How a build reaches a tester

Every option Apple and Google give us, as two dials. Change one and watch what it costs you — in waiting, in access you have to grant, and in who can get the app.

What happens between your laptop and their phone

Against what you actually asked for

“Closed beta, invite only, fast delivery, 90-day kill switch — not public.”
Times are Apple’s and Google’s typical behaviour, not guarantees. “Binary protected” means the store encrypts the app per install (Apple calls it FairPlay); a raw .ipa or .apk is a plain file anyone holding it can inspect. Our own 90-day kill switch is baked into the build and is independent of all of this.