Pikeworks

Help test an app before it's out

Google won't put an Android app on the Play Store until twelve people have tested it for a fortnight. If you fancy giving one a go early, this is how.

Join the tester group first. It's open to anyone: join the group with the Google account you use on your Android phone, and most of the links below then work straight away. The ones marked "ask first" still use an older list, so for those, email hello@pikeworks.co.uk with that account and I'll add you.

What needs testers

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  Pagebench

  PDF tools that stay on your phone. It costs £1.99 in the shop, but it's free for testers: join with the link above, then install it from the free install link.

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  Beer Vault

  A log of the beers you've tried.

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  Plant Vault (ask first)

  A garden journal for your phone.

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  Compute Capitalist (ask first)

  An idle game. Start at a soldering bench in a garage and build from there.

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  Bounce Billionaire

  A bouncing ball game about cracking bank vaults.

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  Undergloam

  A metroidvania for phones. It costs £4.99 in the shop, but it's free for testers: join with the link above, then install it from the free install link.

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  Clementine

  Split bills with friends.

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  Fish Vault

  A log of every fish you catch.

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  Book Vault

  A private log of the books you read.

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  Nuggie Vault

  A log of every chicken nugget you rate.

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  Meme Skies

  A one tap flyer with a crew of brainrot memes.

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  Fillo

  Cheap petrol and diesel near you.

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  Travel Vault

  Your travel map, flight log and fog of war.

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  Lantern Lake

  A cozy fishing game for phones.

What you'd be doing

1. Open the link on your Android phone, signed in to the account you joined the group with. It has to be that one.
2. Tap "Become a tester", then install the app from Google Play (Pagebench and Undergloam from their free install link, below).
3. Have a proper go on it, and leave it installed for two weeks. That last part is what Google checks.
4. Tell me anything confusing, broken or annoying.

Pagebench and Undergloam are free for testers

They cost money in the shop, but not while you're testing them. It takes two links instead of one:

1. Join the group, open the app's test link above and tap "Become a tester". That's the part Google counts.
2. Then install it from its free install link (Pagebench, Undergloam), not from the shop. That link works once you're on the free list, and I add everyone in the group to it within a day of them joining.

If Google Play asks you to pay, you're not on the free list yet. Give it a day, or email me.

There's nothing to sign up to beyond the Google account you already have. You can leave a test whenever you like, from the same link. An iPhone can't take part, because this is a Google Play test.