I can interact with the element quickly, just type some text or get some text values from the element - whether it's a drop-down, or web text, or a native element.

Initially, Appium had a GUI, for Windows as well as for Mac, and there were some limitations that I couldn't figure out: How to run automated test on multiple iOS devices. However, we figured out that you can run a couple of instances of Appium in parallel, and use them to run tests in parallel, as well as sequentially. 

It's available as open-source for the iOS or Mac, as well as for Windows, so that's a pretty huge feature.

It needs to accommodate applications that use React.js and AngularJS.

Also, an application developed on the Unity platform, such as a gaming application, objects are moving in that case. Interacting with those elements is still lacking in Appium. Appium doesn't have the internal library to play with the Unity platform. That is a huge lack right now.

In addition, on Google platforms we can't use Appium to automate, that is a lack. 

So what I'm suggesting is that Appium should develop a newer, generic solution for all kinds of platforms used to develop applications.

The stability is there. 

I don't think I have experienced any problems with scalability. The scalability is good.

Whenever I have problem, most of the time the solution is available through the  Appium community, as well as through Google searches. I'm an R&D guy so I am able to figure out a solution quickly.

We used commercial tools like Experitest. There were a lot of limitations. For example, we had to use iOS Configuration Utility manager before using that tool. We felt Appium was better because it is an open-source tool. It is very competitive with any of the commercial tools, right now.

I didn't see any complexity in setting up Appium.

Overall, Appium is the best. It is not made as a commercial tool.

I would rate Appium as a nine out of 10 because it has the flexibility, simplicity, and it is elegant. It is technically more advanced, and even a beginner can start using Appium very quickly, and master it in less time.

Support for both Android and IOS. It simplifies the testing setup.

It saves a large amount of QA resources needed for doing smoke tests and sanity checks on new versions of the app on several phones and OS versions.

Usability. The documentation is not always easy to follow, especially the advanced setup part, where the IOS predicates usage. Also, the Appium inspector, a tool which allows you to inspect screen elements, is rather tricky to setup.

Three years.

Yes. Sometimes the mobile environment reset and application installation are slow. Sometimes you need to kill and restart the Appium app. I have seen constant improvements though.

Appium is not that scalable, if you're using real devices locally. It can get scalable by using cloud services and emulators.

I am not aware of any paid support option. There is a decent sized community where you can get answers. Also, Appium and all language extension clients are open-source, so anybody can raise issues on Github.

Yes, Silk Mobile. Its features are very far from Appium's capabilities. Also, it is expensive.

Straightforward. Straightforward on Windows, relatively straightforward on MAC (the best option is testing on both Android and IOS devices), slightly tricky on Linux (I am using Arch Linux).

It's open source. There is nothing wrong with that.

I was using Silk Mobile, and it was not the right tool for our needs. Also, I tested the native automation on both Android and Mac. These are good options, but you need to switch context radically from Android to IOS and back.

Good luck, not sure how you can do it better. It has flaws, but is still much better than any other cross-platform mobile automation tool.

- Best part is that it's open source tool.

- Supports multiple mobile platforms.

- It supports native apps, mobile web & hybrid applications of both Android and iOS.

- It is based on Selenium using HTTP protocols.

- It supports most of the scripting languages like Java, Ruby, Java script, etc.

- It can be integrated with CI tools.

It is an indispensable tool for mobile automation helps much in converting manual test cases to automated scripts. Being an open source tool, it yields good ROI.

It should provide reliable & promising executions every time without any interruptions and avoiding any synchronization issues. They should also think of supporting Windows mobile applications as well in future.

The highest strength of this tool is that it's open source.

• Automate tests for native apps, hybris apps and mobile websites
• Test executions on real mobile devices and emulators/simulators
• Write automation scripts in any language of your choice Java, C#, PHP, Python and many more
• Based on Selenium API so there is no steep learning curve to understand Appium

We provide IT services and solutions, and with this solution we have helped our clients reduce their manual testing efforts to greater level. Our clients have realized benefits by reducing their testing cycle from three days to three hours through Appium.

They can improve test reporting, and more importantly on test scripts, by providing less constructs to automate more complex testing scenarios.

I've used it for the past three years. We use it alongside Selenium.

Deployment is little tricky but with good help from external vendors organizations, we can implement an Appium-based test automation solution in a short period of time.

There have been no issues with the stability.

There have been no issues with the scalability.

There is great on-line support from the users community. External vendors have innovative solutions build using these tools where they provide tremendous support.

It was difficult to some extent, but with good documentation from the on-line community we where able to implement the tool.

We did it in-house. If you are implementing it for enterprise level its better to seek external vendor help.

We have seen ROI of more than 60%. It's open source.

I would say start lean, gain small wins and incrementally add more. Example: Start automating test cases for one browser and slow expand to multiple browsers.

I use Appium to develop automation scripts for our mobile applications for iOS and Android and test client applications for our FinTech client.

Appium's best feature is that it supports multiple frameworks.

Appium has problems with automated validations following iOS updates, causing us to have to validate manually. Its execution speed is also very slow.

I've been using Appium for more than seven years.

Appium is scalable.

Appium's support forum is very helpful.

Appium is free and open-source.

I would give Appium a rating of seven out of ten.

I used Appium for automating our iOS applications. It is a mobile automation tool, and I have set up all the capabilities in the config with iOS and all the applications I needed to do it.

Due to it being open source, Appium is cost-effective. Other paid platforms use Appium as an underlying platform while automating configurations and selling their products, which makes Appium a financially attractive solution.

Appium's wide support of programming languages is valuable. It supports languages like Java, which is the core of it, and JavaScript and dot net. This support is beneficial for our development stack, which already includes dot net, making it a favorable choice for our organization.

The deployment process and configuration are quite complex and require improvement. Additionally, the wait time functionality could be enhanced as I experienced failures with longer wait times.

I have used Appium for three months.

I would rate the stability of Appium an eight out of ten.

I believe Appium can scale well. I would rate its scalability a seven out of ten.

I haven't communicated with Appium technical support.

Positive

I have not used other vendors’ products, but I have taken demos. The main reason for selecting Appium is it's an open-source tool, whereas others were costly.

The deployment and initial setup process is complex. Unlike Playwright TypeScript, the documentation for setting up Appium is not straightforward.

I was the only person involved in the implementation team.

Appium being open source is a major advantage as it doesn't incur the costs that other commercial automation platforms require.

My experience with Appium from a pricing perspective is favorable due to it being open source, making it a cost-effective option.

I have taken demos from other automation solutions but have not used them.

As mentioned before, Appium is free and used as the base by many paid platforms. The initial setup can be simplified to make it easier to use, similar to Playwright TypeScript, which is straightforward.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.