For app betas

Five hundred beta seats. Testers tell you what they will do with it.

A hard cap for the beta, a platform choice, and a short use-case field. Testers see their place in line. You export by platform and send invites from TestFlight or Play Console.

Use this templateWhat you get

Free to start. You can modify all of this in the editor.

unwaited.com/lumen-beta/waitlist

412 of 500 spots taken

Sound familiar?

The beta list is a Notion form and half the emails bounce in TestFlight

You added a Notion form to the landing page and it collected 3,000 emails with no idea who is on iPhone. TestFlight caps you at 10,000 testers, but you only want 500 who will actually open the app. The people who signed up have not heard anything in six weeks.

What you get

The limits, hours, and questions, already set

This is exactly what the button creates. It is a starting point, not a cage: change any of it in the editor after.

Template

Private beta

  • 500 seats total. The form reads as full at 500.
  • No opening hours. Pause the list when the first batch of invites goes out.
  • Asks for platform (iOS or Android), device, and what they want to use the app for.
  • Testers see their position in line.
  • The count is shown so testers see the beta filling up.
Capacity
500 in total
Signups open
Any time
Form asks for
Email, Platform, Device, What would you use it for?
Counter on the form
Shown
Use this templateFree. Change anything after.

Or by hand

Set it up yourself, step by step

The same values, typed in. About five minutes.

  1. Create the waitlist

    Open the "Private beta" template, change what you like, and press Publish. An emailed code makes it yours and puts it live; nothing is public before that.

  2. Set capacity to 500 in total

    In Settings, set the capacity to 500 in total. When the 500th person joins, the form reads as full and says so.

  3. Leave the hours open

    Under Hours, leave the schedule off so people can join at any time. You can pause the list by hand whenever you need to.

  4. Add the form fields

    Email is built in. On the Form tab, add Platform (required), Device, What would you use it for?. Labels and help text render as plain text.

  5. Show the counter

    In Settings, turn on the counter so the form shows how many spots are left. People join faster when they can see the number.

  6. Publish and share

    Click Publish. The Share tab has the hosted link, a QR code, and the script tag or iframe for your site. The submit button reads "Request beta access".

FAQ

Questions people here ask

Does it send the TestFlight invite?

No. Unwaited does not email joiners. Export the list and invite from TestFlight or Play Console.

Can I invite people out of order?

Yes. The position is a number, not a rule. Filter the export by use case and invite whoever fits.

What if I want more than 500 later?

Raise the cap in the settings. The form reopens immediately with every entry intact.

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