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It occurs to me after reading this, that I am just as much a part of the problem as all of the overly negative reviewers. I have dozens of apps that I think ar
by tialys 16y ago
It occurs to me after reading this, that I am just as much a part of the problem as all of the overly negative reviewers. I have dozens of apps that I think are quite usable, and I don't think I've submitted a good review for any of them because... well they work! I think I'm going to make it a goal this week to write some good reviews for apps I use all the time.
- hrabago 16y agoThis is one of the big problems with app reviews. The ones who are satisfied for the most part won't bother. Unless you start experiencing problems, you likely won't even think about leaving reviews. (I suppose developers can try to counter this by adding a review link on their apps.) I use the free weather.com app and always thought it was amazing but never left a review until the latest version which had a slower UI. Still gave it 4 starts, though.
- gmac 16y agoI think low ratings on apparently decent free apps are mostly down to users not reading the app's description, finding it doesn't do what they (semi-randomly) imagined it would, and marking it poorly in the pre-iOS 4 rate-on-delete pop-up. My most recent app politely and unobtrusively asks to be reviewed after 10 uses, on the thinking that users who've stuck it this long probably don't hate it. I forget which other app I learned this trick from, but it seems to have helped a little.