Google has a much lower set of standards than Apple. When I worked at ClearChannel, our apps got into the Android store on the first try, where Apple kept aski

Google has a much lower set of standards than Apple. When I worked at ClearChannel, our apps got into the Android store on the first try, where Apple kept asking for revisions. They said our streaming video bitrate was too high, and it would eat users data and battery life. They even made us retool the app so that the RSS news feed sent a diff instead of the whole feed to save a few KB. It was annoying, but in the end it made a better product. Google lets anything into the store, and it shows. If they raise the bar now, however, they'd still need to prune the crap that's already there. EDIT: A good first step would be to do a basic review of permissions. I have seen tip calculators that ask for location, SD card, read contacts, and more. This is clearly not related to the core app functionality.