Early-Stage App Founders Need Testers
Developers are struggling to meet Google Play's requirement for 12 closed testers for 14 days before production launch. This creates a bottleneck for app releases, forcing them to seek external testers and highlighting the challenge of validating their apps before wider release.
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“Solo dev clearing the 12x14 requirement. I'll test yours back the same day — I'm already in 28 other devs' tester groups from my last app, so I know the drill and I actually open them. App: Kaomi: Nihongo Quest — a Japanese learning RPG.…”
“I guess I must have broken mine already as i get the error: Agent is in error state. Please redeploy or check the agent logs.”
“Hi, Happy to do a test for test! If you use an Android phone and you are interested, please share your email id with me, that you login to the Play Store. I will add your email id to the app. Or join this Google group: https://groups.google.com/g/tournament-os-testers Then, From this opt-in link, install the Tournament OS app from Google Play and try it. https://play.google.com/apps/testing/design.kirubha.tournamentos The email ID is the same as your Android email ID. Please stay opted in to the”
I'll be happy to test it asap. Plz DM me your email so I can add you and send you the opt-in link
Hey r/BetaTesting ! Looking for 20 Android users to help test my app before I can publish to the Play Store. What it is: Construction Connect — a Canadian marketplace where homeowners…
“this sounds like the kind of thing i needed back when my thesis was actively ruining my life”
“Irish dev in need some android testers to get me past the Google play criteria if you guys wouldn't mind! Join the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/irish-mini-crossword-testers Become a tester on Google Play: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.seancarmody.irishminicrossword Download The Irish Mini Crossword (Takes some time for two other steps to load - maybe 5-10 mins): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seancarmody.irishminicrossword I would be delighted to te”
“Thanks for the reply. I'm still not seeing new signups, so if there's a problem - let me know - you should receive a mail for confirmation of the signup (it would be a shame to have problem on the beta signup, but a quick test with my mail went through as it should). About the video content - that's on my to-do list for the next update. I was thinking about adding video content in the MVP, but it would've taken more time than I expected, so I've added it to the list with futu”
Just wrapped up a build of Emoji Jumble, a quick puzzle game where you sort/match emoji chaos into order. Running the 14-day closed test on Google Play and need a handful of…
“Hi, I'm looking for a small group of Android users, ideally parents, to test Scribbly before its public Play Store launch. Scribbly helps families photograph children's artwork, crop it, organise it in a gallery, and turn selected pieces into keepsake books. The Android build is live in Google Play closed testing. Google requires 12 participating testers for 14 consecutive days. What I need from testers: Join the closed test and stay opted in for 14 days Try signing in, uploading and cro”
“30 tests on the free tier is actually pretty generous for something like this, most tools in this space give you like 5 before asking for a card curious how it handles auth flows though, that's usually where these autonomous tools fall apart in my experience”
“thanks! what is your issues with deload? help me understand and i will ensure the app caters exactly to those needs!”
The iOS version is live. The Android build is finished and sitting in a closed test, waiting on the 12 testers / 14 days requirement. App: shared calendar, tasks and messages for…
“Looking for alpha/beta testers for Infinite Pixelboard. Shared pixel mural. Anyone can view live; painting needs sign-in. Free cooldown 5s. No waitlist: Web: https://pixelboard.collapsetechnologies.com/ iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/infinite-pixelboard/id6804066543 This round I care about: - Can a new user understand how to paint in under 60s? - Do live updates feel reliable with 2+ painters? - Any confusing cooldown or paywall messaging? Comment with what you tested + what confused you. Thank”
“Can you please return favor by testing my app https://bodhi.dishajyoti.com/ I am looking for feedback on sms flow to collaborating in gift list.”
