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Gorka
Gorka

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I built a free beta testing platform because I couldn't find testers for my Flutter app

The problem

I built a chat app with Flutter for Android.
Then I discovered I needed 12 testers for 14 days
just to publish on Google Play.

I searched everywhere. Every platform was either
paid, complicated, or dead.

So I built TestDrop.

What is TestDrop?

TestDrop is a free platform where developers
publish their apps and find beta testers.

Features:

  • Find testers for Android, iOS, Windows and Mac
  • Real-time chat between devs and testers
  • Daily progress tracking (14-day periods)
  • Multi-language support (7 languages)
  • Free forever

Try it

👉 https://testdrop-ecru.vercel.app

Would love feedback from the DEV community

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This is exactly the "I needed it so I built it" story that resonates. The Google Play 12 testers for 14 days requirement is genuinely brutal for solo developers — most people just give up at that step.

The real-time chat between devs and testers is a smart touch. Most beta feedback is async and loses context by the time it reaches the developer. Did you build TestDrop itself using Flutter or did you go web-first?

Going to keep this in mind — the "build the tool you wish existed" approach seems to be the most honest path to finding product-market fit.