How much is a Google developer account?

Eligibility criteria:

Google charges a one-time $25 fee to get a developer account on Google Play, which lets you publish Android apps. Free apps are distributed at no cost, and Google takes 30% of the revenues of paid apps for “carriers and billing settlement fees”.

Google Developers (previously Google Code) is Google’s site for software development tools and platforms, application programming interfaces (APIs), and technical resources .