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Alternatives to a Public Beta Blast
September 30, 2026 · 4 min read
A blast gives you installs and silence. These give you a sentence you can fix.
1. Alma — posts that attract the job, not "testers"
People who reply to the problem are the beta. $29/month for 500 slides, or $199/month with no cap.
See how Alma automates this
The short report on how Alma turns an app link into posts that go out every day.
Read the carousel report2. Five people, one task
"Finish day 1." You can talk to all five.
3. A call in the first two days
What they expected versus the screen. That gap is the screenshot.
4. TestFlight or a closed Play track
Not a public listing you cannot change without a review cycle, if you are still moving the first button.
A hundred strangers will not sit on a call. Do not recruit them yet.