Join the Android beta
Backpackers Friend has been on the App Store for a while. The Android build is finished and sitting in closed testing.
Google won't let an Android app go to the Play Store until twelve testers have been opted in for fourteen continuous days. That's the only thing standing between this build and release. If you have an Android phone and a minute, you can be one of them.
Step 1 — Join the tester group
This puts your Google account on the tester list. It's an open group, so there's no approval step and nothing to wait for.
Step 2 — Opt in on Google Play
Once you're in the group, open the link below and tap Become a tester. After that you can install Backpackers Friend from Google Play as normal.
Step 2 only works after Step 1, and the permission can take a few minutes to reach Google Play. If Play tells you you're not a tester, wait a few minutes and reload the page.
What's actually expected of you
Stay opted in for fourteen days. That's the requirement, and it's the whole favour. You don't have to write up feedback or file bug reports.
That said, the app is for planning and navigating multi-day backpacking trips, and it's most useful to me if you actually open it — build a trip, drop a few waypoints, record a walk. If something breaks, I'd genuinely like to hear about it. Mail backcountrydata@gmail.com or reply on the group.
One note on privacy
Google's opt-in page carries a standard line saying certain data about your use of the app will be collected and shared with the developer. That's Play's boilerplate for every testing program, not a description of this app. Backpackers Friend still has no analytics, no accounts, and no advertising SDKs — see the privacy policy, or how to verify that yourself for any hiking app.