How to get honest feedback on your app

Updated 13 November 2026

The short answer

You get honest feedback on your app from people who do not know you, who use the app for a real task, and who write down what happened. Friends and family say it looks great, which tells you nothing.

TestMyBuild is a website built for exactly that. You list your app, a person on our team tests it and posts the first feedback, and then testers from the community sign up to your app, use it and post what they honestly think.

Why feedback from people you know fails

They want to be kind, so they leave out the part that would help you.
They already know what the app is for, so they never get confused where a stranger would.
They open it once, say something nice and never reach the screen where people give up.

A stranger who has to sign up, find the main feature and describe what they saw will show you where your app loses people in the first two minutes.

How it works on TestMyBuild

You paste the link to your app, check the listing we draw from it and say what you want tested.
A person on our team tries your app and posts the first feedback. Every listed app gets this.
Testers sign up to your app, use it and post a screenshot of the signup with their honest feedback.
A person on our team reads every post before it appears. We approve on the rules, never on whether the post is positive or negative.
You reply to each post on your listing, in public.

Our guarantee: every app you submit is tested by the team and gets feedback from at least one real person.

The builder pays for the feedback but does not decide which posts appear. That is what keeps it honest.

An example from Daily Captain, an app of our own company: one tester signed up on the web, wrote a goal, and reported that the paywall appeared right after that first goal, before they had seen the midday or evening sections, and that the app and its listing gave three different answers on how many goals you can set. The tester earned credits from Daily Captain's bounty for the post, like any approved post. That is the kind of post a friend does not write. You can read it on the Daily Captain listing.

What it costs

A listing costs 10 credits. You earn credits by testing other apps, or you buy them, from US$9.99 for 10 credits. There is no subscription. The details are on Pricing.

More on getting feedback and first users

Ready to try it? Paste the link to your app on the home page. You see your listing before you create an account.

Questions and answers

How do I get honest feedback on my app?

Ask people who do not know you to do one real task in the app and write down what happened. On TestMyBuild a person on the team tests every listed app first, and then testers sign up to it and post their own feedback.

Is the feedback on TestMyBuild really honest?

A person on the team approves or rejects each post on the rules, never on whether it is positive or negative, and the builder has no say in which posts appear.

How much feedback will I get?

Every listed app has feedback from at least one real person, because the team tests it and posts first. On 13 November 2026 the 58 listed apps had 274 approved posts between them, counting the team's first post on each: half had 4 or more, 12 had only the team's post, and the most tested had 41. These numbers change. How many testers post depends on your app and on who visits, and we promise no number.

Can I get feedback before my app is finished?

Yes, as long as a tester can open it and use it. The app must be free or have a free trial.

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