When comparing Putt the Planets vs Sentry, the Slant community recommends Sentry for most people. In the question“What are the best JavaScript client-side error logging services?” Sentry is ranked 2nd while Putt the Planets is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose Sentry is:
It's what Sentry calls [Rollups](https://docs.sentry.io/learn/rollups/]. All individual issues rolled-up can still be drilled down. Also two issues can be **merged** manually.
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Pros
Pro Awesome Space Age music
Putt to the delightful bosanova sounds of the space age, the sound track and music in Putt the Planets is really nice 50's style sci music. One of the best most original sound tracks I have heard in an Android game, I would pay the dollar just for the music.
Pro Controls are easy for all skill levels
Putt the Planets is a very fun miniature golf game, it has an easy control setup that will be easy for anyone of all ages to pick up and play. The simple button layout provides for a great game experience while not taking away from the excellent planetary backdrops.
Pro Out of this world Space locations
Each planet is rendered with spectacular settings and vista. You will see what the surface of each of the planets in our solar system looks like. Visit Mars, Saturn and the Moon, and play golf there!
Pro Educational Fun!
Play golf on all of the planets in our solar systems while learning facts about space, physics and our planets. 3d planet landscapes based on current scientific data give a wonderful environment for fun and learning.
Pro Consolidates similar errors and makes resolution easy
It's what Sentry calls [Rollups](https://docs.sentry.io/learn/rollups/]. All individual issues rolled-up can still be drilled down. Also two issues can be merged manually.
Pro Email/Slack/GitHub/Hipchat integration
Newly discovered issues (i.e. one that isn't rolled-up under and existing one) can generate an instant notification via many means.
Pro Has an official Docker image
Sentry has an official Docker image which means it's likely going to be well reviewed and maintained for a while and it makes it easy to set up.
Pro Completely open source, with a hosted version available
Sentry is a completely open source tool. It's free to use if you want to run it on your own. If you want to avoid the overhead of running and maintaining another server, it also has a hosted version available at www.getsentry.com
Pro Source maps support
Has support for source maps.
Pro Can create projects and teams
A single Sentry server can be used for various teams/products.
Cons
Con Not really a logging solution
Sentry collects exceptions, it's not a solution for log aggregation.
Con Can't filter by browser versions
Sentry only filters by browser names and not by browser versions (for example: Firefox, instead of Firefox 27, Firefox 28 etc...)
Con No free cloud hosting
Unfortunately there is no free plan for cloud hosted solution. Only self-hosted solutions are free to use.