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How do solo developers find 12+ testers for their apps? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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I've solo developed an Android game as a hobby, but the 12+ testers at the same time for 14+ days requirement is a nightmare.

If you developed an app, how did you get past this? My game is fully free, no ads, no in-app purchases, so paying for testers isn't an option either.

Maybe I'm just lacking friends (:

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

i developed my first app and ran into the same problem.

then i went to fiver to hire someone to test. there were lots of offers to help with this exact problem.

but then, when i wanted to lookup some information he needed i noticed, that my app was already approved and available in the play store.

i had to ask the guy for a refund and he grumpily refunded ^^

i definitely had the requirement notifications in the console. but those also suddenly disappeared.

maybe because my dev account was already a few years old, although i never actually used it before.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago

    Huh, interesting. They might have tightened up the requirements, there are way too many scams out there.

    This is where I'm at (after exhausting all options so far):

    It doesn't look too bad, but then you have to keep in mind only testers actually playing the game for 14+ days count, which is insane. Maybe I'll have to go to Fiver as you said :)

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