“penpal ( https://textpenpal.com ) is free and needs early users, especially ones willing to tell me where it falls flat. How it works: you pick one of 24 friends. Each has a name, a city, a job, and their own phone number. Sofia is in Mexico City and works at a design studio. Haruki is in Osaka and stays up too late making games. They text you first during the day, in the language you're learning, about their own life. You reply however you can, mixing languages freely. They never correct yo”
“Hi! I’ve been building Sudoku Arena , a browser-based competitive Sudoku game, and I’m looking for a few people willing to test the public beta. The concept is: Same puzzle. Same clock. First to solve wins. You’re matched against another player, both receive the exact same Sudoku, and you can see each other’s progress and mistake count in real time without seeing the opponent’s board. It currently includes ranked matchmaking, Elo ratings, leaderboards, rematches, notes, undo, a 3-mistake limit,”
“I've joined the group and become a beta tester but the Google play version isn't shown with a device version so can't download on my Wear Os Samsung watch ultra”
“Hi everyone! 👋 I need testers for my Italian language learning app on Android. I will test your app back daily for the full 14 days! Join Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/lingobar-beta-testers Android App (Play Store): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.lingobar.app Web Opt-in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/app.lingobar.app Check webapp https://www.lingobar.app/ Please leave a comment with your app links, and I will install and test back right away! submitte”
“Flair: [12 Testers Needed] App Name: Vegan Kitchen App Category: Food & Drink / Vegan Recipes Testing Goal: I’m preparing Vegan Kitchen for production release on Google Play and need at least 12 testers for the 14-day closed testing period. I’d like testers to: Browse recipes and categories Open recipe details and instructions Test navigation and usability Report bugs, crashes, loading issues, or UI problems Share any feedback on the overall experience How to join 1. Join the Google Group: h”
“I am the developer. Lumen Examen is a guided evening prayer app, the Ignatian examen, about five minutes a day. It has been on iOS since February. This is the Android closed test Google requires before production access. What I need: opt in, install, and actually open it in the evening. Google now also rejects applications when testers installed but never used the app, so real use is the whole point. What you get: one year of the full version, free. Testers are set up as license testers, so noth”
“Hey everyone! 👋 I'm getting ready to launch my new app, *CloudDock (TV Cloud)* 🚀, and I need your quick help with Google Play's Closed Testing. It only takes 1 minute to set up: 1️⃣ *Join the Tester Group (First Step):* 👉 https://groups.google.com/g/clouddocktest _(Click "Join group" so Google gives your account access)_ 2️⃣ *Accept the Test Invitation:* 👉 https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.vidhixsoft.clouddock _(Tap "Become a Tester")_ 3️⃣ *Download from Go”
“Hey, would really appreciate this. I’m testing a tiny consumer-social product around one idea: one day, one W. I’m specifically trying to learn: do you understand it in 5 seconds? would you actually post a W? would you share the card it gives you? where does it stop making sense? https://wstack.vercel.app Mobile is the best way to try it. Brutal feedback welcome.”
“five of twelve with a 14-day clock is the cruel part of that gate, because someone who drops out on day nine costs you the slot without resetting anything 🤏 reciprocal threads fill seats fastest and you already opened that door in your last line — lead with it instead. "i will test yours for the full 14 days" as the first sentence pulls better than the feature list, because everyone reading is stuck behind the same rule. for the seats after that, the testers who stay are the ones alre”
“Emvori is an AI workspace with Chat, Research, Agent mode, sign-in, and file/image flows. Version 20 is live in Google Play closed testing. Play Console currently shows 5 opted-in testers, so I'm looking for 7 more Android testers who can stay enrolled for 14 continuous days. Please use the SAME Google account for each step: Join the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/emvori-alpha-testers Opt in and choose “Become a tester”: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.mastatrill.emvori I”
“Solo dev, three finished apps stuck on the 12-tester / 14-day closed-testing gate. I will test your app back for the full 14 days and leave real feedback — drop your links and I'll join today. The apps (test any, no need to do all three): - True North — workout tracker that auto-manages progression and deloads. For people who own their training program and want the app to handle the bookkeeping. - Lucid North — evidence-based lucid dreaming trainer: timed audio cues + dream journal + stats.”
“I’m looking for beta testers for Petals, a period tracking app 🌸 I’ve been building Petals to make cycle tracking feel a little more thoughtful and less overwhelming. You can use it to: * Track your periods and flow * Journal everyday body cues and symptoms in detail, like location, severity, etc. * Look back at what you logged across your cycles * Get cycle predictions as Petals learns from your data * Keep your tracking private I’m opening the iOS beta on TestFlight and would love to have som”
“This is genuinely useful—thank you. The “emotion to data-entry chore before reward” framing fits the drop-off we’re seeing, particularly because readers who add a book usually continue to record progress. We’re making updates around the first-use experience and measurement and plan to push those soon. We’ll still test the flow with new readers rather than assuming one diagnosis explains everyone.”
“Hi everyone, I've been working on a social app called Morrow for about seven months now and I finally launched it a couple of days ago. I'm looking for some people who would be willing to try it and give me some feedback. Morrow is a social network where you have more control over what you see instead of an algorithm deciding it for you. Everything is shown newest first. When you first join, you have a normal feed where you can discover posts from everyone. As you start following people,”
“right? like I get wanting to keep things under wraps but you gotta give people at least a vague category. "makes life easier" could be a calendar app or a smart toaster for all we know lol”
“Hi everyone! I recently finished the first playable version of TowerUP! , a small casual Android game I've been working on, and I'm currently preparing it for release on Google Play. Since this is my first published game, I need a few people to join the closed test and try it during Google's testing period. About TowerUP!: Simple casual tower-building gameplay Completely free No ads No in-app purchases No account required No unnecessary permissions I'm mainly looking for people w”
“Hey! I’d be interested in testing it. What does the app do, and what platform is it available on? I’m also building my own app at the moment, so I’d be happy to exchange some detailed feedback.”
