Back Your Mate
A fast social game about confidence in your Mate(s), bluffing, and predicting what your friends can pull off in 30 seconds. Without any communication with your teammate. You place bets on your partner’s ability (trivia, quick-fire lists, physical mini-challenges, etc.), opponents can raise or call bullshit, and someone always ends up proving it. Example round: “How many push-ups can your mate do in 30sec?” Team A bids: 12 Team B bids: 13 Team A bids: 14 Team B calls: Bullshit The chosen player from Team A now has 30 seconds to deliver. If the mate completes the task, Team A gets the points - if the mate fails, Team B gets the points. You play first to 21points and challenges vary from 1-3points. Here’s the kicker: you CANNOT talk to your mate about the challenges, zero communication. So you might bid 14 push-ups on behalf of your mate, while he is sweating next to you cos he knows he can barely do 10 - that’s supposed to be a big part of the fun.
Submitted by anders
Reward: 5 credits per test
2 approved tests, 2 total
Back Your Mate is not accepting new tests right now: the maker's credits no longer cover the reward. The 2 approved reviews stay on record here.
Platforms: ios
Built for: general
About Back Your Mate
Is Back Your Mate legit?
Back Your Mate was listed on IndieAppCircle in February 2026 by anders, who opened it to independent testers. 2 independent testers have used it since and had their feedback accepted by the maker. It is distributed through the Apple App Store. IndieAppCircle is a peer feedback exchange, not a paid-review site: testers earn credits only for feedback the maker accepts, and nobody is paid to be positive. We record what happened here; we do not vouch for a product's business practices.
What platforms does Back Your Mate run on?
Back Your Mate runs on iOS. The maker built it for a general audience.
Is Back Your Mate still looking for testers?
Not right now. The listing is closed to new tests because the maker's credit balance no longer covers the 5-credit reward. The 2 approved reviews stay here as a record. It reopens on its own once the maker tops up — if that is you, sign in and check your dashboard.
How do testers review Back Your Mate on IndieAppCircle?
Testers are other indie developers. They open Back Your Mate, follow the maker's test instructions, and write up first impressions, confusing moments and bugs. The maker reads each write-up and either approves it — which pays the tester — or rejects it. Only approved feedback is counted on this page. There are no star ratings and IndieAppCircle pays nobody to review anything; it is a feedback exchange, not a review site.
Similar apps looking for testers
- Abridgedly — Abridgedly is a little library, reading list, and book club app that allows you to discover, follow, and steward little libraries. Addition… (13 credits per test)
- TaskGuy — my app solves a problem I had. It combines house chores and pocketmoney and helps children to learn, that they can earn money for their own… (5 credits per test)
- AnxiTea — AnxiTea is an app concept designed to help people who struggle with social situations practice and work through specific scenarios in a mor… (5 credits per test)
- Strophe Reader — Strophe is a native iPhone ebook reader with natural text to speech built in. Import your EPUBs, PDFs and web articles, then read them or h… (5 credits per test)
- FishSmart-Pro — This app uses AI to translate fish biology, feeding behavior, weather, and environmental data into a hyper-specific fishing forecast and st… (5 credits per test)
- JamPhotos — Edit and export several photos at once on your iPhone/iPad. JamPhotos helps you prepare a batch of photos without editing each one separate… (10 credits per test)