There’s been a bit of confusion about these two libraries, what they do, and how they differ.
Seeing as the sites don’t mention anything about each other, I thought it would be useful to at least declare that they are in fact different.
If you ended up here, the main thing you need to know is:
Angularytics is not the same as Angulartics
One of them has a ‘y’ in it, and that letter makes all the difference.
Here’s what they do:
Angularytics
From their Github page, the main features are:
- It automatically tracks new page views with all connected providers (Google Analytics and
console.log) when the URL in your app changes. - Lets you track events, either using the
Angularyticsservice or by using thetrackEventfilter
The library appears to be pretty no-frills and only supports Google Analytics as of this writing.
Angulartics
This library, on the other hand, supports a range of analytics platforms out of the box - Google Analytics, Kissmetrics, Mixpanel, Flurry, Piwik, Segment.io, “and more.” It’s got nearly twice the number of stars on Github, 7x the contributors, and easy-to-use directives for tracking events.
It also automatically tracks page views (which they call “virtual pageview tracking”).
You can learn more at their Github page
“Which one should I use?”
Angulartics (without the ‘y’) looks like the more well-supported and feature-complete of the two. It also has stronger community support, and seems to be the de-facto standard analytics library for AngularJS. If you’re not sure, go with Angulartics.
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