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I'm one of the co-founders of Taplytics. Building for iOS in general has improved a lot. Apple has really cleaned up iOS and Xcode in the last two…",{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"7040055","michaelmior","At my previous position we built our own A\u002FB testing framework for iOS. There were a few hiccups, but overall it wasn't too complicated. One thing that was important for us was…",{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"Free plan available; a $20 plan was mentioned","commenter",[62,66],{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"7039861","Brushfire","Great stuff. $20? You should be charging 10x that.",{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"value":68,"source":69,"evidence":70},"Keep mobile A\u002FB testing affordable for developers like the makers","maker",[71],{"id":72,"by":11,"text":73},"7040051","Hey, thanks so much for checking us out. 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