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Thanks for the honesty. We have found that people are drawn to our service for one or two big reasons. The first is the ability to quickly share a test build…",{"value":61,"source":54,"evidence":62},"Developers, freelancers and marketers sharing iOS app builds",[63,64],{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"6184467","terhechte","Imagine you write an app for a customer and want quick feedback without him having to install it on his device (if he even has one). Really helpful if you do freelancing for…",{"value":69,"source":54,"evidence":70},"Free plan plus paid Pro and Business plans; Pro is up to 5 apps and 20,000 plays per month",[71,74],{"id":72,"by":58,"text":73},"6184449","Hi, Co-founder here. The Pro plan allows you up to 5 apps and 20,000 app plays per month. The Business plan allows you up to 20 apps and 100,000 app plays per month. More info…",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"6193886","daveytea","Hey Natasham25, there's also a free plan that you can sign up for. 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Kudos! http:\u002F\u002Fwww.appsurfer.com\u002F does the same for Android, but it feels…",{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"6184585","sentinel","Great work! It was super easy to set up a project and it just worked. It just worked, I love it when I can say that. A couple of feedback points: - If the simulator could be more…",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"6184614","voltagex_","OK, the tech behind this could be the first serious competitor to Teamviewer in a while. This is cool!",{"value":111,"source":54,"evidence":112},"Useful for demoing apps to clients and teams",[113,117],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"6187493","markshepard","Very cool! This actually can be very useful for our company to demo apps. I guess audio is not there yet, but still very nice and great URL as well.",{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},[119,133,148],{"value":120,"source":54,"evidence":121},"Slow to load, especially under HN traffic",[122,126,129],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"6184380","jpincheira","Sorry guys, nice flat design and everything, but I'm on fiber and on a brand new MacBook Retina 15\", and it is _sloooow_. Good idea, but slow like this, not acceptable.",{"id":127,"by":66,"text":128},"6184398","I just tried it, and it is currently rather slow, but I suppose that is the HN effect. 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This made it very difficult for me to understand the concept: I wondered if you…",{"value":149,"source":54,"evidence":150},"Pricing too high for freelancers",[151,152,156],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"6184722","chrisdevereux","Agreed. Something in the $30-$50 region with a lower usage allowance and the ability for more (private) apps than the free allowance would be much more palatable to me as a…",{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"6189211","natasham25","Would love to use this on my blog all the time, but the price point is way out of range. I've tried it though, and it's incredible if you can afford it.",[161,172,183,188],{"value":162,"source":54,"evidence":163},"Audio support",[164,168],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"6184819","mmahemoff","I'm not hearing anything, I guess audio isn't emulated yet? This would be great with web audio. 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