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How do you get your first 12 Android beta testers? Here's what I'm trying

Google Play requires 12 testers opted in for 14 consecutive days before you can go to production. Sounds simple, but finding those first 12 committed testers is a real challenge.

I'm building Money Me, a personal finance app. The web app is live at money-me.com and now I'm trying to get the Android version through Google's closed testing gate.

What I've tried so far:

  • Testers Community (Google Group with 40k+ devs doing mutual testing)
  • Reddit (r/TestersCommunity, r/SideProject, r/AndroidAppTesters)
  • IH groups

What's worked for you when finding early testers or first users? Any channels I'm missing?

If you want to help (Android + 30 seconds):

  1. Join: https://groups.google.com/g/testers-community
  2. Opt in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.moneyme.twa

6 months Premium free for testers. Happy to test your app in return too.

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