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Earlynest vs BetaFamily
Recruited testers on demand, or people who were already looking for you.
BetaFamily is a testing service: it recruits testers, and you pay per test. Earlynest is a community: the people who follow your category opt in to your call, and you keep talking to them. Both are legitimate. They are not substitutes.
DimensionEarlynestBetaFamily
Who the testers arePeople who follow your product’s interest area and chose your call from their feed.BetaFamily:A recruited pool of app testers, engaged per test, often to meet install and review targets.
Best fitWeb and consumer startups, pre-launch or just launched, that need real users and honest feedback.BetaFamily:Android and iOS apps that need installs, store reviews and structured test reports, including Google Play closed-testing quotas.
What you get backVisible joins, then the answers to the check-in you send. No formatted bug report unless you ask for one.BetaFamily:Structured bug and UX reports from testers.
CostFree to post your first call, plans from $19/month.BetaFamily:Per-test pricing.
Live right nowYes, and the community is still small.BetaFamily:Yes, with a tester pool it can recruit today.
Where BetaFamily is the better choice
- BetaFamily can recruit testers today from its own pool. Earlynest has no pool yet: you are asking people who follow your interest to opt in, and some calls will fill slowly.
- If you need to satisfy Google Play’s closed-testing requirement, a dedicated tester service is built for exactly that and Earlynest is not.
Questions founders ask
- Do I need both?
- If your product is a mobile app that needs store testing, keep the tester service and add an Earlynest call for the people who want to keep using it afterwards. If you are a web product, the tester service usually is not what you need.
- Will Earlynest guarantee a number of testers?
- No. There is no pool to draw from, so we will not promise a count. Calls fill from the interest communities they are posted in, and you can see how many people follow a community before you post.
- What stops people from joining and ghosting?
- A perk, a spot count and a deadline, then one check-in from you afterwards. It is not a contract, but it filters out the people who were only browsing, and you can see exactly who joined.
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