Request reviews of the app (iOS)?

[hawkrives]

https://github.com/oblador/react-native-store-review

iOS has this neat API to prompt the user to rate and optionally review the app, without having to leave - it takes like three seconds.

The api enforces that you can only ask a given user for a review like three times in a year or something.

Should we track how many times the app is opened and show a prompt after, like, the 10th time?

[hawkrives]

I don't think there's an equivalent api for android, and I don't especially like the typical solution of pushing the user out to the store.

[drewvolz]

I’m not entirely sold on bothering the user for a review

[hawkrives]

I'll just note that I'm very bothered by prompts that kick me to the App Store, since it takes so long to load, but I'll happily rate apps that give me the in-app prompt that Apple provides, since it's so fast.

[drewvolz]

Do you still want this @hawkrives?

[hawkrives]

Yes

[hawkrives]

I saw someone that requests push notification permissions on the 7th load of the app; we could ask for a review on the … 21st load or something

[drewvolz]

How does that work across reinstalls? I can imagine a few edges

[hawkrives]

You would be prompted again after 21 uses. SKReviewController won't re-prompt if you're on the same version, and it won't prompt more than three times a year.

[drewvolz]

Alright. I’m onboard.