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title: "Join an iOS beta with TestFlight"
description: "How to install TestFlight, accept an invitation to test a Root Studio app, keep the beta up to date and send us feedback."
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# Join an iOS beta with TestFlight

Before a new version of one of our apps reaches the App Store, we share it with testers through [TestFlight](https://testflight.apple.com), Apple's beta testing app. Testing is free, and takes a few minutes to set up.

## What you need

- An iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 16 or later.
- An Apple Account signed in to the App Store.
- An invitation from us: a public link that starts with `https://testflight.apple.com/join/`, or an email.

> **Note**
>
> Some betas only accept certain devices or iOS versions. If so, the invitation lists them under **Learn More**, and TestFlight won't let you join from a device that doesn't qualify.

## Join the beta

1. **Install TestFlight**

   Open the App Store on the iPhone or iPad you'll test on, search for **TestFlight** and install it.
2. **Open the invitation**

   **Public link:** open the link on the same device. The page opens TestFlight.

   **Email:** open the email on the same device and tap **View in TestFlight**. If the email gives you a redeem code instead, open TestFlight, tap **Redeem** and enter the code.
3. **Accept and install**

   In TestFlight, tap **Accept**, then **Install**. If you already have the App Store version, the beta replaces it on this device.
4. **Open the app**

   Open it from TestFlight or the Home Screen. An orange dot next to the app's name means you're running a beta.

If TestFlight says the beta is full or isn't accepting testers, all the places for that link are taken. Write to us and we'll let you know when more open.

## Keep the beta up to date

When you first install a beta, TestFlight asks whether to turn on **Automatic Updates**. Turn it on and new versions install by themselves. Otherwise, open TestFlight and tap **Update** when a new build appears.

Each build works for up to 90 days. TestFlight shows how many days are left under the app's name. When a build expires the app won't open: install a newer build from TestFlight, or switch back to the App Store version.

## Send us feedback

Feedback is the reason we run a beta, and we read all of it.

- **With a screenshot:** while using the app, take a screenshot, tap the preview, then tap **Done** › **Share Beta Feedback**. Add a comment and send.
- **Without a screenshot:** open TestFlight, choose the app and tap **Send Beta Feedback**. You can write up to 4,000 characters.
- **After a crash:** TestFlight may ask whether to send the crash details. Please say yes, and add what you were doing when it happened.

> **What helps us most**
>
> What you tried to do, what you expected, and what happened instead. One problem per message is easier for us to follow than a long list.

## Good to know

- Purchases inside a beta are free and don't carry over to the App Store version.
- Subscriptions in a beta renew quickly, as often as once a day, so you can test renewals.
- You can install the beta on up to 30 devices with the same Apple Account.
- Apple receives the feedback and crash reports you send through TestFlight, along with your name and email address. Testers who joined by public link can choose not to share their email address with us.

## Stop testing

Open TestFlight, choose the app, open its **Information** page and tap **Stop Testing**. Then delete the beta and install the App Store version. If you joined by email, the unsubscribe link in the invitation also removes you from the list.

Questions? Write to [hi@rootstudio.io](mailto:hi@rootstudio.io).

Source: https://rootstudio.io/docs/en/testflight/index.mdx