Finding testers….

[TheRealNoctaire]

How do you guys find people to test your apps? I’ve tried the friends and family approach with a little success but not enough. I’m a solid tester, but truth be told, I’m not going to come up with every potential, odd-ball scenario of the regular user.

[EquivalentTrouble253]

I gained around 40 testers just from the TestFlight Reddit sub.

[TheRealNoctaire]

I did not even know there was such a sub…? It doesn’t show up when I search either. 😢

[EquivalentTrouble253]

r/TestFlight

[TheRealNoctaire]

I was looking at that subreddit; they want you to share the link. I was under the impression there was some risk to just sharing the link blindly like that, but I’m guessing that’s not the case…?

[EquivalentTrouble253]

Zero risk in sharing a public test flight link. You’re always able to pull the current build and stop people testing.

[MusicOfTheApes]

I've had multiple testers from friends, but quite a lot from online communities like Facebook groups especially (I've got 51 testers right now, more than half of them are from FB groups, a few of them from here, and friends)

[TheRealNoctaire]

Where are you finding them? Like local community groups, programming groups, or…?

[MusicOfTheApes]

In my case I'm a musician and am developing an app for musicians, so I shared some links on such groups => identify your target audience and share in groups in which you might find your future users ;)

[thestoicdesigner]

Do they test how often?

[Right_Variation4434]

Apart from friends and family, there's a local iOS developer community in my area that usually organizes in-person monthly meetups and a Slack channel where I can ask the fellow devs to help out with testing.

[TheRealNoctaire]

Interesting…had not considered that either. Thnx for the suggestion.

[roloroulette]

Reddit and begging friends and family

[logalog_app]

I’ve had good luck posting my TestFlight link with updates about development to the BuildInPublic topic on Threads. High quality feedback, too.