Apps Which category of Play Store should the utility app be in?

[James_Watson]

Hi,
Have a good weekend to you all.

I have an accurate unit converter app which is distributed on Google Play.
I just wonder which category of Play Store the app should be in in order that this utility app could be discovered easily.
Is it Productivity or Tools?

Thank you very much in advance.

 

[James_Watson]

I am getting confused just because of the Play Store guide about category example.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/113475

According to this guide(Categories -> Apps -> Category examples), a "conversion" app should be in category of "Productivity".

But in fact, I found so many unit converter apps are in category of "Tools" on Play Store.

So how should I make a choice?

 

[Mikestony]

I moved this into the Application Development forum where others who are devs can see it and chime in
I'm sure if I ping @scary alien or @LV426 , they could help too

 

[scary alien]

I'd say pick whichever category you think (or think your users will think) that it fits best in.

You can always change it later if you want/need to...so I don't think you're locked-in to your initial selection.

Also, I just a received this notification last week in my Developer Console that you might also find interesting:

Don't know exactly when this will happen, but that might help you (or, LOL, make it even harder to) choose .

Cheers!

 

[James_Watson]

Thanks!

I moved this into the Application Development forum where others who are devs can see it and chime in
I'm sure if I ping @scary alien or @LV426 , they could help too

 

[James_Watson]

I'd say pick whichever category you think (or think your users will think) that it fits best in.

You can always change it later if you want/need to...so I don't think you're locked-in to your initial selection.

Also, I just a received this notification last week in my Developer Console that you might also find interesting:

View attachment 107896​

Don't know exactly when this will happen, but that might help you (or, LOL, make it even harder to) choose .

Cheers!

Thank you. I also received that notification last week.

 

[Deleted User]

I would say it's 'tools', but you could look at other similar apps to see what category they chose. Like this

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.sira.unit&hl=en_GB