Google Play Link Shortener

Yes. Flyn issues a plain 301/302 redirect to the exact URL you paste, so the referrer= parameter, and any UTM values encoded inside it, arrives at the Play Store completely intact. The Google Play Install Referrer API then reports them in Play Console, so your install-campaign attribution works exactly as if users had clicked the raw play.google.com link.

Create one Flyn short link per channel, flyn.to/get-app-tiktok, flyn.to/get-app-email, flyn.to/get-app-ad, all pointing to the same Play Store listing. Flyn records every click with real-time geo, device, browser, and referrer data, so you see which channel drove the most store visits. Pair that click count with the install numbers Play Console attributes to each referrer for a full top-to-bottom funnel.

Yes. Flyn redirects to the play.google.com URL, and Android registers App Links for those store URLs, so a device with the Play Store app installed opens the listing natively in the app rather than the browser. Desktop and other-platform users see the same listing on the Play Store website.

Yes, in two ways. For per-store analytics, pair this Play Store shortener with Flyn's iOS App Store link generator and give each store its own short link. For a single link that auto-routes by device, point a Flyn short link at Flyn's App Store Link Generator page, which sends Android users to Google Play, iPhone users to the App Store, and everyone else to a fallback URL.

Yes. Play Store URLs accept gl (country) and hl (language) parameters, for example gl=GB&hl=en_GB for the United Kingdom storefront. Paste the full URL including those params and Flyn preserves them through the redirect, so users land in the regional storefront and language you intended.

Yes. Flyn Pro supports up to 3 custom branded domains, so your install links can read get.yourapp.com/android instead of flyn.to. A branded domain raises trust and click-through in ads and app-marketing pages, and it keeps your store URLs consistent with the rest of your brand.

Yes. You can change where any Flyn short link points without changing the short URL itself. This is useful when your app's package id changes, when you swap the install referrer for a new campaign, or when you want to repoint an existing flyn.to/get-the-app link at a fresh listing or landing page.

Yes. Every Flyn short link includes a built-in QR code. App marketers print these on posters, product packaging, trade-show booths, and event slides so people scan straight to the Play Store listing, and because the QR encodes your trackable short link, you still capture every scan in Flyn analytics with geo and device breakdowns.

No. Flyn uses standard 301/302 redirects, which Google and the Play Store treat exactly like a direct link. URL shorteners are a normal part of app marketing, and the Play Store simply sees the visitor arriving from the redirect. Just avoid using any shortener to disguise a destination users would not expect.

Yes. Flyn shortens any play.google.com path, apps, games, books (store/books/details), movies and TV (store/movies), and developer pages. Publishers and studios use this to share a clean branded link to a specific title across newsletters and social, while keeping centralized click analytics for each release.

Yes. Play Console testing opt-in URLs (the play.google.com/apps/testing/your.package links and closed-track invitation links) shorten like any other URL. A short flyn.to link is far easier to drop into a Discord, an email to testers, or a recruitment post, and you can track how many testers actually clicked through to opt in.

A raw Play Store URL is long, exposes your package id and query string, and gives you zero visibility into who clicked. A branded flyn.to link is short and memorable in bios and ad copy, looks trustworthy, and adds real-time click analytics, editable destinations, built-in QR codes, and UTM passthrough on top of the install referrer. You keep all of Play Console's attribution while gaining a layer of click-level insight the raw URL can never give you.

No. Flyn is a full URL shortener that works with any link: Google Play, your own website, YouTube, Etsy, affiliate links, PDFs, anything with a URL. This page just shows the Google Play use case. Every feature here (click analytics, editable destinations, branded domains, QR codes) applies to every link you shorten.