This guide helps you connect your Google Play Store Publisher account with AppReviewBot to enhance the capabilities of AppReviewBot for your app.
To maximize the benefits of AppReviewBot, consider integrating your Google Play Console account and granting view permissions. By linking your Google Play Console with AppReviewBot, you can:
This guide will walk you through the steps to connect your Google Play Console with AppReviewBot and how to permit access to your app reviews.
Only the Google Play Console account owner can follow through with this guide.
You can also follow these video guides for adding Google Play Store account:
You can connect your Google Play Console to AppReviewBot using one of two methods:
Choose the option that best fits your organization's security policies.
Access the Google Play Console and sign in using the account owner's credentials.
Multi-Account Tip: If multiple Google profiles are active on your browser, it's advisable to either use a private browsing mode or a distinct browser profile. Navigating between the Google Play Console and Google Cloud Console can become confusing with multiple accounts, as you might unintentionally access the wrong account when switching between the two platforms.
From the sidebar, click on "Users and Permissions" tab.
Click on "Add new user" and provide access to the following email address:
AppReviewBot Service Account:
arb-play-store@app-reviews-402013.iam.gserviceaccount.com
Go to "App Permission" and select all the applications that you are or want to track with AppReviewBot.
Move to "Account Permissions" and deselect all options, leaving only these two enabled:
✅ View app information and download bulk reports (read-only)
✅ Reply to reviews
Then click on "Invite User"
Google may take up to 24 hours for permissions to fully activate. If you experience issues connecting your account, please wait and try again after 24 hours.
If your organization prefers to use its own service account for enhanced security and control, follow these steps:
Create your own Google Cloud service account with the necessary permissions to access the Google Play Developer API.
Watch our detailed video guide on creating and configuring a service account:
Steps to create your service account:
After creating your service account, you need to grant it access to your Google Play Console:
your-service-account@your-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com)Google may take up to 24 hours for permissions to fully activate.
To enable AppReviewBot to use your service account:
Your credentials are encrypted and stored securely using industry-standard security practices. Once added to our system, the credentials cannot be viewed again by anyone, including our support team.
Once our support team confirms that your service account has been added, you can proceed to connect your apps in the dashboard (see Step 5 below).
Once you've granted permissions to AppReviewBot in Google Play Console, connect your account directly in the AppReviewBot dashboard:
You can search and add multiple apps. The connection is established immediately after you link your account. If you encounter permission errors, wait up to 24 hours for Google's permissions to fully activate.
Once connected, you'll be able to:
The integration is active immediately after connecting your account. No waiting required!
The data collected under the authenticated Google Play app (indicated by a green padlock icon) can only be accessed by users associated with teams that have a linked Google Play Developer Console account for that app connected to their team.
This ensures your app review data remains secure and accessible only to authorized team members.