Proofsource and Google Play Console: your app's latest reviews, read-only
Create a read-only service account in your own Google Cloud project, invite it to your app in Play Console, and Proofsource reads the app's own Google Play reviews from the last week. Because the key reaches only apps you granted it, no shared account can ever see another developer's app.
Proofsource and Google Play Console, in short
The facts, ready to quote.
- Stage
- Preview: open on every plan, badge shown in the app
- Connects with
- A read-only service account JSON key you create, with View app information for that one app
- What it reads
- The app's own Google Play reviews from the last week
- Where it shows
- Integrations directory and Reviews
Preview Preview means the connector is open to every workspace on every plan and shows a Preview badge while we widen it. It reads for real; it never changes anything in Play Console.
Why we love Google Play Console
In the makers' own words, from their own pages. Proofsource builds on it, never around it.
Publishing and quality in one console
Play Console groups releases, a Quality section with ratings and reviews, and a Grow section with statistics, so a developer can run an app from one place.
From play.google.comReal two way conversation with users
Play Console shows ratings and individual reviews and lets you post one public reply to each, editable any time, with users notified by push and email.
From support.google.comAPIs that let teams automate
The Google Play Developer API automates publishing, store listings and subscriptions, and a Reply to Reviews API fetches reviews and answers them.
From developers.google.comHow Proofsource uses Google Play Console
Reads your app's own recent Google Play reviews with a read-only service account you create.
- Connect
Make a service account you own
Create a service account in your Google Cloud project, download its JSON key, and invite its email in Play Console with View app information for the app.
- Read
Pull the last week's reviews
Proofsource reads the app's own reviews through that account with every rating check your plan includes.
- Show
Reviews next to AI answers
Reviews lists what Play users say beside how engines describe the app.
- Prove
See themes fade after a fix
Ship the fix reviewers asked for and watch the same themes drop from reviews and answers.
Set up Google Play Console in 4 steps
Create the service account
In Google Cloud create a service account and download a JSON key for it.
Invite it in Play Console
Under Users and permissions, invite that account's email with the View app information permission for the app.
Paste on the card
In Proofsource open Integrations, Directory, choose Google Play Console, enter the app's package name and paste the whole JSON key.
Disconnect any time
Nothing in Play Console changes. Disconnect on the card and remove the account's invite to be thorough.
| Stars | Review | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Returns took two minutes | Nov 2 |
| 1 | Crashes on launch since update | Nov 1 |
| 4 | Love it, exchange tracking please | Oct 30 |
| 5 | Refund arrived the next day | Oct 29 |
What you unlock with Google Play Console
Recent Play reviews
The app's own reviews from the last week, read-only.
No shared account
Your own service account means only apps you granted can be read.
Spot recurring themes
Crashes, missing features or praise repeated across reviews.
Beside AI answers
See what users say next to how engines describe the app.
Sealed key
The JSON key is encrypted on save and never shown again.
Prove the fix
Track whether themes fade after you ship.
Google AI OverviewsGoogle AI Mode
Questions about Proofsource and Google Play Console
What does Proofsource change in Play Console?
Nothing. It reads reviews only, and the account has just the View app information permission.
Why do I create the service account myself?
The key is proof you own the app and reaches only apps you granted it. A single shared Proofsource account would let one organization try another developer's package name, so there is none.
How far back does it read?
The app's own reviews from the last week, with each rating check your plan includes.
What does Preview mean?
It is open on every plan with a Preview badge while we widen it.
How do I disconnect?
Disconnect on the card and remove the service account's invite under Users and permissions.
What do I paste?
The app's package name, found in its Play Store link after id=, and the whole JSON key file.
How does this help my AI visibility?
Review themes often show up in how engines describe your app, so reading them together shows what to fix. Proofsource checks up to 10 engines depending on your plan: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek and Meta AI. The free scan and the trial run four of them.
Pairs well with Google Play Console
Put Google Play Console to work for your AI visibility.
Scan your brand, connect Google Play Console, and see what AI says about you on up to 10 engines.
Google AI OverviewsGoogle AI Mode