It has to be live on Google Play, run on a mid-range Android handset, and come through all seven points of the sheet in that order. Twelve titles were opened this cycle and seven reached the catalogue. A title that stalls on a point is left out, and the point where it stalled stays on the sheet.
Issue 08 · Google Play sheet
Mobile games, audited point by point.
Seven titles from Google Play. One checklist, applied to every one of them in the same order, on the same handsets, with the date written next to each figure. No shortlist by vibes.
Read the catalogue See the seven checks
- Titles on file7
- Checks per title7
- Hours logged41
- Store of recordGoogle Play
01 · Method
The seven-point sheet
Every title below was taken through these steps in this order. A title that stalls on any point does not reach the catalogue, and the point where it stalled is written down.
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Listing check
The Google Play listing has to be live and open to Australian readers on the day we look, and the date of that check is written on the sheet. If the listing is taken down later, the entry is pulled rather than quietly edited.
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Install and first run
Installed on a mid-range Android handset and taken to the first playable screen. Anything that demands an account before you can look around is noted.
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Session log
At least forty minutes of play across two separate sittings, with a short note every ten minutes. One long sitting does not count.
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Advertising load
How often breaks interrupt play, whether they can be closed, and whether the game still behaves when personalised ads are declined.
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Permissions asked
What the app requests and whether the request matches what the game actually does on screen.
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Store record
Developer name, star rating and review count are copied from the Google Play listing, and the date of the copy is kept with them.
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Who it suits
Age fit, realistic session length and whether the title is usable offline on a train. Written plainly, not as a slogan.
02 · Catalogue
Seven titles on file
Star ratings and review counts are the figures shown on the Google Play listing at the time of the audit. They belong to Google Play, not to us.
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01Simulation
Trucker Ben - Truck Simulator
Go Dreams
4.336.2K reviews
A side-on haulage sim in chunky pixel art. You hitch a trailer, keep the load level over hills and dips, and watch fuel and damage on the way to the drop-off. Completed runs unlock a sturdier rig and longer routes.
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02Garden & farm
Tuscany Garden-Farm&Adventure
Lor-game
4.411.6K reviews
A neglected Italian estate is handed to you overgrown. You clear beds, plant and harvest, rebuild the cottage room by room, and follow a light story between chores. Progress is slow by design and forgiving of short visits.
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03Management
Cafe Tycoon – Cooking & Fun
AppOn Innovate
4.051K reviews
Counter service under time pressure: take orders, cook to the ticket, and keep the queue moving. Between shifts you hire staff, extend the menu and open new venues. Taps are short, so a shift fits a tram ride.
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04Board
Chess Online
Chess Friends
4.4180.4K reviews
Straight chess against live opponents, with a rating that moves as you play, clocks from blitz upwards and a choice of board themes. Matchmaking is quick at Australian evening hours, which is where our sessions were logged.
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05Puzzle
Block Buster - No Timer
Lion Studios Plus
4.319.1K reviews
A block-fitting puzzle with the clock removed, which is the whole point of it. Drag shapes onto the grid, clear full lines, and think for as long as you like. Boards can be put down mid-move and picked up hours later.
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06Traffic puzzle
Parking Master 3D: Traffic Jam
LIHUHU PTE. LTD.
4.534.4K reviews
A jammed car park seen from above, and one sensible order in which everything can leave. Trace a path for each car, find the vehicle that has to move first, and clear the lot. Levels stay short; later ones need a plan before the first tap.
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07Kids 2–5
Coloring games for kids: 2-5 y
Bebi Family: preschool learning games for kids
4.433.7K reviews
Colouring for very small hands: tap a crayon, tap a shape, and the area fills without any need to stay inside the lines. Animals, vehicles and simple scenes, with no reading required and no fiddly menus between pictures.
Open the Google Play listing
Listings open on Google Play in a new tab. Some placements on this page are advertising; how that is handled is set out in the editorial model and in the terms.
