9 March 2016
How to conduct user testing of mobile games using session recording tools?
We are Karro and Veronica, two engineers who wrote our master’s thesis about user testing of mobile games with help of session recording tools. In this blog post we are going to talk about what a session recording tool is, how to carry out user testing with these tools and what the benefits are. We
20 November 2015
Offline apps are trending
Having worked a lot with offline-capable apps lately, I started to see similar trends everywhere. Of course, that is partly because of frequency illusion, also known as Baader-Meinhof phenomenon – “When a thing you just found out about suddenly seems to crop up everywhere.” Nonetheless, offline is
4 November 2015
Beta Tester of The Month – November 2015 – Amit Kulkarni
It’s a new month and time for another awesome beta tester to take the limelight here at the Beta Family Blog. This month we’re featuring Amit Kulkarni who’s been a part of our community for several years. He has some interesting tips on how to become a successful beta tester so keep reading and have
15 October 2015
Beta testing to find your target market?
For your products to become successful you need to know your target market and audience. If you don’t know these you’ll waste time and money on irrelevant people. But how do you know your true target audience? The people you think are your target market might actually be the complete opposite to tho
7 October 2015
Beta Tester Of The Month – October 2015 – Ken Wong Zhi Bin
It’s October and we’ve got a new beta tester show you. Ken Wong Zhi Bin is our Beta Tester of The Month. He’s 34 years old and there were two things that made him start with beta testing. Read on to find out what they are. Name: Ken Wong Zhi Bin Age: 34 Nationality: Singaporean … Continue rea
18 September 2015
Should you use your fans as testers?
Since I joined Beta Family I’ve discovered a tool called Mention, which lets users monitor certain phrases that are important to them. For example, I’m always on the lookout for app development companies that need beta testers and with Mention I get an overview of all social media channels and forum
2 September 2015
Beta Tester of The Month – September 2015 – Jerrod Kerwin-Sweeney
Wow, time flies! It’s already September and time for another Beta Tester of The Month. This month we’re happy to feature Jerrod Kerwin-Sweeney! He’s got an eye for user interface design and enjoys innovative and creative solutions. Keep reading to find out his tips for beginner beta testers. Name: J
7 August 2015
How to transform testers into customers
It’s important to treat your customers and beta testers right. In this post I explore how it can lead to your testers becoming happy customers too. When doing research for a previous blog post about getting your testers involved to help find your target audience I realized that customers often feel
2 August 2015
Beta Tester of The Month – August 2015 – Taras Honcharenko
It’s a new month and time to showcase another awesome beta tester here at Beta Family. Taras Honcharenko has only been a part of our family for a few months, but has already tested lots of apps! He’s got a very interesting philosophy. Read on to check it out. Name: Taras Honcharenko Age: 32 National
2 August 2015
Beta Testing with Hoops Rivals
This week I’ve interviewed the app development company DM Digital who are releasing the app game Hoops Rivals on iTunes and Google Play. We talked about beta testing and how hoops-rivals-logothey used this method to create a basketball app with crisp graphics and stimulating user interface. Hi guys!
31 July 2015
Beta Tester Of The Month – July 2015 – Philip Erbe
This month we feature Philip Erbe as our Beta Tester of The Month. He’s been at Beta Family about a year and has tested a LOT of apps. Can you guess how many? Name: Philip Erbe Age: 26 Nationality: American Interests: Mobile Gaming and movies. Devices you own: I test using the iPhone 6 plus, &hellip
23 July 2015
Beta Tester Of The Month – June 2015 – Dmytro Ovcharenko
Dmytro Ovcharenko is our June Beta Tester of the Month. We’re really happy to have him in our community! Here at Beta Family he tests mobile applications in his spare time. Continue reading to find out what makes him such a good tester! Name: Dmytro Ovcharenko Age: 29 Nationality: Ukrainian Interest
6 May 2015
Beta Tester of The Month – May 2015 – Tasha Sumo
Welcome to our new segment here on the blog called Beta Tester of The Month! We want to show some appreciation to our top testers here on Beta Family and will interview one of them each month. These guys are doing an amazing job, as many of you are, helping the app development companies with &hellip
27 April 2015
Board of advisor Ron Packard Jr tells us about his new game and how he uses beta testing
I asked our board of advisor Ron Packard Jr from Cloudburst games if he could tell us about how he started with app development and how he uses beta testing for his products. He was kind enough to give us info on the soon to be released puzzle game Castle Breakout – Escape! HD, so … Continue
23 April 2015
Things to consider when testing wearable technology
The world is becoming increasingly connected and we’re starting to use more than just our mobile, desktop and tablet to get the information we want. Wearable technology has recently become a popular topic and increasingly so after Apple announced the arrival of their new device – the Apple Watch. Wh
2 April 2015
Zyrobotics CTO Ayanna Howard’s view on beta testing
The use of tablet devices in American classrooms has become a popular, and it continues to grow. Unfortunately, the accessible content for children with special needs doesn’t grow as fast. We interviewed Dr. Ayanna Howard who is the founder and chief technology officer at Zyrobotics, an assistive te
24 March 2015
Beta Family introducing teams!
Is your app in desperate need of some beta testing, but you feel it’s too early to test it on the general public? Many do. Based on interviews with many of the companies using Beta Family we’ve realized that the different testing phases have different needs and are normally done on different groups
10 January 2015
Test for Success in 2015 – Your best New Year’s Resolution
The bells just rang in the New Year. Apart from fireworks and celebration, there is the dreaded tradition of New Year’s resolutions. Most of these vows are probably broken within the first few weeks, no matter how good the intention. But let’s defy the odds and set up a testing related resolution th
23 November 2014
Scale up your testing: iOS8 now allows up to 1, 000 beta testers
Scale up your testing: iOS8 now allows up to 1, 000 beta testers We’ve mentioned this upcoming feature before and now it’s gone live – public iOS app beta testing for up to a 1, 000 testers, using the new TestFlight integration in iOS 8. The Beta Family is the first service to support and … C
19 October 2014
How to Ask Questions
In this article we emphasize the importance of asking open questions, encouraging your app testers to think freely and add their own input. We also discuss a few techniques for testers to narrow down root causes to potential issues. App owners: Avoid Yes or No questions Let’s face it – we’re all laz
10 September 2014
iOS 8 Beta Testing using TestFlight
Xcode 6 and iOS 8 has been released together with a new way of beta testing iOS applications. This is an introduction and a step-by-step guide for setting up an iTunes Connect and TestFlight Beta Test with internal testers. After months of beta testing iOS 8 myself, I’ve been waiting for this day to
3 August 2014
Seven disastrous software bugs and fails
While functioning software allows scaling of productivity, malfunctioning software scale chaos and havoc. Naturally, some bugs may cause worse problems than others. Here are seven of the worst and most spectacular software bugs over the decades of software development, not listed in any particular o
8 July 2014
Testing techniques – difference between white box and black box testing
This post is part of a monthly series of articles on software testing. We intend to cover testing in general, but especially targeted at mobile apps. Developers and testers alike will find useful testing tips and techniques. We explain the difference between white box and black box testing, followed
12 May 2014
How to achieve better testing
Here I explain why our tester members are sure to be motivated and describe some good practices for app testing. Developers will get a few tips in how to design tasks and formulate their instructions to testers. Motivation is key It’s of course a truism that in whatever task you pursue, motivation i
10 May 2014
App testing and The Beta Family
This is the first post in a monthly series of articles on software testing. We intend to cover testing in general, but especially targeted at mobile apps. Developers and testers alike will find useful testing tips and techniques. Why test mobile apps? If you were asked to describe the main purpose o