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Documentation FAQ
Twenty questions, answered with the behaviour that is live today rather than the behaviour the industry considers normal. Each answer links to the page that goes deeper.
Open Appsinity StudioPublishing
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How long does review take? | There is no review. Publication is self-service the moment you set the status, and enforcement happens afterwards. |
| Can I test without publishing? | Yes. A draft listing holds every field and stays out of the catalogue. |
| Do I need a company to publish? | No. A sole proprietorship or an individual account publishes; the organisation fields exist for those who have them. |
| Which formats does the store accept? | Android .apk and .aab, ZIP archives for desktop, and a file tree for web titles. |
| Can I publish iOS? | No. There is no iOS distribution path; .ipa is a blocked upload extension. |
| Can I update an app in place? | Yes, by uploading a new build with a higher version code. |
| Is there a staged rollout? | No. A publish is immediate for every player. |
| Can I schedule a release? | No, though pre-registration announces a date in advance. |
Money
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Can I sell my game? | Not through the store. There is no paid download, subscription or in-app purchase billing. |
| So how do developers earn? | Through the visit-based model with the eCPM rates you set, and player donations. |
| When do payouts happen? | Once the visit goal for the period is met, on the documented payout amount. |
| What do you need to pay me? | Verified account details and the payout request you file in Studio. |
| Do you take a commission? | The economics are stated in the payout documentation rather than as a percentage you are charged at sale time. |
| Where are taxes handled? | You are responsible for your own; the platform issues no tax documents. |
| Can a player get a refund from you? | There is no refund endpoint. Donations are handled by the processor and reports by support. |
Traffic and quality
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do you count installs or downloads? | Both exist and are labelled. Web titles report unique opens, installable titles report unique installs. |
| Can I see a chart? | No. Totals, top twenty sources and top fifty country rows, with no time axis. |
| Can I export? | No CSV or JSON export. Calling the analytics endpoint yourself is the only route. |
| Do you filter bot traffic? | Not automatically. The counters record what arrives and anomalies are reviewed by hand. |
| Do players see my numbers? | They see the public counter and the rating average on the listing. |
| Is there crash reporting? | No. Nothing collects a stack trace. |
| Do you moderate reviews? | Manually, on report, with no filter in front. |
Platform behaviour
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is there an API key? | No. Only a thirty-day session token that carries everything you can do. |
| Are there webhooks? | No. Poll, with a cursor. |
| Is there OAuth or provider sign-in? | No. Email and password, plus an OTP step. |
| Can I enable two-factor authentication? | No. There is no second factor to enable. |
| Do you scan my uploads? | Yes, by file extension and file name over stored objects. Not by behaviour or signature. |
| Is a signed build safe to install? | Signed means provenance. It does not mean vetted. |
| What is the Desktop client? | A Windows browsing shell with a local library; it publishes nothing. |
| Why is my page still old? | Store HTML can be edge-cached a day and asset sheets four hours; bump the version query. |
Frequently asked questions
Is any of this contractual?
The Terms of Use and the privacy policy are the binding documents. This documentation describes current behaviour, and when the two disagree, production is right.
How current is this set?
Every page carries an update date in its footer. This set was written against the code as it runs today.
A page contradicts what I see. What now?
Tell us which page and what differs. Documentation that has drifted from the product is a defect we can fix.
Developer publishing support: [email protected]
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