Check-In Apps: The Results

The results of the Check-In Services Bug Battle competition are in! More than 300 uTesters, from nearly 40 countries around the world, reported a total of 870 technical, functional and GUI bugs in the web and mobile apps of Foursquare, Gowalla and Brightkite -- with nearly $4,000 in prize money on the line.

In addition to the bug-hunting, testers also ranked each site based on location accuracy, social media Integration, status recognition features, opportunities to earn deals, ease-of-use and more.

After all was said and done, testers reported a total of 870 bugs. Foursquare emerged as the leader with the fewest bugs, the top rankings and best overall feedback, followed by Gowalla and Brightkite, respectively. Here are some other top-line findings:

  • Overall, Foursquare had the least reported bugs (177), followed by Gowalla (316) and then Brightkite (377).
  • Gowalla took the top honors in the important category of location accuracy.
  • Brightkite trailed the others in most categories, but earned a second place finish for ease-of-use (ranked as most important).
  • Almost half of all respondents (46%) selected ease-of-use as the most important criteria for selecting a check-in service.
  • “Opps to receive deals/discounts” received a historically low score across all apps with an average top-two box score of 28%.
  • 80% responded “Yes” when asked if they were concerned about how the services could impact their privacy/safety.
  • Nearly half of respondents (49%) chose “privacy & security concerns” as the top reason they do not use check-in services more.

For a complete run-down on the results, be sure to download our detailed report.

Here are the Bug Battle winners from the uTest community, separated by category:

The Winners:

Award Name Country Prize
Overall
Top Tester
Amit Kulkarni
India
$300

Santhosh Tuppad
Barbara Lange
Wai Man So
Jigar Patel
Mohit Verma
India
Poland
Australia
India
India
$300
$250
$200
$150
$100

Pedro Gonzalez
Amit Kulkarni
Wai Man So
Madhukar Jain
Ranchhod Prajapati
Argentina
India
Australia
Singapore
India
$300
$250
$200
$150
$100

Luz Giraudo
Jaya Dinu
Amit Kulkarni
Raghava Gupta
Vijaygauri Gumaste
Argentina
USA
India
India
Singapore
$300
$250
$200
$150
$100
Alexei Barantsev
Atul Angra
Daniel Chen
Eitan Gl
Glory Leung
Hagai Jacobson
Kristof Goossens
Makedah Hubbard
Peggy Fobbe
Steven Swanson 		Russia
India
Vietnam
Israel
Canada
Israel
Belgium
USA
USA
USA		 $50
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50

Congratulations to the Bug Battle winners, and of course, a big thanks to all those from the uTest community who participated.

Have suggestions for our next Bug Battle? Let us know at marketing@utest.com.