Aptabase focuses on lightweight app analytics, so first list the events that genuinely guide product decisions. Send synthetic events from each supported desktop or mobile platform to a candidate and check delivery when offline, on retry, and after an app update.
Compare event naming, dashboards, retention controls, and what identifiers are captured by default. Validate that a funnel or cohort can answer your real question without adding personal data you never meant to collect. Export the test dataset and note whether older reports can be reproduced. The best alternative provides trustworthy trends with the least sensitive data and maintenance burden.