How to get started with Play Console (2024)

FAQs

How to set up Google Play Console? ›

The cost of a Google Developer Account is a one-time fee of $25. This fee is non-refundable and must be paid in order to access the Google Play Store. Once you have paid the fee, you will be able to publish your app and make it available to millions of users.

The Google Play console allows app developers and marketers to better understand how their apps are performing in terms of growth, technical performance such as crashes or display issues, and financials.

Standard publishing: Updates to existing apps are processed and published as soon as possible. By default, your app will use standard publishing. Certain apps may be subject to extended reviews, which may result in review times of up to 7 days or longer in exceptional cases.

Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search results. You don't have to sign up for Search Console to be included in Google Search results, but Search Console helps you understand and improve how Google sees your site.

The $25 fee is a one- time fee which is required to create a google play developer account. You may publish as many apps you want from the developer account. Can I publish any number of Android apps for the same $25 cost? Google publisher account have a limit of 15 APKs per day(updates are also included).

You can pay for your Google developer account registration through GPay or using your credit or debit card. Prepaid cards are not accepted. The type of cards accepted may vary by location. After making payment, a pop-up will appear confirming that you have created your Google Developer account.

The Google Play platform helps developers react with agility and flexibility when improving the quality of their apps and games. Tools for staged rollouts, beta testing, and early warning alerts empower developers to create better user experiences.

Search Console provides information on how Google crawls, indexes, and serves websites. This can help website owners to monitor and optimize Search performance. There is no need to log in to the tool every day. If new issues are found by Google on your site, you'll receive an email from Search Console alerting you.

Can I use a non Gmail account for Google Play Console? ›

Open the Google Play Console to get started. Login with a Google account (it needs to have Gmail or GSuite email), or create an account on Google if you don't have one. NOTE: Pay attention to the email/account used to create your developer account. It will be the developer account owner login credentials.

Key Takeaways. Google Play Console is a powerful marketing tool that offers comprehensive app performance analysis on the Google Play Store. It provides revenue insights, app A/B testing, store listing optimization options, and a range of other helpful ASO and developer tools.

There is no limit to the number of apps you can upload to your Google Play Console account. Just ensure the app are all yours as you are responsible for them and what they do and if you are not the developer of them then you put your account at risk.

To open the developer console in Google Chrome, open the Chrome Menu in the upper-right-hand corner of the browser window and select More Tools > Developer Tools. You can also use Option + ⌘ + J (on macOS), or Shift + CTRL + J (on Windows/Linux).

Use a service account

Click Create service account and follow the steps. Go to the Users & Permissions page on the Google Play Console. Click Invite new users. Put an email address for your service account in the email address field and grant the necessary rights to perform actions.