Help test the KAI-ching Android app
KAI-ching compares Woolworths, Pak'nSave and New World prices so you can see where your shop costs least. It's free, with no ads, and it's on its way to Google Play.
I'm publishing it from my personal Google Play developer account, and Google requires new personal accounts to have at least 12 testers stay in a test for 14 days in a row before I can apply to put the app on the Play Store (Google then reviews it). KAI-ching is made by one person in Wellington, so every tester genuinely helps.
Takes 30 seconds: tap Join group on the next page, using the Google account that's on your Android phone. Opened this from Facebook, Messenger or Instagram? Tap ⋮ and choose Open in Chrome (or "Open in browser") first.
What happens next
- Join the tester group (button above) with the same Google account that's on your Android phone.
- Wait for my email from "KAI-ching Android testers", usually within a week or two. Check Promotions or Spam if it doesn't show up. The test link will also be posted on this page.
- Open the test link on your phone, tap "Become a tester", then install KAI-ching from the Play Store like any other app.
- Stay in the test for 14 days. Google counts testers who stay opted in, so please don't leave the group or the test before then (leaving restarts your 14 days). Use the app a few times, the way you normally would: build a trolley, compare stores, or tap ☆ on a product to watch its price. Barcode scanning works best for products Pak'nSave or New World also sell; most Woolworths-only lines don't scan yet.
- Tell me what's broken or confusing: reply to any of my test emails or write to hello@kaiching.co.nz. Short and blunt is great.
What you need
- An Android phone with the Google Play Store. Android 10 or newer is best; the app installs on Android 7 and up, and reports from older phones are especially useful.
- A Google account, the one you use on that phone.
- Two weeks of staying in the test, and using the app now and then.
On an iPhone? You can't join the Android test, but you can use KAI-ching in Safari right now and add it to your Home Screen (Share → Add to Home Screen).
Your privacy
- The tester group is a Google Group, run by Google. Joining it gives me, Magdalena Polus, the person who runs KAI-ching (Crofton Downs, Wellington; hello@kaiching.co.nz), the name and email address you join with.
- I use them only to invite you to the test and send test updates. They aren't added to the newsletter or shared with anyone else.
- Feedback you send through Google Play or by email comes to me and is used only to improve the app.
- You can ask to see or correct the details I hold, or to be removed, at hello@kaiching.co.nz. You can also leave the group any time, which takes you off the test.
- The app works like the website and follows the same privacy policy. You don't need an account to compare prices, build a trolley, scan barcodes or watch products; price-drop alerts and syncing need a free account, and the AI assistant and receipt scanning ask for your email (which also signs you up to the weekly savings email).
Thank you! Questions? Email hello@kaiching.co.nz. KAI-ching isn't affiliated with Woolworths, Pak'nSave, New World or Google.