Does the Android App Store have different standards than the iOS App Store?

I have a friend who has produced a game for Android. I agreed to play test it for him. I have an Android tablet, but I usually use my iOS tablet.

It’s really rough around the edges and needs a lot of polishing. Instead of having any animations, a text box that looks like an error message pops up to tell you what happened. I’ve played another version of this game so I kind of know what’s going on, but I think any new person introduced to the game would be totally confused or bored with it.

He says he’s going to put it out on the App Store as is. He will work on it and get it much more polished over time, but he says the game is ready for alpha release.

I am used to shopping Apple’s store and I’ve never seen anything so rough and unready for public on it. I think if he puts his game out in the state it’s in now, people might get turned off and not want to play it in the future.

But maybe the Android market has different expectations. I don’t really know because I don’t shop Android very often at all. Do they have games that are in super raw alpha testing up for everyone to download?