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App Store Ratings & Reviews →
Since the inception of the App store, I have never once taken the decency to write a purposeful review for any of the fantastic applications that I use daily and it’s not something I’m proud to announce but hope to change. Granted the initiative must come from me to do it but Louie Mantia has brought to light that Apple doesn’t necessarily set the perfect stage for a review to be given and the flaw that exist in it:
The problem with ratings is not just consistency, but its how they’re not helpful for anybody. This is partly because people are only prompted to review an application when they remove it from their device. How is this a good idea? If someone’s deleting an application, they most likely don’t like it or became bored with it, their spirits are already in the crapper, and now that app is likely to get a ★ rating.
But for the people who are enjoying an application, they’re never prompted to say “Hey, this app rocks my socks off!” And this is a huge problem. I’ve seen a bit of code you can put in your app to add this functionality, but Apple needs to do this themselves.
I’d like them to add a feature where after a given amount of time, the app prompts the user to rate the application now, later, or never to bug them again about it. This would drastically even the odds and make reviews a little more relevant, because people would be reviewing the application as they use it instead of when they’ve gotten bored of it.
Makes perfect sense. I’m more willingly to complete a task if I’m constantly reminded of it especially if it involves something I take pleasure in using.
