What's your mobile-app testing setup?

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How do you personally test out mobile apps you’re not sure you want to use yet in a low-stakes manner?

Maybe you want to compare two apps’ UX. Maybe you want to see what an app’s widgets look like. Maybe you want to test out a proprietary/niche app.

What’s your setup?

  • A temporary/persistent guest profile?
  • Dedicated GrapheneOS testing profile with its own app stores?
  • Waydroid, but in a Linux VM to mitigate Waydroid security flaws?
  • Other?

And what are the benefits and setbacks of each method for privacy and security?

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(NOTE: This post mainly considers Android and its derivatives.

Don’t forget to specify what phone OS you use, if you can! )

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I’d test it on an old, cheap phone. But I’d probably just use a browser.