AIRSHIP VS OneSignal

Take A Cue: Why Mobile App Experiences Push Past OneSignal

Mobile app customers are 3x more valuable than non-app customers on average and Airship enables brands to capture that value. Airship provides an end-to-end solution for capturing value across the entire customer app lifecycle — from acquisition and activation to engagement and loyalty.

Customers choose Airship over OneSignal because of its Native No-Code App Experience editor that enables marketers to create better mobile experiences in minutes without developer support, robust analytics and reporting, powerful real-time data streaming capabilities and its ability to scale across businesses of all sizes.

Powering the biggest brands in the world

Why Airship offers the most value to brands

Orchestrate the entire customer lifecycle — from data capture to lasting loyalty — on one unified platform built for scale, so you can deliver ROI and increase your speed to market with experiences that convert.

Unified cross-channel experiences

across email, SMS/RCS/MMS, push notifications, web notifications, mobile wallet, app, and web

Customer data management

that activates existing data and captures zero-party preferences in real time for richer customer profiles

Personalization and segmentation

that create dynamic segments based on real-time behaviors, preferences, and context

Journey orchestration

that connects messaging, app, and web experiences into unified flows that guide customers to high-converting destinations

Testing and optimization

with AI agents that continuously learn and automatically improve timing, content, and channels to maximize business results

Partner integrations

that connect to your existing stack — including leading CRMs, CDPs, and commerce platforms — with no custom development required

Reporting analytics

that track what matters—conversions, revenue, and retention—with customizable dashboards and clear attribution

Strategic services

from implementation to optimization, our expert team helps you maximize value with tailored onboarding, training, and ongoing guidance

How Airship Gets One-Up Over OneSignal

OUTSIDE THE APPOneSignal
App Store Visibility
Gain more visibility and grow your market share in the App Store and Google Play by optimizing keywords to increase organic downloads.
App Store Conversion Optimization
A/B test your store listing assets (images, icons, content) to boost conversion rates, increase organic downloads and decrease cost of user acquisition.
App Store Analytics
Robust store intelligence for ASO allows customers to research competitors, find relevant keywords, track app rankings and discover creative strategies.
Mobile Wallet
Create mobile passes for iOS and Android devices to roll out loyalty cards, tickets and coupons.  
Open Channel APIs
Integrate any channel to deliver unified experiences across the customer journey well beyond mobile (OTT, messaging apps, IoT, Voice).
SMS
Reach the largest number of customers on their most engaging screen with personalized and trackable messages.
Email
Create, schedule, deploy and orchestrate emails alongside all other channels from one place with world-class deliverability and personalization. 

INSIDE THE APPOneSignal
Live Activities Support
Serve customers real-time updates with compelling experiences on the most valuable real estate in the world — iPhone and Android lock screens.
Stories
Keep customers engaged with rich, immersive auto-play content, bringing a familiar social media experience to any in-app experience, message or interstitial.
Preference Center
Allow customers to easily manage their opt-in status and preferences across multiple channels – app, web, SMS, email, from one place.
Message Center
Create an app inbox where customers can always find valuable, personalized information.
In-app messaging
Guide customers to take meaningful, high-value actions with sophisticated triggering, display options and controls for in-app messages.
Scenes
Guide customers through the value of your app with a flexible progression of compelling native app experiences – accelerating adoption, activation and conversion.
Surveys
Easily create and deploy surveys to gather zero-party data you can use to personalize every interaction. 
Push Notifications
Engage customers with timely, targeted messages – that reinforce the value of your app and brand in their lives.

APP EXPERIENCE PLATFORMOneSignal
No Code Native App Experience Editor
Create hyper-personalized native app experiences with a drag-and-drop editor to give your team complete control. No developer support needed.
Performance Analytics
Get a holistic view of how and when your customers are engaging with your brand and use insights to spot growth opportunities everywhere.
Enterprise Scalability and Agility
Future-proof your business to meet the largest, most time sensitive requirements regardless of peak volume or seasonality. 
Real-Time Insights
Supercharge your first-party data strategy with comprehensive and customizable app analytics.
Real-Time Data Streaming
Real-time data streaming provides rich behavioral data to any endpoint, CDP, data lake or warehouse enriching customer understanding and action across your entire business.
Cross-Channel Orchestration
Segment, build and intelligently orchestrate customer journeys across all channels in real time to create powerful moments for your customers.
Predictive and Generative AI
Leverage the power of AI to anticipate and identify opportunities across the customer journey and create more content for testing with the click of a button.     
Security, Compliance and Governance
Privacy by design. End-to-end data and brand governance. SOC2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA compliance.

Airship Journeys control groups and baselines help us make decisions and increase revenue more quickly, so we can maximize our success and ensure that what we think is the best experience for the customer, actually is.

Dave McCormick
Director of E-commerce and GM Day of Travel Experiences

AccuWeather’s proprietary severe weather processing systems in combination with Airship allow for critical near-instant delivery of severe weather notifications. In many cases, seconds count in getting these life-saving alerts to our users so they spring into action.

Chris Patti
CTO