Get More From Your App Data with Firebase Analytics

We help product and marketing teams track the right events, uncover user behaviour, and turn Firebase data into real insights - so you can grow faster, fix bottlenecks, and make confident decisions.

Why Most App Teams Struggle With Firebase Analytics

Firebase is powerful: but only if you know how to use it properly. Here’s where most teams hit a wall.

⚠️ Default Events Only

Most setups rely only on Firebase’s automatic events. That means you’re missing 80% of the story.

🧩 No Event Strategy

There’s no clear plan for custom events, naming conventions, or tracking user intent through funnels.

🚫 No BigQuery Link

Without exporting your data, you're stuck in Firebase’s UI — no real insights, no long-term analysis.

🔍 Can't See Retention or Drop-Off

You’re collecting events but not connecting them to lifecycle stages or user churn indicators.

How Firebase Analytics Works (and Why It’s Built for App Tracking)

Firebase Analytics is purpose-built for mobile. Here's how it captures, processes, and helps you act on real-time app data across iOS, Android, and hybrid apps.

  1. 1.

    Event-Driven Tracking Model

    Firebase Analytics captures everything as events, no more rigid session structures. From screen_view to add_to_cart, every user interaction is tracked for maximum flexibility.

  2. 2.

    Platform SDKs for iOS + Android

    Unlike GA4, Firebase Analytics runs natively through lightweight SDKs that integrate directly into your app code, giving you accurate mobile performance metrics with minimal latency.

  3. 3.

    Real-Time Insights + User Properties

    You can enrich each user session with custom properties like plan type, region, or subscription status, then build real-time audiences and funnel reports around them.

  4. 4.

    BigQuery Integration for Raw Data

    Firebase connects to BigQuery to give you access to raw, unsampled event data, critical for retention analysis, churn modelling, and LTV tracking.

  5. 5.

    Lifecycle & Funnel Reporting Built In

    Firebase comes with prebuilt cohort reports, retention tracking, and funnel visualisation, so you can measure activation, engagement, and conversion without custom dashboards.

Want to make the most of Firebase? Talk to a Firebase Analytics consultant.

Our Firebase Analytics Setup Process: From Event Strategy to BigQuery

We go beyond basic configuration. Our Firebase Analytics consulting process is built to give you clean, reliable app data you can act on, across Android, iOS, and web.

📐 Event Tracking Architecture

We define a custom event naming strategy aligned to your product goals, user flows, and app lifecycle, with consistent parameters across platforms.

🔗 Firebase + GA4 + BigQuery Integration

We connect Firebase to GA4 and BigQuery to unify app + web data, enable raw SQL queries, and unlock unsampled analytics.

📱 Cross-Platform Setup (Android + iOS)

We deploy the Firebase SDKs with platform-specific events, screen views, and user properties for true mobile attribution.

📊 Lifecycle + Retention Tracking

We implement cohort tracking, funnel steps, churn signals, and conversion milestones to surface high-value user behaviours.

⚖️ Privacy-Compliant Data Collection

We configure consent mode, user opt-in flows, and data redaction logic to keep Firebase tracking compliant in the EU and beyond.

📈 Actionable Reporting + Dashboards

We build real-time dashboards in Looker Studio or your BI tool of choice, focused on insights, not vanity metrics.

Firebase Analytics Case Studies: Real Results from Real Apps

Here’s how we improved app data accuracy, user retention, and in-app revenue, across Android, iOS, and cross-platform apps.

📉 43% Reduction in Onboarding Abandonment

For a fintech app, we rebuilt the Firebase event schema to track onboarding screen exits. Removing friction screens led to a 43% drop in user abandonment.

🔁 +28% Increase in User Retention

A mobile health app used our Firebase lifecycle reports to spot churn triggers. UX changes to push notifications improved 30-day retention by 28%.

💰 +37% Growth in In-App Purchases

For a gaming client, we used BigQuery + Firebase to predict monetisation windows and deliver timed promo offers, increasing in-app purchase revenue by 37%.

Firebase Analytics FAQs

Still got questions? Here’s what founders, dev teams, and marketers ask us most about Firebase Analytics setup, tracking, and strategy.

Do I need BigQuery to use Firebase Analytics effectively?

Firebase works without BigQuery, but without raw event data, you lose access to advanced queries, cohort retention, LTV reporting, and custom funnels. We strongly recommend connecting Firebase to BigQuery for serious app analytics.

What’s the difference between Firebase Analytics and GA4?

Firebase Analytics is mobile-first and built into your iOS and Android apps. GA4 can connect to Firebase for web + app tracking, but lacks native SDK capabilities. A Firebase consultant should help unify both in a shared reporting strategy.

Can Firebase track custom events on iOS and Android?

Yes, using the Firebase SDK, you can track custom events across both platforms. But tracking must be planned and coded properly to align with your business goals and UX flow. That’s where a tracking strategy makes all the difference.

Is Firebase Analytics GDPR compliant?

Out of the box? No. But it can be made GDPR compliant by configuring user consent (via GTM or SDK), anonymising IPs, disabling ad features, and ensuring data subject controls are enforced. We help clients implement compliant setups globally.

Ready to Make Firebase Analytics Work for You?

Whether your tracking is half-working, completely broken, or just underused. We’ll help you fix it fast. We work with app teams across Android, iOS, and web to turn messy data into meaningful growth insights.

Book a Free Firebase Strategy Call

Just an honest look at your setup and what it’ll take to fix it.

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Ready to fix your tracking or run smarter tests? Let’s talk.

Whether you need to fix your tracking, improve your reporting, or run better experiments, we help businesses of all sizes turn analytics and CRO into a real growth engine. Get in touch to see how better data and faster testing can accelerate your results.
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