Join Android developers who test each other’s apps. Verified setup, tracked daily participation, structured feedback and 16-day cohorts, with $15.00 of credit on us as your stake. Play fair and you get it back each cohort, so it is all you need to use the app free. It is not cash and cannot be withdrawn.
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Fix: add Brazil (BR) to your closed test track countries.
We read your track before anyone installs, and name the one thing to fix.
Today
Day 5 of 163 more to go · 30 seconds each
Open 11 of your 15 apps for 30 seconds each. The app keeps count.
Day 5 of 16 · stake locked $15.00
16 apps, one $15.00 stake, 16 days. Each app is tested by the other 15, so up to 3 can leave and you still have 12.
Google changed how new apps reach production, and tester swaps appeared to fill the gap. Three problems keep coming up.
A personal developer account created after 13 November 2023 must run a closed test with at least 12 testers opted in for 14 continuous days before it can apply for production. A tester who opts out and back in starts their 14 days again.
In a casual swap a tester can uninstall on day three with nothing to lose, and you only find out when the count drops. Apps also can't be found when the group is missing from the track, the release is still a draft, or one country is excluded.
Many swaps run on self-reports. There is no way to know whether an app is really installed, from the Play Store, at a version that exists, or opened since. A tester who never touched your app looks the same as one who used it every day.
TestersGuild is built around those three failures.
Four steps from a package name to a finished closed test. Every number below is what the product does today.
Paste the package name and invite our service account in Play Console with one read-only permission. TestersGuild reads your closed testing track through the Play Developer API and cannot change your listing.
read-only access
We confirm our Google Group is on your track, a release is out of draft, and every country on Google’s list is covered (about 177 today). If one is missing we say which, so no tester hits “app not found”.
group · release · 177 countries
A full cohort has an install phase (8 hours). Each member installs the other apps from the Play Store, and everyone sees a count like “11 of 16 ready”, never names. The cohort starts the moment every member has installed at least 13 of the 15 others. Anyone who does not is removed and a reserve is offered the seat.
installer · version code · 2 devices per app
Every day, open at least 70% of your list for 30 seconds each. Every week, rate and write about 3 apps. The cohort runs 16 days, two more than Google asks, because people install on different days. Everyone locks a $15.00 stake, so leaving costs something.
16 apps · 16 days · $15.00 stake
Each of these answers one of the three failures above.
Before anyone is asked to install, we read your track and tell you exactly what to fix. Reading is all we do: the permission is read-only, per app. A pass means configured; an app turns verified only after real installs.
$15
of credit locked when you join, given to you once, on us. Play fair and you get it back when the cohort finishes, and it pays your next one, so it is all you need to use the app free. It has no cash value.
Every app is tested by the other 15. That is 3 more than the 12 Google needs, so up to 3 can leave and every app still has 12.
Phones report what they have installed. The server accepts it only if the installer is the Play Store, the version code was read from your track, and two different devices agree.
installer com.android.vending ok
versionCode 777821533 ok, read from your track
testers 2 distinct, 2 devices ok
status configured, then verifiedAnyone can wait as a reserve with the same stake. When a member leaves or is removed, a reserve is offered the seat first and takes over the assignments.
You are judged only on apps that pass the check, and your install clock starts once you are in the Google Group. A forfeited stake stays with us; credit never moves from one user to another.
Today shows what to install, what to open and how far your check-in is. No searching Google Play.
Read-only access to one app: you invite our service account with “View app information”. Never your Play Console password, never permission to publish. Sign-in is with your Google account.
Most tester exchanges ask for nothing, so people leave. Here you put credit at stake and get it back by doing the work.
We give you $15.00 of platform credit, once per account and package, when your first app passes the setup check. It is your stake: you do not pay for it, and you get it back. Play fair and it is all you need to use the app free.
Open 11 of the other 15 apps each day, and write a rated note on 3 apps each week.
Use is tracked on your phone. A missed day costs $1.00, 3 misses mean removal and the stake is forfeited.
Members who are still in at the end get their stake back as credit, to use for a future cohort.
Platform credit can only be used inside TestersGuild. It cannot be withdrawn or converted to cash, and it is not earnings.
Google counts the testers who stay opted in. If the count falls under 12 on any day, the 14 days start again. Press Start, then tap testers to make them leave. Can you break it?
Press Start. Then tap a tester to make them leave.
Who is testing your app?
12 people said yes. Nobody lost anything by saying it, and nobody is waiting to replace them.
The clock
One day passes every moment. Tap a tester whenever you like.
Real testers leave less often in a cohort, because leaving costs them their stake. This toy only shows what the extra 3 testers are for. Days lost to restarts: 0.
The cost rises as other people start depending on you. Credit has no cash value: you cannot withdraw it or send it to anyone, it only pays stakes.
The swap is the product. Paying is for people who would rather not test, and it is not for sale yet. Prices marked planned will change if seats sell out or fill slowly.
FreeBuilt: $15.00 stake given once, returned when you play fair
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$23.99Coming: planned price, not final
No daily testing commitments for you.
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No subscription, no card on this site. Credit is returned only to members who complete; penalties and paid add-ons are consumed. Every paid thing would be bought inside the Android app through Google Play, which also handles refunds. TestersGuild does not promise approval from Google.
For a personal developer account created after 13 November 2023, a closed test with at least 12 testers opted in for 14 continuous days before you can apply for production. Google lowered the number from 20, so Google’s numbers can change. Check Google’s own help page, linked in the guides, before you rely on any of it.
Credit, not cash. The first time one of your apps passes the Google Play check you are given $15.00 of credit on us, once per account and once per package. You lock $15.00 as your stake when you join a cohort and keep it when the cohort finishes, so it pays for your next app too. It cannot be withdrawn or sent to anyone.
Your phone reports what it has installed and the server checks it: the installer must be the Play Store and the version code must be one read from the owner’s track. Two different testers on two different phones make an app Ready.
Read-only access to one app: you invite our service account with the permission “View app information” and nothing more. We use it to read your closed track. We cannot edit or publish. Never your password, never permission to release. A one-tap “Connect Play Console” flow is coming; today you add the invite by hand.
The swap is free: your first $15.00 of credit is a gift, you test fifteen apps and fifteen test yours. You only pay if you lose your stake and want to join again.
I built this after going through closed testing myself. Finding testers wasn’t the only challenge: unreliable participation, configuration mistakes and wasted time made the process harder than it needed to be. This is my attempt to make it more structured, transparent and dependable for other developers.
We are not open to the public yet. Leave your email and we will write once, when the first cohort is forming. The swap is free, and leaving a cohort before it starts costs nothing.
Android only · No password, no card