“Hi, I’m building OfferFluent, an English interview practice product. I’m looking for up to five beta testers who: have a real English interview within the next 7–30 days have a real resume and job description can understand English, but find it difficult to explain their personal contribution, decisions, or results under pressure The test: Use your own resume and job description to complete an 8-minute AI mock interview. Review the feedback and answer one difficult question again in your own wor”
“I'm ready to release my small sliced-puzzle casual game on Android, but I need help getting through the closed testing phase. I'm happy to give free codes to anyone interested in testing. Note: Due to health issues, this was coded with AI, but all images were sourced from CC0 sites years ago before AI became popular. None of the images are AI. For detailed reasoning please see my AI statement: https://ellisprogramming.com/ai/ submitted by /u/Chris_E [link] [comments]”
We’re working on something designed to make everyday life feel a little easier and more automatic, and we’re looking for a small group of early testers to try it for free and…
“Hoping this isn’t too late to ask for some feedback; We have a collecting app that allows you to track collections across multiple platforms. Currently just the one collection, but we’re adding Yugioh this week and continuing from there. We have minor features that we having seen in other collecting apps, like pinch to zoom out, a decent card scanner, and are working on other things. Anything at all would be appreciated! https://linktr.ee/trakvault”
“Thanks so much, you're first user outside US. We'll update map picker and discover page. Happening near you is definitely an after thought at this moment and will be upgraded in future releases. App is meant to mainly create tickets via photos/calendar. It only scans for US ticket vendors like Ticketmaster, Stubhub, ect. so as not to be invasive. Looking to build out API to those sources directly in future. You have any events to create a ticket for? Would like if you could test out data”
“Haven't thought that far yet, but let's say $100 for 3 reports; $250 for 10? Every user would spend at least 15 minutes with your app”
“Hi everyone, I am looking for a few more Android testers for Stop Snus, an app I built to help people gradually quit snus (nicotine pouches) or cigarettes. The app creates a personal day-by-day reduction plan based on your current consumption and how quickly you want to quit. It helps you track your daily use, follow your progress, see how much money you are saving, view statistics and forecasts, unlock milestones, and get practical help when cravings hit. Stop Snus is already available on the i”
Contributing back, avail for beta testing (iOS and Android)
“Same wall here. Closed testing on Google Play requires a minimum number of active testers before it lets you widen the rollout, and just posting a general testers-wanted ask gets ignored. The only thing that's actually worked for us so far is swapping testers directly with other builders in the same spot - you test mine, I test yours - rather than hoping strangers show up for free. Slower than a big campaign, but at least it's real people who open the app instead of grabbing a reward and”
“Looking for testers for a free, no-ads Android word game: Verimots. Definitions always at hand. Closed Play test: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/cc.pfa87.verimots/join Overview: https://verimots.pfa87.cc/ Web: https://s.pfa87.cc/ Mo submitted by /u/Substantial_Bunch129 [link] [comments]”
“I am developing an android game (roguelite you play in your own city but an alternate universe) and need playtesters. Obviously installing an apk from someone you don't know on your phone is a bit of a big ask to make. Especially outside the gamestore. How have other people tackled this question? submitted by /u/Warsel77 [link] [comments]”
“Hey! I made a small arcade game called Neon Drop and I'm looking for a few closed testers before it goes live on Google Play. The whole game is one input: slide left/right to steer a falling orb through gaps in a wall of light. No tutorial, no second stick — just gates, then double gates, then tilted ones, then the wall itself starts to bend. 30 procedural skins, no bought assets. To join (two steps, in order): Join the tester group: https://groups.google.com/g/neondrop-testers Then open thi”
“building from what testers asked for is the part most people skip, so that stands out. for the remaining 8, three things that work better than another "need testers" post: the tester-swap subs ( r/AndroidClosedTesting and similar) will fill maybe half if you actually install and use what you get back. r/androidapps takes a real post about the dream-journal angle, since that's the unusual part, not the sleep tracking. and the sleep subs — people post "looking for an app that tr”
“Now can you please help test my app https://bodhi.dishajyoti.com I am looking for feedback on user experience, do feature feel finished and intuitive, sending gift hints via sms and whatever else you can find. Be brutally honest please”
“Really good idea, thanks for sharing! Would you like to try the closed testing to see what is working right know and how to improve the app?”
“Hi everyone! I'm a physiotherapist from Spain building Feliora, an app that helps people understand and manage persistent pain through neuroscience education. It includes daily check-ins, personalized tasks, validated questionnaires, and educational content. I need 12+ Android testers to install and use the app for 14 days so I can access Google Play production. Google rejected my first request because testers weren't engaged enough — so I need people who will actually open the app a few”