03 · Numbers
This cycle in figures
Counted by hand from the audit sheets for the cycle that closed on 12 August 2026.
- 7Titles published in the catalogue
- 12Titles opened and logged before the shortlist
- 41Hours of play recorded on test handsets
- 0Scores changed because of an advertising placement
04 · Players
What players say on Google Play
Reviews left by players on the Google Play listings of titles in this catalogue, quoted as they were written. They belong to their authors and to Google Play, not to us.
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The game is relaxing, and I love that you have to maintain the vehicles throughout your trip.
JCJayden CornejoGoogle Play review · Trucker Ben - Truck Simulator
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This is a nice app for beginners. Also helps a lot in correcting the mistakes.
GNganapathy nayakGoogle Play review · Chess Online
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I really love how there is no timer, just vibes. super glad I found this game.
NMNaomi MillerGoogle Play review · Block Buster - No Timer
05 · Alerts
Get the next sheet when it closes
One note per cycle: which titles were added, which were pulled, and what changed on the sheet itself.
Recorded. Your address is on the alert list. If your browser asked about notifications, accepting it means the next sheet reaches you the day it closes.
- 01Titles added to the catalogue, with the point that decided it
- 02Titles pulled, and whether the listing or the app changed
- 03Any wording on the seven-point sheet that was revised
- 04Corrections made to entries since the last cycle
06 · Questions
Put to the desk
A studio can write in, and the message is read like any other. It does not skip the sheet: the title is installed on a handset and taken through the same seven points, and it reaches the catalogue only if it comes through them. The desk writes every entry itself, and the notes are its own opinion, as set out under the editorial model.
From the Google Play listing of each title, copied on the day of the audit together with the review count. We do not calculate our own star score, and we do not round the figures we copy. Listings move; the number here is the one that was on the page when the sheet was closed.
Every cycle, roughly once a quarter. A title that leaves Google Play, drops support for current handsets or changes its advertising behaviour is pulled from the catalogue rather than edited in place, and the reason is noted on the next sheet.
No. ClanAudit is an independent desk with no affiliation to Google LLC or to any studio named on this page. Icons, screenshots and titles remain the property of their owners and are shown here to report on the apps.
07 · The desk
Who does the checking
A small editorial desk in Melbourne that reads Google Play listings for a living and prefers a filled-in sheet to an opinion.
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Played on real handsets
Each title is installed on mid-range Android phones that a reader would plausibly own, never judged from a store page or a trailer alone.
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The same sheet every time
Seven points, one order, no exceptions for a title we happen to like. The sheet is published above so you can hold us to it.
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Figures carry a date
Star ratings and review counts are quoted with the day they were read, because a listing can look different a week later.
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Corrections are welcome
If a note is wrong, write to the desk and it is fixed on the page, with the change recorded on the following sheet.
08 · Model
How this site works
Stated plainly, because a review desk that hides its arrangements is not worth reading.
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Open to every reader
Every page, sheet and note can be read straight away, with no account and no wall in the way. Nothing on the site is held back for people on the alert list.
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How the titles are chosen
Each cycle starts with a longlist read on Google Play, and every title on it is installed and played in the order it was logged. Only the ones that come through all seven points reach the catalogue; the rest stay on the sheet with the point that stopped them.
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Who writes the entries
The same desk that plays the titles writes them up, from the session notes rather than the store description. The catalogue is re-read every cycle, roughly once a quarter, and a score is the desk’s own opinion, never a figure handed to it.
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Placements are labelled
Where a link or block on these pages is an advertising placement, it is marked as such next to the item rather than buried in small print. No advertiser sees an entry before it is published, and a placement never changes a score or the order of the catalogue. The full wording is in the terms.
- No affiliation with Google LLC or the studios listed
- Icons and screenshots belong to their rights holders
- Entries pulled, not rewritten, when the facts change
- Corrections accepted from anyone, including studios