Google and Apple are constantly changing and tweaking their respective app stores. We’re all here for innovation and improvement. We’re especially here for a heads up on innovations and improvements that affect our lives. Unfortunately, the two tech giants aren’t always the best at giving us a heads up on things that impact ASO. Here’s […]

We all know how app stores work. You search for something, a list of options pop up and you download one, two or even three apps. After opening these apps, you might get the option to subscribe to a free trial of their premium services. If you choose to opt-in, you get full reign of […]

Mobile subscription gaming services seem to be having a moment between Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass both launching late last year. If you’re a developer, maybe more specifically a game developer, is adding your game to Google Play Pass worth it? How does Play Pass work? Similar to Apple Arcade, Google Play Pass is […]

The app world reaches across most countries in the world today. Each country has its own set of laws and regulations. This can make it difficult for foreign developers to distribute apps in other countries. On the Google Play side of things, the two countries with the most different of app regulations are Japan and […]

Google has been hard at work rehabbing the Google Play Store this year. Just a little over the week ago, we got to see the all new redesign that they did. It appears as though they aren’t stopping there. Some changes are coming to how Google displays preview videos:   Autoplay Currently, when users tap […]

Google has been slowly overhauling the Play Store and Play Store Console since it’s I/O 2019 conference. In the past few days, it’s officially rolled out its redesign of the Play Store. To say that the Play Store has changed a little would be an understatement. Let’s look at how the Play Store has changed: […]

In the past week, Google has been prompting its Android developers to “Add tags” to their apps. The Play Store developer has been bringing in some major overhauls in the past year and tags are just one of the ways Google is hoping to improve the Play Store.   How do tags work? Google allows […]

If you checked your app listing on the Play Store in the past week, you may have noticed that your app’s rating has changed. Earlier this year, Google announced that they would be changing how apps would be rated on the Play Store. The new ratings have been available to developers for some time now, […]

At Google I/O, Google announced that it would be revamping its Google Play Console to provide developers with more data insights from the Play Store. Launching yesterday (7/31), you can find those new insights in your developer console now. Here’s some tips to help you read all the new data you just gained. New Install […]

In the Play Store, Google provides a metadata field called the “Short Description” which allows developers to enter up to 80 characters of text. This short description is displayed on the app’s page directly below the screenshots. Aside from the title, the short description is one of the main pieces of text that is visible […]