Recruit beta testers who actually use your product

A beta only works if people use the build for more than five minutes and tell you what went wrong. Tasklify helps you recruit beta testers from a crowd of real people, bring them back day after day with repeat tasks, and pay for each structured check-in you approve.

Who runs a beta this way

Small app studios who have exhausted friends and family, SaaS founders with a web product nobody outside the team has touched, and hardware-adjacent apps that need to be tried on many phone models. It is also useful when your own beta list is full of enthusiasts and you want some ordinary users in the mix.

What a crowd beta is good for

• Stability over time: crashes, sync failures and battery drain that only show up after a few days.
• Retention signals: whether people open the app on day three without being told why.
• Notification and reminder flows: are they timely, annoying, or missing?
• Device and OS coverage across Android makers and iPhone generations you cannot buy.
• A first round of feature feedback before a public launch or a store submission.

It is not a substitute for a closed beta with your own power users, and testers are not security researchers. Keep confidential features out of builds shared with the crowd.

Distributing the build: TestFlight and Play testing tracks

Use the official pre-release channels, and put the link in your task brief:

• iOS: a TestFlight public link. Remember Apple’s tester limits per build and that TestFlight builds expire after 90 days.
• Android: a Google Play open testing track, or a closed track with an opt-in link. Newer personal developer accounts may need a minimum number of closed testers over a set period before production release; check Google’s current requirements.
• Web products: a staging URL with a shared tester login, or sign-up with a test invite code.

Never ask testers to sideload an APK from a file host, disable security settings or use someone else’s store account.

Structuring a multi-day beta

Split the beta into three kinds of task. Each is a separate task in Tasklify with its own reward and proof.

1. Onboarding (day 1, repeat once): install from the testing link, finish sign-up, submit a screenshot and the username.
2. Daily check-in (days 2–7, repeat once a day): use one feature, answer three short questions, attach a screenshot of the screen used today.
3. Wrap-up (end of beta, repeat once): a 15–30 minute structured feedback form plus any bug reports.

With repeat set to once a day, an eligible worker can submit the check-in again once a new day begins. Use a scheduled start to open the wrap-up task only on the final day.

Example daily check-in brief

Getting feedback you can act on

Free-form “any feedback?” boxes produce short, polite answers. Structure works better:

• Bug reports: what you did, what you expected, what happened, device and OS, and a screenshot or recording.
• Rating plus reason: a number is easy to track across days; the reason is where the insight is.
• One focused question per day (for example, about notifications on day 3 and sync on day 5) instead of the same long form every time.
• A screen recording for any bug that is hard to describe, uploaded as MP4 up to 20 MB or shared by link.

Targeting beta testers

• Device: iOS for TestFlight, Android for Play tracks, Desktop for web apps.
• Countries: all, Tier 1, or specific countries, matching where your build is available in the store.
• Minimum completed tasks of 50 or 200 and a minimum approval rate of 90–95% for people who are more likely to stay the full week.
• Plus-only to reach workers who log in daily.
• Repeat: once for onboarding and wrap-up, once a day for check-ins.
• Time limit (30 min to 24 h), review window (24 h to 7 days) and scheduled start for each phase.

Beta testing budget

40 testers, 7 daily check-ins each, at $0.35 per check-in:

Add a 30-minute wrap-up survey for the same 40 people at $2 and that is another $89.60 including the 12% fee. Budget for the full group; slots left unused because of drop-off return to your balance when the task closes. If this is your first deposit, a 10% bonus up to $5 is added, which is $5 for a top-up covering both tasks. Top-ups start at $10; more on the pricing page.

Reviewing check-ins and handling problems

• Match usernames to your analytics so you know each check-in reflects real use.
• Bulk-approve complete check-ins each day; a short review window (24 or 48 hours) keeps testers motivated.
• Reject with a written reason when the screenshot is from the wrong app or the answers are empty; request changes once if a detail is missing.
• Duplicate-file and duplicate-text flags spot recycled screenshots and copied answers.
• Block workers who fake usage. Disputes are decided by Tasklify, normally within 48 hours. Auto-approve is available if you might miss a day of review.

Not allowed in a beta

A beta must be a real test. You may not pay testers for store ratings or reviews, ask them to create extra accounts under invented identities, use the task to inflate installs or downloads, or collect personal data you have no lawful basis for. Buying likes, followers or fake engagement for your launch is banned too. See the Acceptable Use Policy.