What: UTest connects freelance testers with makers of software, smart phone apps, games and other tech and consumer products.Â
Expected pay: speculative
Husl$core: $$
Commissions & fees: NA
Where: Nationwide (remote)
Requirements: 18 or older; able to sign a legally-binding contract
Review:
UTest bills itself as a way for freelancers to make money testing technology for bugs. However, there’s no guarantee that you’ll be paid for any, much less all, of your work. According to the site’s terms, you only get paid if you find a bug. And, the amount you get paid if you do find something it is completely speculative. While some reviewers said they found the work stimulating, none called it lucrative.
The site also tests consumer products, ranging from credit cards to smart-home devices. But the site is equally obtuse about how — or how much — you might get paid when you participate in these tests.
Though our site reviewers were invited to opine on numerous consumer products, only one of these tests offered payment information upfront. In that case, the tester would receive $15. However, for that payment, you were required to give the application access to your Facebook account, which had to have at least 70 friends. Information about what exactly the app would be doing with access to your account and friends wasn’t provided, so we went no further.
Recommendations
In our opinion, any site that’s this secretive about how much it might pay you is unlikely to pay you at all. We suggest you skip UTest. You can find better jobs through ProductTube and UserTesting.
What their users say (from Indeed)
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