Test-for-test · always free

Get your product tested by real humans.
Not just yourself.

Submit what you're building, test one other founder's product, and yours goes live in the public queue. No ad spend, no cold DMs — just indie hackers trading honest feedback, one test at a time.

Your test 01

You test theirs

Pick a product from the queue, try it, send real feedback.

Their test 02

They test yours

Your submission unlocks in the public queue — no waiting on luck.

How it works

Four steps. One trade.

01

Submit

Drop your product link and a few notes on what you want tested.

02

Test someone else's

Pick a product from the queue, try it, and leave structured feedback.

03

Unlock your queue spot

The moment you submit that feedback, your own product goes live.

04

Ship with confidence

5 different founders test your product back and tell you what actually broke.

What you get back

Not just a star rating

Every test comes back as a structured report: what they actually tried, what broke, and their honest first impression — the same format lands in your inbox every time.

Every report is written by a signed-in founder who actually used your product — not a bot, not a template.

Get feedback like this
Example report 4/5 rating

What they tested

Signed up, connected a test bank account, and reviewed the auto-categorized transactions.

Bugs / issues found

The CSV export button was unresponsive on Firefox — no download triggered.

Overall impression

Clean layout and the categorization felt surprisingly accurate. Onboarding copy could explain the pricing tiers sooner.

Why test-for-test

Beats asking around

  • Post in a founder Slack and get three "looks good!" replies
  • Ask friends and family who aren't your actual users
  • Pay a user-testing service and wait days for one session
  • Post on Reddit or Twitter and hope someone bites
★ With EarlyTesters
  • Every tester has skin in the game — they need a test to unlock their own
  • Feedback comes back in the same structured format, every time
  • Free, no waiting on a stranger to feel generous
  • 5 different people test your product, not just one opinion

Tested by real founders

What people are saying

MK

Maya K.

Indie hacker

“Found a broken checkout flow in the first ten minutes. That feedback alone paid for itself.”

DR

Devon R.

Indie hacker

“The test-for-test model actually works — no ghost town queue, everyone has skin in the game.”

PS

Priya S.

Indie hacker

“Got featured for a week and picked up my first three signups from testers who liked the product.”

Questions

Before you submit

Submit your product, then test one other founder's product. The moment you submit that feedback, your own submission unlocks and goes live in the public queue — no payment required.

Five different founders, by default, before it's marked done and drops out of the queue. A Featured product keeps collecting testers for its whole featured week, uncapped.

The core loop costs nothing, ever — you just have to hold up your end of the trade by testing someone else. Priority, Manual QA, and Featured are optional paid accelerants, not requirements.

New submissions become visible in the queue 24 hours after posting. If you don't want to wait, Priority ($9) skips that wait and makes it visible immediately.

A structured report for every test: what they tried, bugs or issues found, their overall impression, and a 1-5 rating — see the example above.

Web apps, iOS apps, Android apps, desktop apps, and browser extensions all have their own category — anything else fits under "Other".

Ready to trade your first test?

Takes two minutes. Your product is live the moment you test someone else's.

Submit your product free