Yes. The APK is on every plan, free included, and exporting never uses credits.
APKFree plan included
How to get your game's APK and install it on your phone
The short answer
In Pixelfork, open your game, press Export in the preview bar and choose APK: it's on every plan, free included, and uses no credits. Open the downloaded file on your Android phone, let your browser install apps if Android asks, and the game installs like any other app.
Free to start · No credit card needed
Works in your phone's browser · No computer needed
Step by step
An APK is the file Android installs apps from. Pixelfork makes one for any of your games.
- Open your game on Pixelfork
Make a new game or open one from My games. Play it first to check it's the version you want.
- Open Export
Press Export in the preview bar, above your game.
- Choose APK
Pixelfork builds the APK and your phone downloads it. Made it on a computer? Open pixelfork.ai on your phone and export there, or send yourself the file.
- Open the file
Tap the download. If Android asks, allow your browser (or your files app) to install unknown apps. It's a normal step for apps that don't come from Google Play.
- Install and play
Tap Install. Your game gets its own icon and opens like any other app.
- After a change
Changed your game? Export a new APK and install it the same way.
What's free, and what Lite and Pro add
Exports never use credits.
Free
- Make, change and play games, on a phone or a computer
- Publish a link anyone can play, with a QR code
- APK to install and test on your Android phone
- Free credits every month, no credit card
Lite and Pro
- AAB to upload to the Google Play Console
- Android Studio project to customize the app
- Project ZIP of the whole game
- More credits every month
On iPhone, games play in Safari; there's no App Store export yet. See the plans
Questions, answered
Android asks before installing any app that doesn't come from Google Play. Allow it only for the browser or files app you downloaded the APK with.
Yes, they can install it the same way. To reach everyone, publish your game for a link that plays in any browser, or put it on Google Play.
No: Google Play asks for an AAB for new apps. Export the AAB with Lite or Pro and upload it to the Google Play Console.
No. APK files are for Android. On iPhone your games play in Safari, and there's no App Store export yet.