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5 Mobile Testing App Testing Tools

Being an app developer, you need to see that there must be very less issues as much as possible on app release. To look up to this, there are few tools that helps us distribute the beta versions, also inviting users to give their feedback.

TestFlight for iOS Developers

TestFlight is a app testing tool, available for free to all iOS 8 developer. This tool helps you to invite over 1000 users for testing the app before its release. Once they have tested the app, they will receive a link allowing them to download the official app.

TestFlight helps to get the feedback from the users quite easily and smoothly.

TestFairy

TestFairy is an absolutely free tool that offers excellents features for the app developers. Giving an example of one of its features, it provides a feature called client side Video recording. Talking about this feature, it provides the video format of test from the client side.

If the app is based on Android platform, there is no need to integrate any SDK or APIs but only upload APK to the TestFairy platform. The then process involves the tool taking your APK file apart and inserts the necessary hooks into appropriate place to must all the data.

You will need to enter just one line of code if you are an iOS developer.

Google Play Native App Beta Testing

It was declared by Google Play Team in July, 2014 that Google Play Developer Publishing API is now available to each and every developers.

This comprises testing like features such as:

1. Email notifications to alerts
2. Optimization Tips
3. Enhanced revenue statistics
4. Bulk export of reviews
5. Deep-linking and website verification to optimize search results and engagement.

HockeyApp

If the developers will to distribute the beta versions of iOS, Android, Windows and Mac OS, HockeyApp can prove to be an ideal tool for them. Unlike the above mentioned tools, HockeyApp is not available for free and the pricing starts at $10/month and the limit is up till 5 applications. However, it provides access to unlimited storage and unlimited developers or testers for all plans.

The features include:

1. Consolidated distribution across all platforms for handling updates
2. Crash Reports and analysis that can be integrated with version control
3. Easy feedback for users
4. Analytics of users, hardware and OSs
5. Team and user management

Ubertesters

To distribute new buildups and report bugs, there is a testing solution that provides wide range of tools called Ubertesters. It provides both, free and premium plans. In free plan, it provides 100MB of storage and 2 projects.

The features of Ubertesters include:

1. Analysis of bug reports via platform OS and status.
2. Distribution of beta versions and updates
3. Team management
4. Messaging
5. Integration with external bug tracking systems

Besides all these features, there is one main unique feature of Ubertesters. To assist and test your app on various devices, people can be hired.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Elita Barteaux .