Mobile

Mobile app testing

Short answer

Mobile app testing at QA Patrol is iOS and Android QA for startup teams, done by Mate Ajduković. It covers manual testing and automation with Appium, Maestro, Espresso, and XCUITest, including real devices on BrowserStack where that project used it. You can embed him full-time, part-time, or hourly, or start with consulting or a workshop. Published rates start at $40 an hour. The full list is on the pricing page.

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What mobile testing covers here

Every line below is already on the site, either as a skill or inside a named project.

iOS and Android. The skills strip calls this out as “Mobile QA — iOS & Android”.
Manual work: Matchbook names test cases, suites, and plans next to the Appium suite. Numbrs names feature, retest, and regression testing inside the Scrum team.
Exploratory testing, listed as one of the four core skills.
Automation with Appium (Matchbook from scratch, Waves Labs on BrowserStack), Espresso and XCUITest (Numbrs), and Maestro (FrontRow, and Maestro is in the Breeze stack).
Real devices through BrowserStack, named on Matchbook and Waves Labs.
Bug reproduction, triage, and prioritization with engineering, described on Waves Labs.
Test strategy. Carb Manager’s write-up includes setting the test strategy on a product that shipped iOS, Android, and web. The automation named there is the Cypress web suite, not an Appium suite.

Mobile tools on the site

These are the Mobile row of the skills list, nothing added.

Appium
Maestro
Espresso
XCUITest
BrowserStack

Where this shows up

Waves Labs

Jul 2025 – Mar 2026 · iOS and Android

Owns the mobile test automation strategy. Appium and Kotlin Multiplatform on BrowserStack. Claude Code used daily for test design, bug reproduction, and debugging. Outcome line on the site: AI-assisted QA workflow in production from day one.

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Matchbook

Oct 2017 – Apr 2020 · iOS, Android, REST

Built the mobile QA automation project from scratch in Appium and Python. Dockerized the repo and ran it on real devices via BrowserStack. Outcome line: mobile automation framework built from zero, on real devices in CI.

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Numbrs

Jun 2020 – May 2021 · mobile banking

Test automation in Espresso for Android and XCUITest for iOS, in Java. Feature, retest, and regression testing inside the Scrum team.

Breeze and FrontRow

Breeze is Mate’s own iOS, Android, and web product, with Maestro in the stack, live on the App Store and Google Play. FrontRow is his open-source mobile QA training app: Maestro flows, Appium, and GitHub Actions.

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How an engagement runs

A testing engagement uses one of the four shapes already published on QA Patrol. The site does not add a separate delivery timeline on top of these.

Embedded QA, marked most popular: full-time, part-time, or hourly. Joins standups, sprint planning, and retros, and works the backlog. Mobile, web, and API, manual and automated.
QA Consulting, listed as custom: process audit and review, strategy and roadmap, tool selection, and ongoing advisory.
Team Training, listed as custom: workshop content for that team, hands-on exercises, real-world scenarios, and follow-up support.
1-on-1 Mentoring, listed as “Let’s talk”: career guidance, test automation coaching, interview preparation, and flexible scheduling.
The contract is direct, or through an EOR such as Deel or Remote.com.

Pricing

Hourly QA is $40. A one-off QA audit (about 20 hours, findings report) is from $800. Test automation setup (about 60 hours, framework and first suites) is from $2,400. Fractional QA is from $1,600 a month at about 10 hours a week, or from $3,200 a month at about 20 hours a week. “From” prices depend on the final scope.

The full list is on the pricing page, in US dollars. The Croatian page lists euro prices, which are set amounts, not a conversion. Companies hire Mate directly as a contractor or via an employer of record (Deel, Remote.com, and similar).

Questions

Do you test both iOS and Android?

Yes. Mobile QA on the site is iOS and Android. Named work includes Appium on both at Matchbook and Waves Labs, Espresso on Android and XCUITest on iOS at Numbrs, and Maestro on FrontRow.

Which mobile automation tools do you use?

The mobile tools listed on QA Patrol are Appium, Maestro, Espresso, XCUITest, and BrowserStack. Languages named on those projects include Python, Java, and Kotlin.

Can you join the sprint instead of only doing a one-off pass?

Yes. That is the Embedded QA shape: full-time, part-time, or hourly, including standups, sprint planning, and retros, working the backlog.

Did Carb Manager’s mobile apps get an Appium suite?

The site does not say that. Mate was Lead QA at Carb Manager from May 2021 to June 2025 on a product with iOS, Android, and web, and 8M+ users. The automation it names there is the web end-to-end suite in JavaScript and Cypress.

Is there a published day rate for mobile testing?

The published hourly rate is $40. There is no separate day rate. Fractional QA starts at $1,600 a month for about 10 hours a week, or $3,200 a month for about 20. The full list is on the pricing page.