VibeView runs your tests on live cloud phones, tablets and TVs: iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku. You describe a test in a sentence with AI (beta), record it by walking through the app, or import your Maestro flows. After a run passes, the path it took is saved as a learned path and replayed next time, so a repeat run spends AI only where the screen changed, and a No AI run spends none.
Both take plain-language tests on cloud simulators. VibeView adds recording, and its Maestro import uses no AI.
TesterArmy alternatives: how VibeView compares
| What you are deciding | VibeView | TesterArmy |
|---|---|---|
| Which devices does it run? | Phones, tablets and TVs — iOS simulators (iPhone, iPad), Android emulators (phone, tablet), Apple TV and Android TV, and physical Roku devices | An iOS 26.4 Simulator (iPhone, iPad) and an Android 15 emulator (phone); no TV platform in their documentation (checked 23 October 2026) |
| How do you write a test? | A sentence the AI (beta) drafts into steps, a recording made by walking through the app, or an imported Maestro flow | Plain-language steps carried out by a vision-based AI agent |
| What does a repeat run use? | Smart replays recorded steps and learned paths and uses AI only where the screen changed (Verify checks always use the AI); No AI replays recorded steps and calls no model; a run uses streaming minutes from your plan, like any session | Each run counts toward the plan's monthly runs |
| Maestro flows | Imported as steps with no AI; setups and test data carry over; commands it cannot run are flagged | Your coding agent converts them with a single prompt |
| Watching a run | A video synced to the steps, kept for 30 days (if a recording fails, the run shows its final screen), and the app log for each step on the run page | A downloadable MP4 synced to the steps, from the player or the API, or a 15-minute share link; the app's logs are available after the run finishes |
| Bug hunting without a test | Explore (beta): 5, 10 or 20 minutes, with findings you can save as tests | Discovery runs: up to 12 steps or 15 minutes; a flow worth keeping can be turned into a saved test |
| How is it priced? | Plans with streaming minutes, cloud builds and usage credit; AI draws on that credit, or runs on your own key. Free plan with 30 streaming minutes a month; paid from $19 a month. Every plan is on the pricing page | By test run: Free 5 runs, Hobby $99 a month for 250, Startup $299 a month for 1,000. No overage; new runs are blocked at the limit |
| Physical devices | Roku only; the rest are simulators and emulators | Simulators and emulators; contact them if you need physical devices |
Three rows decide it: TV, what a repeat run uses, and tests you can record or import without AI.
VibeView tests apps on devices; it doesn't run browser tests of websites.
After the test run
A test recorded on iOS runs on Android, and the reverse, on the same form factor, so you record a flow once. Screenshot checks, on by default in every new group, compare each step against a baseline for that device and warn or fail the step past the threshold you set for the group or the step. When a step fails, open the app on a live device and work through it by hand, with a teammate in the same session if you invite one. When the AI reads a failure as a bug in the app, one click copies a bug report to paste into Jira, Linear or GitHub.
The same device can be shared by link and embedded in a page, so a client can use the build without installing it. Cloud builds make the app without a Mac. Store submission sends it on to TestFlight, Google Play or the Amazon Appstore. For TV apps, the TV testing guide covers the d-pad, focus and each platform, and running tests covers the modes. How a repeat run stops paying for the AI is covered in Tests that stop paying for AI.
More from the guides: write a mobile test in one sentence, bring your Maestro flows, watch what your test did, run one test on many devices at once and find bugs without writing tests.
Pick by what's blocking you
You test a TV app
VibeView. Apple TV, Android TV and Roku; TV is not in their documentation.
Your tests run every night and you don't want the AI to run every time
VibeView. No AI runs replay recorded steps and call no model, and Smart runs replay learned paths, using AI only for the steps that need it. TesterArmy counts every run toward a monthly limit, with no overage.
Frequently asked questions
How is VibeView different from TesterArmy?
They bill different things. TesterArmy counts each run, with the AI included, toward a monthly run limit. On VibeView a run uses streaming minutes, and AI only where it is needed: a passing run saves a learned path that the next run replays without the AI, and a No AI run calls no model at all. VibeView also covers TV, including physical Roku.
Can TesterArmy test Apple TV, Android TV or Roku apps?
Not in their documentation (checked 23 October 2026): their mobile page lists an iOS 26.4 Simulator (iPhone, iPad) and an Android 15 emulator (phone), and no TV platform. VibeView runs Apple TV and Android TV on cloud TV devices and Roku on physical Roku devices.
Does either run on physical devices?
VibeView runs Roku on physical Roku devices; its iPhone, iPad, Android and Apple TV devices are simulators and emulators. TesterArmy says its mobile runs are simulators only and asks you to contact them if you need physical devices.
What does VibeView cost?
VibeView does not bill by test run: plans include streaming minutes (the free plan includes 30, no card), cloud builds and usage credit, and AI draws on that credit, or runs on your own key. Paid plans start at $19 a month. See the pricing page for every plan.
Can I bring my Maestro flows to VibeView?
Yes. VibeView imports Maestro YAML in the dashboard or with the vibeview import-maestro command: each command becomes a step, setups and test data carry over, anything it cannot run is flagged, and importing uses no AI.
Published 11 October 2026 · Updated 25 October 2026 · TesterArmy website and documentation verified 23 October 2026