Dozenship
Join the beta
Real Android developers test your app while you test theirs. Dozenship tracks every step to Google Play production.
Google Play’s requirement for personal developer accounts created after November 13, 2023.
Google asks for twelve testers who use your app every day for two weeks. Most indie developers do not have twelve friends with Android phones.
Dozenship runs on Sparks. You earn them by testing other developers’ apps and spend them to list yours.
Find indie apps you like. Swipe right to line them up in your Test Run.
Open each app for a few minutes. Android confirms the time you spent in it.
Useful feedback earns 20 Sparks. Join a crew and 15 developers test your app every day.
Spend Sparks to list your app, then follow the Launch Path to production.
Google wants engaged testers. Dozenship checks that they really used your app.
Usage Access confirms the time spent in your app. No empty installs.
No ratings for rewards, no bots, one person per account.
Your other apps and their usage never leave your phone.
Join a crew and everyone opens everyone’s app every day. Your app gets 15 engaged testers, with two buffer days on Google’s 14.
Every step from a live closed track to Google’s production application, with an estimated date for your app.
Dozenship is in its own closed test. Join the tester group, then opt in on Google Play.
Use the Google account you use on Play.
Open Google GroupsTap Become a tester on the testing page.
Open the testing pageGet Dozenship from the Play Store link, then sign in with Google.
Google Play asks personal developer accounts created after November 13, 2023 to run a closed test with at least 12 testers opted in for the last 14 days before they can apply for production access. Google then reviews the application, usually within about a week.
Dozenship is for real testing. Testers opt in through Google Play’s own closed testing, use your app and send feedback. We never trade reviews or ratings, and we remove accounts that fake activity. Google decides whether to grant production access.
Dozenship is free while it’s in beta. You earn Sparks by testing other developers’ apps and spend them to list your own.
To confirm how long you spent in the app you’re testing, so developers get engaged testers. Dozenship only looks at time spent in the apps you test. Your other apps never leave your phone.
Yes. Closed testing happens on Google Play, so you need an Android device signed in with the Google account you use on Play.
In the app, open your profile and tap Delete my account. You can also request deletion on our account deletion page. Delete your account.