A bench for Android software, where the same checks run on every app before it is written up.
Marketing copy tells you what an app is meant to do. Tested APKs records what it actually does on the bench: whether it installs cleanly, opens without stalling, and matches what its permission list promises.
An app has to install without error, launch without crashing, and ask only for permissions that fit what it does. Fail any of those three and it does not go up, no matter who submitted it.
These pages are prepared static ahead of time, so the test notes load without waiting on a server round trip.
Found an app behaving differently from its notes, or a permission that has changed since testing? Send the details through the contact form and it goes back on the bench.
Installers repackaged from someone else's build, unlocks bolted onto a paid app, and apps carrying another developer's name are turned away before testing starts.
Tested APKs is kept by a small crew that would rather write down what an app does than repeat what its listing claims.
Apps are rerun when a new build appears, and anything that stops behaving the way its notes describe is pulled rather than left up with stale results.
A pass is not a compliment. It is a record of what happened when we ran it.
