Κοινή — the everyday tongue
Testing the Android app
Thank you for helping. Google will only put Everyday Koine on the Play Store once a group of testers have had it installed for two weeks in a row and have actually used it. This page says how to join, what we are asking of you, and how to tell us what you find.
You need an Android phone and a Google account. It costs nothing, and you can leave the test whenever you like.
How to join
- Join the testers group, signed in with the same Google account your phone uses.
- Become a tester on the Play Store page that opens.
- Install Everyday Koine from Google Play on your phone. It can take a few minutes after step 2 before the Play Store offers it.
Stuck at any step? Write to support@everydaykoine.app and we will add you by hand.
What we are asking
- Stay in for the two weeks. Keep the app installed and stay in the group. Google counts the days.
- Open it most days. Five minutes on Today’s plan is plenty. Google looks at whether testers really use the app, not just whether they installed it.
- Tell us something, at least once. A problem, a question, or what you liked. Feedback, and the updates that come from it, are part of what Google wants to see.
Something to try each week
Week one. Do Today’s plan each day. In Learn, start chapter 1 and listen to it read aloud. Work through some flash cards.
Week two. In Drill, practise a paradigm. In Read, open a passage and tap the words. Use Look up to find a word. Try the app once with no signal at all.
You do not need to know any Greek. Some of the most useful reports come from someone meeting it for the first time.
What to look out for
- The app closing by itself, freezing, or showing a blank screen.
- A button or link that does nothing, or does the wrong thing.
- Audio that will not play, or a word that sounds wrong.
- Greek that looks wrong, or an answer marked wrong when you think it was right.
- Text cut off, overlapping, or too small to read on your phone.
- Anything confusing: an instruction you had to read twice, or a screen where you did not know what to do next.
- Anything you wished it did.
How to tell us
In the app, go to Settings and use Report a problem. It writes the email for you, with your phone’s details included, and you can add a screenshot. Or write to support@everydaykoine.app directly.
Changes made because of what testers tell us are listed in the app, under Settings, in What’s new.