Go Testify vs Poki Playtesting

Go Testify helps game teams recruit players, run playtests, and review feedback. Sessions can capture video, audio, and survey responses. Teams can recruit participants themselves or use the platform’s gaming recruitment partners. Distribution options include Android, PC, Steam, VR, Browser, and App Store Link. For PC tests, Steam keys are distributed automatically; for Android tests, teams upload a development build during participant onboarding, and closing the test activates a kill switch. GT Intelligence analyzes footage for themes, sentiment, transcription, summaries, and related moments, with charges based on footage analyzed. Smart Search finds related player content using a reference screenshot or keywords, without technical integration. The free Essential plan costs nothing and includes one active project with unlimited playtests and insight reports within it; GT Intelligence costs $30 per hour of footage analyzed. Pro costs $30 a month, billed $250 per year, and includes unlimited projects and up to 10 live stream observers; its GT Intelligence rate is $15 per hour. Listed plans include live chat and email support.

Poki Playtesting is a free web service for game developer teams that want player feedback, bug findings, and design checks. Poki supplies players, devices, and tracking tools, while developers choose test devices and audience categories. Uploaded web builds or prototypes can come from any development stage, subject to content moderation; Poki recommends builds that work on desktop, mobile, and tablet. Each playtest returns 10 recordings containing button inputs, console output, session duration, country, and device type. Players join through a Mystery Tile and must consent to recording. After 10 recordings are watched, a player fit test can measure playtime with 500 players, usually in about five hours and up to twice daily. A web fit test presents the game on Poki category pages to around 10,000 players and measures click-through rate, average time on page, and conversion to play over roughly seven days. Poki for Developers provides upload, analysis, updating, and recording review tools. Supported workflows cover engines including Unity, Godot, Phaser, GameMaker, and others. Tests are free and repeatable, but uploading does not guarantee testing or platform placement.