Testing evidence is scattered and tool features distract
Most testers juggle:
a screen recorder
a screenshot tool
a note-taking app
a bug reporter
Jira or Azure DevOps
But...Every switch breaks your flow.
Every distraction pulls you out of the product.
Every missing piece forces you to reconstruct the story later.Exploratory testing becomes fragmented, tiring, and hard to communicate.
Everything you need all in one place with features designed to be efficient
TestTrail unifies the entire exploratory testing workflow:
recording
screenshots
notes
evidence timeline
bug reporting
collaboration
integrations
No tab or window switching.
No wasted effort.You stay focused on testing.
TestTrail handles the rest.
Structured Sessions + Test Coverage
Place your session in a folder structure so you know what you've covered. Then proceed with a charter and timebox — stay aligned and focused from the first minute.
Smart Notes
Add tagged notes to quickly capture an observation, a question, an idea or whatever you see fit. Later it will also be possible to simply use audio so you don't lose time to writing.
Evidence Timeline
Everything you do is timestamped. When you revisit the session it is clear what you tested when. Later it will also be possible to use our browser extension tool to upload an exact user interaction timeline.
Recording + Screenshots
Create a screenrecording that automatically will be added to your session. Use clip functionality to add a specific part of the recording directly in your timeline. Add screenshots to your notes to make things clearer.
Easy Bug Reporting
Use your timeline for creating a bugreport. Like this you can wait creating bugreports until after you tested everything. No distractions! Later it will be possible to use AI that will automatically create a full bugreport based on your timeline.
Share anything
You can export a testing report as Pdf, Word or Excel document and share it the way you want. Share notes, screenshots and screenrecordings in Teams or Slack with a click of a button.
Collaboration
Use workspaces and projects and invite your teammembers to collaborate more closely. Use roles and permissions for more finegrained control.
Integrations
Add your bugreports and findings to Azure Devops, Jira or Github issues automatically.
For Individuals & Freelancers
As a freelance tester document your testing without losing evidence and without friction. Share your findings with the client with just one click.
As a freelance developer let your end user test your product using TestTrail. You can easily follow or recontruct what they've encountered, how they used your product, what problems they ran into. You will know in real time what to change to make your customers happy.
For Teams & Enterprise
Know exactly what was tested when and by whom. Notes, recordings, screenshots, findings - all very accessible and easy to retrieve.
Automatically created reports make instantly clear what's the state of testing at any given time
Collaborate with the whole team - testing can be done by everybody
Don't change existing workflows and test management tools - TestTrail fits in nicely.
The origin of this app idea can be found in my own experiences as a software tester. I didn't have time to create proper testcases so I just went through the application I needed to test using Word to take notes. This didn't go well. The result were messy notes that were unusable as a basis for reporting and bug research. I couldn't give clear answers when asked what I tested and how. Also it happened quite frequently that I encountered a bug but I couldn't reconstruct the path of actions that lead to the bug. Additionally it was hard to keep track of testcoverage (let alone how much time I spend on each testing activity).
Because I also am a skilled programmer I began to think if there wasn't a way to avoid all these issues by building a good note-taking app that could support my testing activities. That is when TestTrail was born. I didn't start building it right away though. I first got into the theory of exploratory testing as a way to test more freely without the rigid structure of testcases. Then I discovered there already were several tools on the market to support with exploratory testing. The existing tools however did not fully convince me, although some already were quite allright. This is the moment I started building TestTrail.
Today I want the tool to have every feature needed for exploratory testing in such a way that using these features distract the user as little as possible. On top of that I want to automate the boring parts like creating clear bugreports. I hope I will succeed in this the coming months.
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