If you’re in the news and mobile app business, this app is absolutely essential, but if you just like to try the latest updates before everyone else without having to wait for public releases and deployment. It is a free application for impatient people who want to have the latest news.
The normal thing when we talk sign up for an app beta program You have to go to a website to register, as happens for example with the procedure to become an Android Auto beta tester. While it’s not a particularly long or tedious process, in the end each app has its own method and different websites for signing up, so it’s easy to get lost or spend time searching, but this app solves that. issue.
What is Beta Maniac and how does it work?
Beta Maniac has been available for free on the Google Play Store for a few years and has a very high rating (4.6 stars out of 5) for its good performance and because it keeps its promises
What exactly does Beta Maniac do? Bring together all the beta programs of the applications that we have installed on the phone to homogenize and centralize the subscription process if they are open or, if they are closed, receive the notification as soon as possible when they reopen. This way it’s easier to register, but it’s also easier to have them all together.
As soon as you download and install it, a warning appears that you should remember: Beta versions are non-final testing versions of software, They are therefore prone to failures or errors, which is why their installation is recommended at your own risk for informed users.
This being clear and for obvious reasons, the first thing that is asked is our Google accountan essential condition to be able to register for available beta versions, as well as permission to notify us when a beta program is open.
From there, it has a very clean interface divided into three sections: ‘General‘There is a search box for entering text (like the name of an app), with subscription stats where you can see which ones are available and closed and a list of recommended apps, but the screen more interesting is the ‘Participate‘.
In ‘Participate‘We will see a list of beta programs of installed applications and by pressing on the one that interests us we will be able to register directly by clicking on the button in a few seconds. If we were already inside, the application in question will not appear to avoid duplicates. Although it is updated, if we are interested in a manual update, just press the button.
Finally there is a third screen called ‘Manage‘ where we can jointly view the applications we have registered on, contact the development team or unsubscribe.
The best: register as soon as possible for the betas that are opening
In addition to discovering application betas that may interest me, what interests me most is that notifies when an app opens the beta period (something that is normally a manual task) to register as soon as possible. For this point, it is important to press the icon of our account and activate the self-test there, limiting the duration to the minimum possible (30 minutes).
Actually for me The best thing about this app is to be notified when beta versions open of applications in which I have a particular interest in registering (this is the case of the Android Auto example). An important detail: registration is done manually in the free version, since there is an automated registration option, but it is paid.
Beta Maniac
Sign up for betas of apps that interest you
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