The best analytics tool for apps built with Cursor

You built the app in Cursor, Claude Code or Codex, so the analytics tool should be one your agent can add without you reading SDK docs, and one you can read without learning analytics. Here's what to look for, the honest options, and which one fits which app. Apparent is ours, so we say plainly where another tool is the better pick.

What to look for

One prompt your agent can follow from start to first event, without asking you questions.
An SDK for what your agent wrote: most phone apps made in Cursor or Claude Code are Expo or React Native; some are Swift, Kotlin, Flutter or Capacitor.
Screens and crashes recorded for you, so the agent only adds the few actions that matter.
Answers you can read: who used the app, who came back, who paid, in sentences rather than reports to build.
An MCP server, so the agent in Cursor or Claude Code can ask how the app is doing and use the answer.
A way to keep your own testing out, so the first numbers aren't you.

The options

Apparent: made only for iOS and Android apps. Paste one prompt into Cursor or Claude Code (or run npx apparent-cli init) and the agent adds the SDK for Expo, React Native, Swift, Kotlin, Flutter or Capacitor. You read who's in the app live, in plain words, plus App Store Connect, Google Play and RevenueCat reviews and sales if you connect them. It has an MCP server. 14 days free, then from $10 a month.
PostHog: analytics, session replay, feature flags and experiments in one tool, with an MCP server too. A good pick if the app has a website as well, or you want replay and flags. More to set up and more to read.
Firebase Analytics: free, from Google. Fine if the app already uses Firebase; it needs Google's config files for iOS and Android (and a development build in Expo, not Expo Go), and you read it as Google Analytics reports.
Mixpanel: deep reports and funnels. Worth it when you have a team with questions and time to build the reports.
App Store Connect and Google Play Console: free and already there, no code. Downloads, sales and ratings, but nothing about what people do inside the app.

Which one, then

A phone app made with an AI tool, you want to know if anyone uses it, without learning analytics: Apparent.
A website plus an app, or you want session replay and feature flags: PostHog.
Already on Firebase for sign-in or push: Firebase Analytics.
A team with an analyst: Mixpanel or Amplitude.
Just curious, no code changes: the store consoles.

The prompt for Cursor or Claude Code

Sign up and Apparent gives you one prompt with your app's key in it. It looks like this; paste it into Cursor's agent or Claude Code in your app's folder:

Add Apparent analytics to this Expo app.
- Install the Apparent SDK (apparent-expo) I was sent with my key.
- Call Apparent.init({ app: "<my app id>", key: "<my key>", disabled: __DEV__ }) once, before the app renders.
- In the root layout, call useApparentScreens() from "apparent-expo/router" so every screen is recorded.
- Track the few actions that matter with Apparent.track("<name>"): signing up, the app's main action, opening the paywall.
- If the app uses RevenueCat, call await Apparent.linkRevenueCat(Purchases) after Purchases is configured.
- Don't add any other analytics tool. Show me the diff when you're done.

Apparent's page for an example app: a sentence about how it did, the key numbers, and highlights like a first sale in Japan. — An example app on Apparent. Open the live demo: every button works.

Questions

What's the best analytics tool for an app built with Cursor?

For an iOS or Android app where you want to know who uses it without learning analytics, Apparent: Cursor's agent adds it from one prompt and you read the answers in plain words. For a website or replay and feature flags, PostHog.

Can Cursor add analytics to my app by itself?

Yes. Give its agent the prompt from Apparent with your key; it installs the SDK, starts it once and records the few actions that matter. Then read the diff.

Does it work with Claude Code and Codex too?

Yes. The prompt is plain text, so any coding agent that edits your project can follow it.

Can Cursor read my analytics?

Yes. Add Apparent's MCP server and the agent can ask how your app is doing, what changed and why, read-only.

My app is a website built with Cursor. Does Apparent fit?

Apparent is made for phone apps. For a website on its own, a web analytics tool like Plausible or PostHog fits better.

What does it cost?

Plans start at $10 a month, with 14 days free and no card.