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britannio / in_app_review

A Flutter plugin for showing the In-App Review/System Rating pop up on Android, IOS, and MacOS. It makes it easy for users to rate your app.
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Could frequent use of requestReview() lead to App Store penalties? #138

Closed uayodev closed 1 week ago

uayodev commented 4 weeks ago

Hi! Thanks for this great package!

I’ve been using requestReview() each time a user opens the app, which has helped generate a lot of positive reviews. My understanding was that await inAppReview.isAvailable() would return True only when the App Store deemed it appropriate, but I’ve noticed it always returns True, allowing requestReview() to be called every time.

Here’s the code:

final InAppReview inAppReview = InAppReview.instance;

if (await inAppReview.isAvailable()) { inAppReview.requestReview(); }

I’m now concerned that this frequent usage might trigger penalties or lower my app’s ranking. Is there a chance that Apple would penalize this kind of repeated use?

Thanks for any insights on this!

britannio commented 4 weeks ago

This should not be used frequently as the underlying API's enforce strict quotas on this feature to provide a great user experience.

On iOS it will only appear three times in a 365-day period. It won't be penalised but it might annoy your users.