Mobile app QAReal handsets, not emulatorsLondon

Your app breaks on somebody's phone. We find that phone.

Compatibility, network conditions, install and upgrade paths, battery behaviour. Run on the actual models sitting in your crash logs, by paid testers who own them.

Pixel 6a · A13iPhone SE · iOS 16Galaxy A14Redmi Note 11Moto G22iPad 9th genPixel 7 · A14Huawei P30Oppo A57Nokia G21

Five things we break on purpose

Compatibility sweeps

Smoke and flow passes across the device list you supply, in the order of your crash volume.

Network reality

2G, flaky café Wi-Fi, captive portals, mid-session handover to 4G and back.

Install and upgrade

Fresh install, in-place upgrade, restore from backup, and cross-version migration.

Battery and thermal

Background drain and heat measured over real usage windows, not a benchmark loop.

Crowd regression

Repeat suites distributed to testers who own the exact hardware, on your release cadence.

Accessibility on mobile

VoiceOver and TalkBack passes, hit-target checks and dynamic type.

“Two releases in, the crash rate on Android 13 halved. The reports were blunt enough to act on the same day.”Mobile lead, fintech client

How we work

You send the build, the device list and the flow that matters. We send a scope, a date and a fixed fee before anyone installs anything. Reports are video plus logs, ticket-ready, and every finding is retested free inside 14 days.

We are small on purpose: one studio lead, a standing panel, no account managers in between. Nothing gets subcontracted to a lab you cannot ring.

Recent runs

Redacted, because that is the deal. Device counts and turnaround are real.

Payments SDK, Android

38 handsets, A9–A14. Two 3DS handoff defects on A9 and A11, plus a keyboard overlay on the CVV field.

4 days · 3 blockers

Travel booking, iOS

22 devices. Date picker unusable with VoiceOver on iOS 15, and a crash on second guest entry.

2 days · 2 blockers

Grocery app, both platforms

54 devices. Flaky slot picker on 3G, and an upgrade path that lost the saved basket on 3 of 12 models.

5 days · 6 findings

Field service, rugged handsets

Update install loop under low storage. Found on 4 of 30 units, all below 2GB free.

3 days · 1 blocker

Run shape, start to finish

1. Brief

Build, flows, device list, deadline. If the list is vague we help build it from your crash reports.

2. Scope

Fixed fee, dates, session count, retest window. Signed before anyone installs anything.

3. Sessions

Briefed testers on their own hardware, video plus logs, uploaded as they go rather than at the end.

4. Retest

Every blocker retested free inside 14 days, closure recorded per defect.

Own an older phone? Good.

The handsets everyone else threw away are the ones that find the bugs. If you have one in a drawer and 20 spare minutes, you can be paid to run a brief on it.

Panel rules, plainly

  • 18+ and UK-based
  • Use the phone you already own
  • Written brief, screenshots to a template
  • Paid per accepted session
  • Old Android versions are a plus
  • No hours, no exclusivity

Questions, quickly

Do you need the source code?

No. A signed build list and install links are enough. Repo access only helps if you want build-level notes.

What turnaround is realistic?

Two days for a focused sweep, five for a wide matrix. Same-week starts are usually possible.

Do you test on emulators too?

For breadth, yes, but anything the report leans on comes from hardware. Emulators miss thermal and radio behaviour.

Who sees the builds?

Only testers on that run, under a written confidentiality note. Access to build links is revoked at the end.

Book a run

Tell us the app, the platforms and the deadline. Reply within a working day, scope attached. If your stack is out of scope we will say so rather than pad.

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