diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/alogcat-n.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/alogcat-n.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1d49fd5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/alogcat-n.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -u -e
+
+INDX=1
+PAT="."
+
+usage() {
+    [ $# -ge 1 ] && echo "ERROR: $1"
+    echo "usage: $(basename $0) [-n <1-based-indx>] [-g]"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
+    case $1 in
+        -n) shift
+            [ $# -ge 1 ] || usage "-n requires a parameter"
+            INDX=$1
+            ;;
+        -g) PAT="D/XW4\|D/xw4"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage
+            ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+DEVICE=$(adb devices | grep 'device$' | awk '{print $1}' | sed -n "${INDX}p")
+adb -s $DEVICE logcat | grep "$PAT"