We Find What Breaks Before Your Users Do
Most app crashes happen in situations you never tested. We've spent years tracking down bugs that only appear when your mum's on 3G in a car park. That's the kind of testing that matters.
See How We Test
Why Apps Actually Fail
After debugging thousands of mobile apps since 2019, we've noticed the same patterns keep showing up. Here's what we see most often.
Network Edge Cases
Your app works perfectly on office wifi. Then someone tries it on a train between Manchester and Liverpool and everything falls apart. We test in 47 different connection scenarios because that's where problems hide.
Device Fragmentation
Android alone has over 24,000 distinct devices in active use. Your app might crash on a Samsung from 2021 but work fine everywhere else. We maintain a testing lab with 180 physical devices to catch these issues.
Memory Leaks
Small memory issues compound over time. After 20 minutes of use, your app starts slowing down. We monitor memory behaviour across extended sessions to spot patterns that manual testing misses.
How We Actually Work
We Map Your Critical Paths
First day involves understanding what actually matters in your app. Not every feature needs the same attention. We identify the three to five user journeys that your business depends on and focus testing there.
Real Devices, Real Conditions
Emulators miss too much. We test on actual hardware with throttled connections, low battery states, and background processes running. Takes longer but finds issues that matter.
Documentation That Developers Actually Use
We've worked with enough dev teams to know what helps. Every bug report includes reproduction steps, device specs, network conditions, and relevant logs. Usually takes our clients under 30 minutes to reproduce and start fixing.
What Six Years of Mobile Testing Taught Us
Started doing this in 2019 when a fintech client's app kept crashing during payment flows. Turned out the issue only happened on Vodafone's network during high-traffic periods. Classic edge case that internal testing missed.
Since then, we've learned that most serious bugs live in the gaps between normal testing scenarios. The stuff that happens when users do unexpected things with unpredictable devices on unreliable networks.
- Testing isn't about finding every possible bug. It's about finding the ones that actually affect your users and revenue.
- Automated tests catch regressions. Manual testing catches the weird stuff that breaks user trust.
- Good bug reports save development teams hours. We've seen both extremes.
- The best time to start testing is before you launch. Second best is right now.
Dougal Sinclair
Technical Testing Lead
"Most bugs we find aren't complicated. They're just in places nobody thought to look. That's what we're good at – thinking like users who don't follow the happy path."
Let's Talk About Your Testing Needs
We work with development teams who want thorough testing without the overhead of building an in-house QA department. Usually starts with a conversation about what you're building and what keeps breaking.
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+44 7825 642247
help@maxonigniteon.com