What are Mobile App Testing Services?

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Smartphones are inarguably the most disruptive technology invention of this era. This is why the number of mobile devices is surpassing the number of human beings on earth. According to Statista, currently, there are about 6,567 million smartphone users worldwide, and this number is expected to reach 7,690 million by the end of 2027.

It means most people around the world will be accessing mobile apps. But with around 3.5 million apps on the Google Play store and 2.2 million on the Apple App store, what are the chances your app will stand out? Well, you can make this happen. One of the ways to do so is to get you app tested for maximum performance.

Now you might be wondering what mobile app testing services are all about and what it has to do with beating the market competition. Learn now!

Getting into the Nitty-Gritty of Mobile App Testing Services

A mobile app testing service is a complete set of procedures by which mobile apps are tested for their functionality, performance, compatibility, usability, consistency, security, and for other such factors. Mobile app testing is done either manually or automatically.

Mobile App Manual Testing Service

As indicated by the name itself, this testing is performed manually and is one of the best ways to test a newly introduced functionality. This test is performed to make sure that the app is working as per requirement. Whether it’s the ease of one-hand usage, design elements arrangement, or ease of access to all screen elements with a finger, everything is taken care of while testing.

Mobile App Automation Testing Service

As indicated by the name itself, this is automated testing. Whether it’s about reducing the cost of testing or avoiding human error, automated testing saves a lot of time and money while maintaining accuracy. It includes extensive test coverage to make sure things are up to the mark.

Different Types of Mobile App Testing Services

Different Types of Mobile App Testing Services

Usability Testing: This test is performed to make sure that the app has a user-friendly UI. Apart from this, it is checked for its handiness and ease to use for the target audience.

Mobile Functional Testing: This test is done to make sure that the app, including the backend functionality, is fully meeting the functional requirements.

Mobile Performance Testing: This test ensures that there are no stress, load, reliability, and scalability defects within the mobile app.

Mobile Compatibility Testing: This test is done to make sure that the mobile app provides impeccable UX and smooth functions on all target devices. Then it doesn’t matter which browser or OS those mobile devices contain.

Compliance Testing: This involves testing the app for compliance in accordance with official iOS and Android guidelines as well as industry-specific regulations.

Mobile Security Testing: It is a kind of penetration testing simulating a real-life hacking attack. This is to identify the security loopholes present in your mobile app and to provide recommendations on their mitigation.

Mobile Test Automation: In order to streamline the release of your app and to ensure sufficient test coverage, test automation for functional & regression, performance, capability, etc., is applied.

Mobile Accessibility Testing: In this test, your app will be tested against WCAG 2.1 and ADA standards. If there are any particular standards for your intended users with disabilities, they will be taken care of.

End-to-End Mobile App Testing Process

Complete end-to-end testing involves a lot of steps. Let’s understand the flow of this process. 

End-to-End Mobile App Testing Process

Business Outcomes Mobile App Testing Services can Bring

  • Uplifts Brand Image: Mobile app testing services help a brand deliver high-quality apps to users. This is essential for user engagement, customer retentivity, and for uplifting the brand’s image.
  • A Road to Getting a Fully-functional App: The prime aim of mobile app testing is to ensure that the app is functioning up to the mark without any issues.
  • User Satisfaction at its Top: Mobile app testing service ensures that the app is meeting all functional as well as non-functional requirements. This helps businesses deliver a high-quality app to users to earn free advocacy from their loyal customers.

Cost of Mobile App Testing Services

Cost of Mobile App Testing Services

When it comes to mobile app testing, there are many mobile app testing service providers in India and across the globe. You can either hire an organization or go with a freelancer. When it comes to pricing, it varies from freelancer to freelancer and from organization to organization. 

If we consider the average, it ranges anywhere between $5000 and $10000.

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Whether it’s mobile automation testing, mobile app security testing, performance test, cloud test, regression test, compatibility tests, or any other related tests, APPWRK has suitable frameworks and testing tools to perform these high-quality tests with the highest possible results.

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FAQ About Mobile App Testing Services

What tools/services would be useful when performing mobile application testing?

When it comes to tools/services, there are a variety of them available in the market. Some of the top tools are Test Complete, Test IO, Appium, Robotium, Xamarin, UITest, Espresso, Kobiton, Ranorex Studio, and so on.

Apart from this, Android Studio and Xcode are great choices in the case of emulators and recording device logs.

Why is it important to test Mobile Application updates?

There often comes situations when developers forget to migrate data from older versions to updated or new versions. This causes critical errors, deletion of user purchased data, affecting various parts of the app that works by fixing other bugs, and so on. So if you are not going for testing, you are creating a confusion in the minds of the users on whether to continue with your app or delete it from their devices.

Should I use real devices or emulators?

Most developers prefer a combination of real devices and emulators for mobile app testing. Where emulators are a good option in the development process due to their speed, they are less accurate.

On the other hand, real device testing is done through a physical device lab, VMs, or third-party cloud. Real device testing in a secure cloud is less expensive as it allows you to test more devices at a single time. So depending upon where you are in your development process, you can choose accordingly.

Which checks should be performed for the security of mobile applications?

Security testing is essential to guarantee the security of information and customers. You are required to perform the following security checks:

Ensure that the password is strong enough.
The security system doesn’t provide access to other user credentials.
Be ensured that the financial information is protected reliably.
Make sure that private user content can’t be accessed by bypassing authentication.
Ensure that SQL/CSS injections will not be able to harm the app, destroy the user data, or make it public.
Make sure that the issue with buffer flow is not leading to loss of user information.

What trends should be tracked to improve the testing process?

Google and Apple update design guidelines on a regular basis. You are required to track the directions of how each platform is moving. Apart from this, there are strict rules from both Google and Apple describing the process of publishing in app stores. So you can track them to get a better understanding of users’ expectations. This will give you an opportunity to increase the quality of UI and UX testing.

About author

Gourav Khanna

Gourav Khanna is co-founder and CEO of APPWRK IT SOLUTIONS PVT LIMITED, a web & mobile app development company. He is a technophile who is always eager to learn and share his views on new technologies and future advancements. Gourav’s knowledge and experience have made him one of the industry's most respected and referenced leaders in the IT industry. His passion for writing and a high spirit of learning new things is reflected in his write ups. He has inspired many organizations to leverage digital platforms with his top-notch writing strategy skills that cut through the noise, backed by sharp thinking. Gourav believes that - “Words are the way to know ecstasy, without them life is barren ''.

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