Users

Users are end users who launch and use the app.

Depending on the data available, users may be identified just as unique devices or as true users with customer-provided identifiers (such as an email address). Localytics tracks these users and provides user counts in much the same way as session counts. Therefore, you can split and filter charts by users in addition to other dimensions. You can get answers to the following questions:

Note:
User counting can create some confusion. There are two areas that are especially tricky:
  • New vs Returning: A user is only considered new during their first session. After this they are a returning user.
  • Duplicate Users: Users who return to the app a day later should be counted when looking at daily usage but not when considering the two days together. Most analytics tools do not account for this so users new to Localytics may be unfamiliar.

Read more about User Counting.