Google play academy
Google Play Store Listing Certificate
Built for app growth marketers, take the online training and get certified in Google Play Store Listing best practices.
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Upskill your career as an app marketer
Learn store listing best practices, directly from Google Play
Are you a mobile app or game marketer, or a developer looking to find more users, upgrade your skills, or improve your app's store listing on the Google Play Store? The training helps you best tell your app or game’s story on Google Play.
Take the training, pass the exam and earn an industry recognized certificate.
Certificate stories
We made Google Play Academy courses mandatory for all interns. Play Academy increased efficiency in mentoring relationships by 50%, and have seen a 30% increase our game launch speed overall.
Kimmie Vu
Chief Marketing Officer, Rocket Game Studio
Vietnam
Google Play Academy helped us better tell our app's story. They are an extension of our marketing team.
Mohamed Kamara
Founder, InovCares
United States
"After obtaining the Google Play Store Listing Certificate, I learned how to experiment with our app name, icon, and description. We were able to increase organic acquisitions for first time installers by nearly 10x."
Taylor Wimberly
Product Manager
United States
The course was great in taking a complex task and providing an actionable structure to work through it. We're already seeing a 20% increase in conversions through experimentation.
Sam Dolbel
Co-founder, SINC BUSINESS, makers of SINC Time Clock
United States
The Google Play Store Listing Certificate has made a significant impact on my app development and career success. It helped me optimize my app's visibility, attract more users, and improve overall performance.
Kailash Sharma
Student, Android Developer
India
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Train up in mobile marketing essentials
This training teaches you mobile marketer's essentials and best practices to create and maintain your app or games' Google Play Store Listing. When you're ready, take the Google Play Store Listing Certificate exam, designed to test the skills of a mobile marketer who promotes their apps and games in Google Play.
Our training resources cover:
- The mobile marketer's role in creating a store listing
- Common store listing policy violations to avoid
- Telling your story with your store listing assets
- Tools to help you grow your app
- How to market to a global audience
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What is the exam?
The exam evaluates your knowledge of specific topics related to the Google Play Store, such as best practices and success factors. You answer questions related to this specific topic (e.g. Google Play Store Listing best practices).
Note: You need a strong and reliable internet connection to complete the exam. The exam is timed, and you cannot pause or restart it. The 5-hour timer begins immediately after you click Launch.
How much does the exam cost?
The exam is free of cost.
How does the process work?
To take the Google Play Academy Certificate exam:
- Complete the registration process.
- Read and accept the Terms and Conditions.
- Complete and submit the exam.
What if I don't complete the exam in the allotted time?
You have 5 hours to complete the exam. If you finish early, you can manually submit the exam. When the 5 hours end, the exam automatically submits. If the exam automatically submits, it doesn't mean that you failed the exam.
How long is a certificate valid?
Your certificate expires 24 months after the date that you received your digital badge. To renew your certificate at that time, you need to register for, and pass, the exam again.
When do I find out how I did on the exam?
After you submit your exam, you receive an immediate pass or fail confirmation.
- If you pass, you receive an email that contains your digital badge, digital certificate, and a link to opt in to the Google Developer Alumni Directory.
- If you fail, you receive an email that tells you when you can retake the exam.
Note: To protect the integrity of the certification, we do not communicate candidate scores, or where candidates did well or poorly on the exam.
How many attempts do I have to pass the exam?
You can attempt to pass an exam 4 times.
What if I fail?
- If you fail your first attempt, you must wait 14 days before you take the exam again.
- If you fail your second attempt, you must wait 2 months before you can take the exam again.
- If you fail your third attempt you must wait 6 months before you take the exam again.