Screenshot testing for App Agencies

If you work at an App Agency (or app consultancy, or just build apps for others), ask yourself this: how do you keep your clients in the loop when developing new features?

Most likely your answer is going to involve something like a weekly—or even monthly—meeting, where you show them the progress. In the time between these meetings, your clients are in the dark. You don’t know if you’re on the right track, and they keep their fingers crossed hoping that you understood the assignment.

What if there’s a better way?

Screenshot tests are tests that anyone can understand

Your clients are not expected to understand code.

But everyone understands screenshots. This is why your presentations to your clients usually have screenshots. Do you show them code in your slides? Probably not.

This opens up an interesting possibility: you’re likely already doing screenshot testing. Screenshot tests help you catch regressions. Screenshot tests let you test your app across multiple different device configurations seamlessly, and it’s a fantastic developer productivity tool. Wouldn’t it be nice if you can use these very screenshots to bring in your clients closer into the development cycle?

You shouldn’t have to wait until your monthly review to get their feedback, you should be able to get their feedback as soon as you merge.

Screenshotbot as a collaboration tool

Screenshotbot takes your screenshot test and turns it from productivity and regression catching tool, into a powerful collaboration tool.

For example, maybe you have a shared Slack channel with your clients. You can then ask Screenshotbot to send screenshot notifications to this Slack channel, so they can get notified of changes as they happen. Will they also see your missteps and occasional bugs? Sure. But this transparency builds empathy and helps you build strong relationships with your clients.

Your clients can also provide feedback directly on screenshots, streamlining the review process. This eliminates the need for lengthy email chains or in-person meetings, saving time and improving efficiency.

Screenshotbot handles the privacy and security aspects of having multiple external clients: our Enterprise plan comes with features to isolate each of your client’s screenshots into a separate organization that you can share with specific external users.

Ready to give this a try?

This isn’t hypothetical. We have multiple app agencies and companies that build “white-labelled” apps and websites that use Screenshotbot in this way. Screenshotbot empowers app agencies to keep clients informed, engaged, and satisfied throughout the development process.

If you’d like to see a demo, send me an email, and I would be excited to show you how all of this works.