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FlightPath from TestFlight features realtime analytics for developers

by Mike Schramm (Mar 21st, 2013)

TestFlight has long been known by developers as a very useful tool for testing iOS apps (even outside of Apple's distribution system), and for a while now there's also been a TestFlight SDK, which developers can insert into their app code to track various testers and their actions in the app. ...

Origin Stories: TestFlight

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 15th, 2013)

This week's Origin Stories goes to the heart of a problem developers had at the beginning of the App Store: how to easily deal with beta builds. There are numerous restrictions and difficulties for developers who wish to give out beta versions of an app for review or bug testing, and that's ...

TestFlight hits 300,000 iOS apps uploaded, going Android compatible

by Mike Schramm (Feb 20th, 2013)

I've used the TestFlight digital testing and distribution system for mobile apps a few times, both as an end-user (when companies want to send me their apps to try out), and as a developer (when I've passed an app I'm working on to someone else for testing). Apple's app distribution and ...

TestFlight Desktop app now in beta

by Steven Sande (Aug 20th, 2012)

A growing number of iOS developers use TestFlight to deliver beta software to testers. Now the company is releasing a beta of its own -- the beta of TestFlight Desktop App. TestFlight refers to the OS X app as "a significant and much needed change in developers' beta release workflow" and is ...

Burstly acquires TestFlight, builds "TestFlight Live"

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 5th, 2012)

TestFlight and Burstly shook up the developer world today when the pair confirmed that TestFlight has been acquired by Burstly. TestFlight is a platform that lets developers distribute test builds of their apps to a beta audience; while Burstly is platform that helps developers track and monetize ...

TestFlight offers new SDK, adds feedback and enterprise support

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 13th, 2011)

We've covered TestFlight before, and I recently started using it to test a top secret app for AOL*. If you're a developer who wants to reduce the friction of testing beta apps for iOS, you absolutely must check it out. It makes beta distribution of your app a drop-dead simple process by ...

TestFlight helps developers to prepare their apps for takeoff

by Michael Jones (Jan 24th, 2011)

I remember the good old days of software distribution for mobile phones, when having an "app" on your phone meant you had to scour the depths of the internet to find and download the app that you wanted -- most of which were written in Java and built for specific groups of devices. For a developer, ...