Test Perception Check

Perception Check is a pocket arcade of cozy daily games: people-watching bingo for the line you're standing in, quick puzzles, a tiny platformer, a drum room, and games to play together. It's free; banners pay for it, and a one-time unlock removes them.

It's in early testing on Android, and anyone is welcome to try it. A test build is the real app, a little ahead of everyone else: now and then something is rough, and that's what you're there to tell us.

Join in three steps (Android, about two minutes)

Use the same Google account for all three: the one your phone's Play Store is signed in to (Play Store › your picture, top right, shows which). A personal Gmail account works best; some work and school accounts aren't allowed to join groups outside their organisation.

Join the testers' group. Open https://groups.google.com/g/perception-check-testers and tap Join group. You're in straight away; nobody needs to approve you, and the group sends no mail.
Opt in. Open https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.hiddencapy.perceptioncheck and tap Become a tester. The page then says you're a tester.
Install. Get it from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hiddencapy.perceptioncheck (it shows as "Perception Check (Early Access)"). Updates arrive through Play like any app's, and the app's home screen says when a newer one is ready.

If something doesn't work

Step 2 says the app isn't available, or there's nothing to opt in to. You're signed in to a different Google account than the one that joined the group. Switch accounts at the top right of the page (or join the group again with the account you're using), then reload.
Play says the app isn't available on your device. Wait a few minutes after opting in, then check that the Play Store app is signed in to the same account; with several accounts on the phone, switch to it in the Play Store. The app needs Android 7 or newer.
"Join group" asks you to sign in, or isn't there. Sign in to Google first. With a work or school account that can't join, use a personal Gmail account for all three steps instead.
You had a version installed some other way (not from Play): uninstall it first; Play can't update over it.
Online play (Live) says it can't connect. Only the copy from Google Play can reach the online games; a copy from anywhere else plays everything else offline.

iPhone and iPad

Not yet: an iPhone version is on its way through Apple's TestFlight, and this page will say how to join when it opens.

While you test

Tell us what's off. Settings › Report a bug sends us a note (and the screen you were on). Settings › Wish for something sends an idea. Both are read by a person; nothing you write is shown to anyone else.
Play the dailies. One board a day per game, the same for everyone; win any to keep your streak.
Watching kindly. Spotter Bingo is about noticing, never mocking: read its short note in the app before the first card.

Leaving

Open the opt-in page again and tap Leave the program, then leave the group from its page if you like, and uninstall. Almost everything the app keeps lives on your phone; what leaves it, and how to delete it, is in the privacy policy and the delete-your-data page: