PlatformWatch is now on Google Play

If you installed the app by downloading it from this website, here's how to move over. It takes about a minute.

Your account is completely safe. Your username, reports, VIP membership, trust rank, followers and saved stations all live on our servers — not on your phone. Nothing is lost by reinstalling, and everything comes straight back when you sign in.

Why do I have to reinstall?

Apps on Google Play are signed with a security key held by Google. The copy you downloaded from this website was signed with our own key. Android will not replace an app with a version signed by a different key — that's a deliberate security rule, and it means the Play version can't simply update over the top. Uninstalling first is the only way round it. This is a one-off: from now on, Google Play will keep the app updated automatically.

How to move over

1. Uninstall PlatformWatch. Press and hold the app icon, then tap Uninstall (or Settings → Apps → PlatformWatch → Uninstall).
2. Install it from Google Play using the button below.
3. Sign in with the same email or Google/Apple account you used before. Everything reappears.

Get PlatformWatch on Google Play

Before you uninstall

Make sure you know how you sign in — your email address and password, or which Google/Apple account you used. If you signed up with an email and password and can't remember the password, you can reset it here first.

What you get by moving

• Automatic updates — no more downloading files by hand or "update available" banners.
• Safer installs — every update is checked and delivered by Google Play.
• Play billing for VIP — manage or cancel VIP right inside the Play Store.

Questions

Will I lose my reports, rank or followers? No. They're stored on our servers against your account, not on the phone.

I'm a VIP — will I lose it? No. Your VIP is tied to your account. Sign back in and it's still there. If you bought VIP through this website, it keeps working exactly as before.

Do I have to do this right now? Soon, please. The website version still works today, but it stops receiving updates and will be retired shortly — after that it will ask you to update before you can use it. Moving over now takes a minute and saves you being caught out.

Something went wrong. Email jett@platformwatch.co.uk and we'll help you sort it out.