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 […]

Google’s UAC Campaigns are an extremely effective way to increase exposure and downloads for your app. Google makes creating UAC campaigns relatively simple, and they are fairly self-sustaining once they’re up and running. However, it’s still important to monitor and optimize your UAC campaigns in order to garner the best results possible. The biggest aspect […]

Google’s Universal App Campaigns have become a simple and reliable source for developers to obtain installs across Google’s network of platforms. UAC lets you advertise your app in Google search, Google display networks, Youtube and the Google Play Store (if your app is offered there). Sounds pretty sweet right? We previously went over how to […]

It’s easy to run a split test in the Google Play Store. Simply set up your test, add a few variants and start the test. Even though it’s that simple to start a split test, the key is making sure you’re running an effective test, one that is based on hypothesis and reason. Let’s step back […]

The changes to the Play Store are huge! This is similar to the iOS 11 redesign from around this time last year. It appears that the massive Google Play Store redesign is aimed at improving the discoverability of apps (just like the new Apple App Store did last year especially with their new Today tab). So […]

As a developer, you have enough on your hands as it is. When it comes to launching a paid acquisition strategy, the time and learning that goes into ads management is enough to intimidate many devs. This is why Google created the Universal App Campaigns structure. What is Google UAC? UAC allows you to seamlessly […]

When’s the last time you reinstalled an app you’ve had in the past? We all know you’ve probably gotten stuck on a Candy Crush level, deleted the app in frustration only to reinstall it every Thanksgiving when you’re sitting around listening to your weird uncle’s childhood story you’ve heard a 87 times before. Turns out, […]