Battle of the 'Check-In' Apps
Location-based apps - apps that let you check in, find hot spots and get rewarded with prizes & accolades – are attracting thousands of new users every day. So with that in mind, we decided that this quarter’s uTest Bug Battle would challenge testers to find bugs on the web AND mobile sites of the three most popular "check-in" apps:
The release is open from Noon (ET) on May 14 to May 24, 2010 at Noon. During that time, hundreds of other testers from around the world will search for GUI, technical and functional bugs in the aforementioned websites.
To win, all you have to do is find a bug and submit it to us through our online platform. The bugs must be original - bugs that are already known are not eligible - and because these are publicly available applications, we do not pay per bug like we usually do. Instead, we award prizes in several categories. For more on the rules and prizes, click here.
Once the competition is over, testers will fill out a survey, ranking each app in terms of usability, intuitiveness and other criteria. As with previous competitions, we'll be awarding nearly $4000 in prize money for:
- Top overall tester (based on quality of bugs and feedback)
- Top individual bugs
- Top mobile bugs
- Top feedback surveys (about the feature set, functionality and usability)
- And other awards
Happy testing!
