📱 Publishing in Google Play and the App Store
Once your test version is right, you can publish your app so all your fans find it in the stores. On the App page, all of this is tucked under Later: publish in the App Store and Google Play.
Why your own accounts?
Apple asks for each artist's app to be published from the artist's own account. So the app is yours, in your name or your company's.
1. The developer accounts
- Apple: an Apple Developer account, US$99 a year, paid to Apple.
- Google: a Google Play Console account, US$25 once, paid to Google. A company account skips the 14-day test Google requires of new personal accounts.
2. Create your app in each store
- In App Store Connect, create your app once with the ID shown on the App page.
- In Google Play Console, create your app and upload the first version yourself (Google asks for that the first time).
- Both stores ask for a privacy page: your site has one, its address is on the App page.
3. Your store keys
Add your keys under Your store keys on the App page. They're kept encrypted at Trinity Host, never on your site, and only used to send your app. Coach Trinity can walk you through it step by step.
4. Build for the stores
The Build for the stores button prepares the version for Apple and Google. Sending to the stores automatically from Trinity Host is coming soon; until then, write to support and we'll do it with you.
The review
Apple and Google review each version before publishing it: from a few hours to a few days. After the first release, updates are much simpler.