How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by rkischuk » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 1:14 AM UTC

How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store
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Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by haribilalic » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 1:50 AM UTC

I hate when apps request a review like this. It's worse when they ask repeatedly.

Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by Charuru » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 1:53 AM UTC

haribilalic wrote: post #2

I hate when apps request a review like this. It's worse when they ask repeatedly.

What's wrong with clicking no thanks?

Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 1:55 AM UTC

haribilalic wrote: post #2

I hate when apps request a review like this. It's worse when they ask repeatedly.

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Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by dmpatierno » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 1:56 AM UTC

haribilalic wrote: post #2

I hate when apps request a review like this. It's worse when they ask repeatedly.

Appirater defaults to asking only once, and not until two weeks of steady usage. This helps get better reviews since people who use the app a lot tend to like it. In addition, developers have full control over when to display the prompt to avoid interrupting certain tasks.

Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by yoda_sl » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 1:57 AM UTC

haribilalic wrote: post #2

I hate when apps request a review like this. It's worse when they ask repeatedly.

If the developer implement it the right way, choosing 'no thanks' will stop asking for reviewing. In addition if it's implemented the right way it will ask once in a while rather than every time. I have implemented such request to review in different applications in the AppStore but so far the result is pretty mixed: some app got a few extra reviews, but others none with apps being the same quality.

Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by timerickson » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 1:59 AM UTC

Step 3 is: Don't put obtrusive ads on top of your content every other minute and call it a feature. Ahem #dickbar

Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by gohat » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 2:04 AM UTC

Writing from the developers side, this type of functionality is extremely useful. Many products are review driven, and getting reviews is not easy. Reviews tend to fuel traffic and demand especially in the App store context.

But as a user, I strongly dislike being spammed. Here, what seems nice is that it waits until 30 days use before asking and only asks once per version, which is good for multiple reasons. (I'd likely personally keep it to once ever though)

Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by 16s » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 2:09 AM UTC

haribilalic wrote: post #2

I hate when apps request a review like this. It's worse when they ask repeatedly.

If the app is useful to you and it is free and not inundating you with ads, a positive review is the least you could do in return. It seems reasonable.

Re: How to get 4 to 5 stars on the App Store

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Post by marcc » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 2:27 AM UTC

Apple has changed the review process to be less biased. Not sure when it was (somewhere around 4.0 launch last year) but they no longer prompt users to rate an app during the uninstall process.

I too really dislike being asked to rate an app. Especially since there's never a good time for this. Most of the time I've see this on my phone is when I launch an app for the 5th or 6th time. I launched the app to use it, not to review it.

We all hate the bad reviews. But don't start doing this. It's just bad user experience.