Beta Communities OS

Run early access
like a team of five

Recruit, manage, and engage your beta testers on autopilot. earlyuser.app is the API-first operating system for founders who want high-quality feedback, not ghosted spreadsheets.

✓ No credit card required ✓ Setup in 5 minutes ✓ Free up to 50 testers
Dashboard Campaigns Testers
API Key: eu_live_...4f8b
Active Testers 142 +18% this week
Installation Rate 87.4% Avg. 1.2h to install
Feedback Score 4.82 38 bug reports resolved

Live Webhook Stream

Listening
[00:41:02] tester.joined: alex@dev.sh (iOS) waitlisted.
[00:41:18] tester.confirmed: maria@design.io (Web) approved → assigned to Campaign "V2-UI-Refresh"
[00:41:40] tester.installed: maria@design.io launched build v2.0.1-beta
[00:42:01] feedback.received: Bug report from maria@design.io: "Navbar overlap on iPad Safari" ★★★★★

Spreadsheets and Discord are where beta communities go to die

You spent weeks building your product. Don't throw away your launch momentum on disconnected tools.

The Spreadsheet & Discord Chaos

  • First-week dropoff: Testers sign up, log in once, and never return. You have no idea if they actually installed your app.
  • Silent churn: 90% of testers hit a bug, close the app, and walk away without saying anything because reporting is too hard.
  • No incentive to help: Active contributors get the same treatment as people who signed up and did nothing.
  • Context switching: Feedback is scattered across Notion, Discord DMs, Twitter, Typeform, and inbox folders.

The earlyuser.app Solution

  • Interactive Tester Portal: Testers get a dedicated, global dashboard where they can see assigned campaigns, submit feedback, and view their status.
  • Continuous Engagement Loops: Built-in discussion boards, direct messaging, and referral trackers keep testers coming back.
  • Incentives & Rewards: Track referrals, feedback count, and activity. Reward your best testers with coupons and gift cards.
  • API-First Intake: Keep full design control. Build your own signup forms and register testers directly to their organization pools.

Features built for solo builders

Everything you need to run high-converting, feedback-rich beta programs without hiring a operations manager.

Global Tester Accounts

Testers log in using a single, unified earlyuser.app account. They can test multiple apps across different organizations without registering multiple times.

Campaign Discussions & PMs

Run group discussions inside campaigns so testers can brainstorm features, or launch a secure 1:1 message thread to dive deep into bug logs.

Project Pool & Campaigns

Recruit testers once at the project level. Then, assign them to specific campaigns (V2 beta, new feature checkout) without forcing them to re-apply.

Cloudflare-Backed Infrastructure

Lightning fast global execution using Cloudflare Workers, D1 database, R2 storage, and queues. Includes robust rate-limiting and a 50-fail circuit breaker for webhooks.

Gamified Incentives

Every confirmed referral, feedback submission, and build run increases the tester's reputation. Reward top contributors with coupon codes and gift cards.

Streamed Data Exports

Export your tester profiles, feedback, and logs directly to CSV files. Safely streams huge datasets chunk-by-chunk using D1 paginated cursors.

Developer-first. API-first.

Integrate earlyuser.app into your existing stack in under 5 minutes. Build your own signup interfaces, capture device context automatically, and process feedback payload with simple JSON endpoints.

Authorization: Project-scoped Bearer token authentication.
Auto Intake: Send `name`, `email`, `platform`, and custom fields.
Webhooks: `tester.joined`, `tester.confirmed`, `tester.installed`, `feedback.received`.
POST
import { EarlyUser } from '@earlyuser/sdk';

const client = new EarlyUser({
  apiKey: 'eu_live_7c992ef1',
  projectId: 'proj_99f2b8b9'
});

// Register a new applicant on your signup form
const tester = await client.testers.create({
  email: 'hacker@indie.co',
  name: 'Devon',
  platform: 'ios',
  referralCode: 'nick_ref_12',
  customFields: {
    role: 'Founder',
    stack: 'React/Vite'
  }
});

console.log(`Tester registered: ${tester.id} (Status: ${tester.status})`);
curl -X POST https://api.earlyuser.app/v1/projects/proj_99f2b8b9/testers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer eu_live_7c992ef1" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "email": "hacker@indie.co",
    "name": "Devon",
    "platform": "ios",
    "referral_code": "nick_ref_12",
    "custom_fields": {
      "role": "Founder",
      "stack": "React/Vite"
    }
  }'
import earlyuser

client = earlyuser.Client(
    api_key="eu_live_7c992ef1",
    project_id="proj_99f2b8b9"
)

tester = client.testers.create(
    email="hacker@indie.co",
    name="Devon",
    platform="ios",
    referral_code="nick_ref_12",
    custom_fields={
        "role": "Founder",
        "stack": "React/Vite"
    }
)

print(f"Registered {tester.name} - Status: {tester.status}")

Simulate your tester retention

Most founders lose 80% of their beta testers in the first week. earlyuser.app leverages gamified loops, 1:1 messaging, and clear dashboard stats to dramatically increase tester activity and keep them testing your builds.

Standard Email Lists 10 active out of 50 testers (20% active)
With earlyuser.app 34 active out of 50 testers (68% active)

Adjust Community size

Beta Testers Invited 50 testers
Testing Cycles (Campaigns) 3 campaigns
🎁
15 referral signups

Generated organically via gamified tester referral links.

💬
45 feedback reports

Estimated bug reports, star ratings, and logs received.

Simple, scale-as-you-grow pricing

Start recruiting beta testers for free. Upgrade as you add projects and scale your community.

Starter

For indie developers and solo founders launching their first product.

$ 0 / month
  • ✓ 1 Project
  • ✓ Up to 50 total testers
  • ✓ Unlimited campaigns
  • ✓ Star ratings, bug reports & logs
  • ✓ In-app & email notifications
  • ✓ CSV data export
  • ✓ Project API Key access
Get Started Free

Professional

For active founders and small teams managing multiple builds.

$ 29 / month
  • ✓ Unlimited Projects
  • ✓ Up to 1,000 total testers
  • ✓ Unlimited campaigns
  • ✓ Advanced custom intake fields
  • ✓ Complete Webhooks (Discord, Slack, Zapier)
  • ✓ 1:1 two-way private messaging
  • ✓ Priority support
Upgrade to Pro

Frequently asked questions

Have questions about earlyuser.app? We've got answers.

Discord is great for chatting, but terrible for running structured tests. It is easy to lose track of feedback, you have no context about who actually installed your builds, there's no structured way to approve or waitlist applicants, and feedback is scattered. earlyuser.app provides a centralized API and tester portal designed explicitly to collect structured bug reports, manage campaign pools, and incentivize participation.

No! Testers have a global, unified account on earlyuser.app. When they apply for your project and get confirmed, they can log into the tester portal with their global credentials and see your project details. If they test for other founders, all their projects appear in the same dashboard, making the tester experience frictionless.

In MVP, earlyuser.app is API-first: we don't host the public signup/intake form page. This gives you complete control over your styling and brand. You build your intake form (using React, HTML, Webflow, Framer, etc.) and call our simple POST /projects/{id}/testers endpoint to send candidate details to your pending pool.

If you're on the Starter plan and hit the 50-tester limit, new tester applications will be queued as "pending" but you won't be able to approve them until you upgrade to the Professional plan or remove old inactive testers. We never shut down your intake API.

Start building your early access group today

Recruit, approve, and incentivize beta testers without spreadsheets. Integrate in minutes.