testelf
Dev tools
app testing service
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
12 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Idea: 7 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful service with good price point
From 3 comments
This looks great, and I think it's a really good price point. $200 is quite reasonable, IMO, for the kind of detail you guys are getting into. Definitely going to consider this…
king_magic on HNCongrats! Very useful service.
shawiz on HNAwesome! This looks super useful, I'll definitely give it a shot with my own apps.
tachim on HN
Good idea for developers who lack testers
From 3 comments
Pretty cool, I have a rough time getting my lazy friends to test my iphone apps :/
thelarry on HNThis is a great idea sir. I signed up and hope to hear from you guys. I can use more eyeballs looking over our work. I really like not having to worry about provisions.
ianstallings on HNLooks great, i run a mobile app agency and we are forever having issues due to developers not testing adequately, having some external company test would be really useful!
swanify on HN
Objections
Testers get no context about the app before testing
From 1 comment
"You upload a build of your app without providing any additional instructions, and we'll test your app from a user's perspective..." It seems like a user should have at least…
matthuggins on HN
Unclear how UDIDs and signing are handled
From 2 comments
How do you handle UUID signing? Do you tell me the UUID's I need to add? Just upload seems to not work with iOS apps, right?
PanMan on HNWhy is "No provisioning necessary"?
gmig on HN
Requests
Add a proxy layer to test across networks and countries
From 1 comment
Congrats, looks really nice! (already forwarded to our testing team) If you add a 'proxy layer' to your solution, that would be awesome. To explain the scenario, it is really…
umut on HN
Support Android and other platforms
From 1 comment
Any reason this is limited to iOS? It seems like it could extend to Android/Windows/etc. extremely easily.
timdorr on HN
Questions
How is provisioning handled and which UDIDs must be added
From 2 comments
How do you handle UUID signing? Do you tell me the UUID's I need to add? Just upload seems to not work with iOS apps, right?
PanMan on HNWhy is "No provisioning necessary"?
gmig on HN
Confidentiality and test result privacy terms
From 1 comment
This is a pretty cool idea, and something I would have considered trying to get my boss to pay for when I was a developer. I didn't see on your website - do you test on a wide…
jmatthew3 on HN
Alternatives named
Friends or colleagues testing manually
From 1 comment
Pretty cool, I have a rough time getting my lazy friends to test my iphone apps :/
thelarry on HN