Poki Playtesting vs Pretty Good Playtesting

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.

Pretty Good Playtesting is a Windows toolkit for indie game creators coordinating testers and analyzing feedback. Creators share an invite link, filter for a target audience, upload a build, and prepare instructions and a survey. Surveys present one question at a time. Tester management stays in one place, with automatic reminder emails. The product analyzes recordings for trends, creates automatic reports, and highlights moments when players appear confused or stuck. Gameplay recording uses a custom-tuned OBS build, with a stated minimum of a 2015 laptop with integrated graphics. Any game engine is supported, and the product is otherwise compatible with any analytics solution. Privacy and security options include an included or bring-your-own NDA, anonymised tester data, and encrypted builds. The Free tier costs nothing, with specific limits not stated. Hobbyists costs $15 a month and Studios costs $30 a month; both have build and video storage limits and unlimited testers. An event-timestamping API is described as planned, and automatic tester rewards are a future feature.