How to pitch your startup or app to Android Police
TL;DR
Android Police is a mobile tech site founded in 2010 and owned by Valnet Inc. since 2021. Editorial coverage is free: story tips and topic ideas go to editorial@androidpolice.com, and PR and media inquiries to pr@androidpolice.com. Paid campaigns run through Valnet, and the site fits startups with an Android app, a wearable or smart home product.
What is Android Police?
Android Police started as an Android news and reviews blog and now covers the wider mobile industry: phones, tablets, wearables, personal audio, the smart home, and how politics and regulation shape these products. It publishes news, reviews, how-to articles and buyer's guides, with app and game coverage alongside the hardware.
The site belongs to the Valnet Publishing Group and follows Valnet's published editorial integrity standards. A "How we test" page explains how the team reviews the products that go into its guides.
Who should pitch Android Police?
- Startups launching an Android app or game with a feature readers have not seen yet.
- Makers of wearables, earbuds, chargers and smart home devices.
- Founders with a regulatory or privacy story that affects Android users.
- Developers releasing a major update, with a changelog that shows what is new.
- Skip it for B2B tools with no consumer use, or for announcements without a product to try.
How much does Android Police cost?
Editorial coverage is free. The contact page splits commercial requests from editorial ones: advertising@valnetinc.com handles display advertising and direct campaigns, and partnerships@androidpolice.com handles brand-specific commercial deals. No prices are published.
How do you pitch your startup to Android Police?
- Open the Android Police contact page and pick the category that matches your message. The page reveals the address for each one.
- Send news tips and topic ideas to editorial@androidpolice.com. Use pr@androidpolice.com for launch events and media inquiries.
- Read the About page and the How we test page so your pitch fits how the team covers and reviews products.
- Keep the pitch short: what launches, when, the price, the Google Play link, three screenshots and one line on why Android users should care.
- Offer a test account, promo code or review unit, and state any embargo time clearly.
- For paid campaigns, write to the Valnet advertising address and keep it apart from your editorial pitch.
Tips to get more out of Android Police
- Pitch apps with a specific hook: a new Material You design, a Wear OS companion, offline mode, or a feature Google removed from its own app.
- Put the headline in the subject line and the Play Store link in the first paragraph.
- Send a changelog for updates. Writers cover meaningful changes, and a clear list makes the story easy to write.
- Reply fast when a writer asks a question. News moves within hours.
- Follow up once after a week, then move on to the next story.
Our verdict
Android Police suits founders with a consumer Android product or a sharp mobile news angle, and the contact page gives each request its own address. The editorial pitch costs nothing, and paid campaigns through Valnet stay separate. Send a short, specific tip with a working product link.
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