Comments on: Presenting, Appirater

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:15:24 +0000

nice, i just implemented something similar in my todo list app. http://www.taskerapp.com

since i have a todo list i offered the option to create a new todo to remind the user to rate the app.

I first saw this in the app “Where To?”, it will be interesting to see how this effects user ratings. I think a big part is how you ask, the request you did is very simple polite and undemanding. good job.

By: Sangraal

Sangraal — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:02:31 +0000

Thanks for this Arash, this is very useful.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:55:15 +0000

@Arash No, but I am using the 3.1 SDK to compile and install it on my 3.0 device.

By: Arash

Arash — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:04:47 +0000

@Derek Are you running it on OS 3.1? I haven't had a chance to test it there yet.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:24:37 +0000

@Arash

I’m getting the “too many redirects” error on my iPod Touch.

By: Lee Armstrong

Lee Armstrong — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:55:25 +0000

Legend ta!

By: Arash

Arash — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:20:16 +0000

@Lee Armstrong
It’s doing that because it needs to be run on the device, and the simulator doesn’t have the App Store on it.

Try it there and it will redirect you to the review page for the app.

By: Lee Armstrong

Lee Armstrong — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:04:52 +0000

Doesn’t work for me. Safari opens and then comes up with too many redirects!

By: DerekS

DerekS — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:31:51 +0000

The name couldn’t be worse – but the idea and implementation is great. Thanks for sharing this with us!

By: SmallBusinessMac

SmallBusinessMac — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:26:09 +0000

This seems like a good idea and a good execution, well done!

The name does sound like “App pirate” a bit. On the other hand, this probably gives it a “stickiness” quality because of the surprise element.

In any case, good idea, thanks for sharing.