How can I stay financially safe on Android?

FrankFalcon

Hi all

I am an iPhone user for as long as I can remember and I use it as my main phone every day. I love it! However, as I get older, I am finding Apples restrictions getting slightly more annoying as the weeks pass. This is not helped by my mate showing me what he can do on his Android phone that I can't do on mine. So, I've bitten the bullet and bought a cheap Android phone. Poco C75. I've only had it a few weeks and I am already impressed that I can cast it to my TV. Something that I can't do with my iPhone 16. There's a couple of other things that this Android can do that Apple won't let me do. Now, I fully understand that Apple phones are far more safe, which is the main reason I will stick with my iPhone. However, I am deffo still going to keep using this Android too. Which brings me to my main question. There's a couple of games, apps that I want to download to my Android but there's no way I'm putting my financial details on it when I don't understand how it works. So, I assume I have to join the play store and somehow get some credit in it?
How do I stay financially safe? 
Thanks all n

Ayr_Rage

Register for a Google account.

Go to Play Store > Settings > Payments and subscriptions > Payment methods

Then add the payment method you wish to use.

Download the game and authorise the payment.

Vitor

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flaneurs_lobster

Ayr_Rage said:

Register for a Google account.

Go to Play Store > Settings > Payments and subscriptions > Payment methods

Then add the payment method you wish to use.

Download the game and authorise the payment.

If you don't want to add a payment method to your Google Play account then you can buy gift cards for Google Play in any supermarket and load up credit that way. You could even buy them online using your iPhone!

FrankFalcon

flaneurs_lobster said:

Ayr_Rage said:

Register for a Google account.

Go to Play Store > Settings > Payments and subscriptions > Payment methods

Then add the payment method you wish to use.

Download the game and authorise the payment.

If you don't want to add a payment method to your Google Play account then you can buy gift cards for Google Play in any supermarket and load up credit that way. You could even buy them online using your iPhone!

Ha ha. The irony. Thanks. 

glennevis

For added peace of mind go into Google Play Store and switch on purchase verification and biometric verification. This protects you from unexpected Play Store purchases.