To install the test version of the Event Badges app, open the invitation email on your phone or tablet, install App Tester, then download the Event Badges app. Do this on the phone or tablet you’ll sync the badges with: the app installs on the device where you open the invitation.

> [!NOTE]The Event Badges app is in testing. For now you install it through an invitation, not from an app store. How you find and install the app will change soon.

## Accept your invitation

First we give the email of your Joan admin account access to the test version. You then get an email: **You’ve been invited to test Event Badges**.

1. Open the invitation email on your phone or tablet.
2. Tap **Get started**.
3. Accept the invitation with your Google account.

![The invitation email to test the Event Badges app, with the Get started button](https://getjoan.com/help/api/media/file/event-badge-invite.webp){size=small}

## Install App Tester and the Event Badges app

1. Install **App Tester**: follow the banner at the bottom of the screen.
2. Open the **Releases** section.
3. Download the latest version of the **Event Badges** app.

When the download is done, the Event Badges app is on your phone or tablet, and you can log in with your Joan admin account.

## What’s next?

Create your event on a computer. See [Create an event and import your attendees](/help/event-badges/create-an-event-and-import-attendees).

## Related articles

- [Get started with Joan event badges](/help/event-badges/get-started-with-event-badges)
- [Troubleshoot event badges](/help/event-badges/troubleshoot-event-badges)