New uTest Lets Professional Testers Kick Your Startup's Tyres

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Monday, March 21st, 2011

uTest has a community of over 35,000 professional testers in 170 countries to help tech companies test out their web and mobile apps. But until now it’s the likes of Microsoft and Intuit who have mainly been able to afford these services rather than startups. But today it’s launching a more affordable version aimed at early stage startups and individual app developers.

uTest Express offers different plans and the ability to create a simple test case which testers will follow. Once the project scope is outlined, uTest then handpicks members of its tester community who best match the testing requirements and have the right mobile devices and operating systems. The customer’s mobile app is tested by these paid professionals on real devices in a real life setting.