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This is called review gating and isn't allowed: https://appradar.com/blog/ask-users-leave-review-in-app-stores#fraudulent-methods-to-gain-more-app-store-reviews

• ryandrake 6y ago
  Interesting! It’s obviously been a while since I was in the 3rd party app business because in my day, the use of these was widespread! Nice to see the vulnerability was closed.
• allenu 6y ago
  Is it actually explicitly disallowed in Apple's guidelines? Their wording almost makes it indicate they want you to only ask for a rating when people are happy with the app: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/ratings-and-reviews/ Make the request when users are most likely to feel satisfaction with your app, such as when they’ve completed an action, level, or task.
  • another-dave 6y ago
    I understood that to mean, if you've goals within you app (e.g. CityMapper — completing a journey; Dropbox — uploading a file; some game — beating a level), ask after the user has completed them, rather than what apps used to do (e.g. before you've been created an account, or getting in your way while you're changing some setting). But when they _do_ ask theyre meant to show the rating dialog either way, not first check what rating you would give.
• mr_toad 6y ago
  Nike Run Club did this to me just last week. The no button leads to a feedback form, the yes button to the App Store.
  • Aulig 6y ago
    Unfortunately it's still widespread, as the rating dialog shouldn't come up during the app review process. So it's unlikely to get caught without being reported.