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GraciousWolf_PE Aspiring developer Posts: 372 Reg: Feb 15, 2012 Montreal 10,720	confirm \| cancel 10/09/12 11:54 PM (13 years ago) Average Ratings for App Hey everyone, So my app has received about 5 positive ratings/reviews in the past week (3 in the US, 1 in Canada, and 1 in Australia). This brings me to a couple of questions: 1) How many reviews/ratings do I need to display an average in the App Store? 2) Is this average "country-centric"? i.e. If I have a lot of reviews from the States and get an average in the App Store, is this only exclusive in the US or will all other locations be able to see an average score? 3) Any way for promo code users to be able rate and review the app? Thanks for the info! P.S. A little publicity if anyone is willing to pay a "hefty" $1.99 in addition to submitting a top notch rating with a nifty review ;) - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tgfu-games-for-elementary-pe/id549014086?ls=1&mt=8 Thanks again! Nicholas Title Comments Hey everyone, So my app has received about 5 positive ratings/reviews in the past week (3 in the US, 1 in Canada, and 1 in Australia). This brings me to a couple of questions: 1) How many reviews/ratings do I need to display an average in the App Store? 2) Is this average "country-centric"? i.e. If I have a lot of reviews from the States and get an average in the App Store, is this only exclusive in the US or will all other locations be able to see an average score? 3) Any way for promo code users to be able rate and review the app? Thanks for the info! P.S. A little publicity if anyone is willing to pay a "hefty" $1.99 in addition to submitting a top notch rating with a nifty review ;) - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tgfu-games-for-elementary-pe/id549014086?ls=1&mt=8 Thanks again! Nicholas

Absentia buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 960 Reg: Oct 20, 2011 Alaska 20,600	10/10/12 01:23 AM (13 years ago) 1. I believe 5 reviews will get your average displayed 2. Yes. You, or anybody else, will only see the reviews for the country that your iTunes is set to. If you you have the iTunes Connect app (itc mobile) it allows you to easily look at reviews from every country 3. I'm not sure about promo codes...I'm wondering this too. Last I checked it seemed kind of glitchy - some people could and some people couldn't Comments 1. I believe 5 reviews will get your average displayed 2. Yes. You, or anybody else, will only see the reviews for the country that your iTunes is set to. If you you have the iTunes Connect app (itc mobile) it allows you to easily look at reviews from every country 3. I'm not sure about promo codes...I'm wondering this too. Last I checked it seemed kind of glitchy - some people could and some people couldn't

MadRod Aspiring developer Posts: 1853 Reg: Apr 12, 2012 Lisbon 27,930	10/10/12 01:58 AM (13 years ago) Hey, I think 3 is the number that will get your first stars. You can only see the reviews for the country that you use the app store, but you do see the stars. This is, the app has X number of stars and 20 reviews. Sometimes when you click the reviews you cant see them, becaue they are from another store. Promo codes, cannot post reviews, otherwise, one could "buy" good reviews with codes. So if you use a code, you dont buy the app, you're not allowed to review it. Cheers. Miguel Comments Hey, I think 3 is the number that will get your first stars. You can only see the reviews for the country that you use the app store, but you do see the stars. This is, the app has X number of stars and 20 reviews. Sometimes when you click the reviews you cant see them, becaue they are from another store. Promo codes, cannot post reviews, otherwise, one could "buy" good reviews with codes. So if you use a code, you dont buy the app, you're not allowed to review it. Cheers. Miguel

GraciousWolf_PE Aspiring developer Posts: 372 Reg: Feb 15, 2012 Montreal 10,720	10/10/12 08:57 AM (13 years ago) Hey guys, Thanks for the replies. So if I understood correctly: 1) Ratings will show across countries, but reviews will only be available for the country my iTunes is set to. In my case (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tgfu-games-for-elementary-pe/id549014086?ls=1&mt=8), would that be the US store? 2) I've got 4 US ratings/reviews, 2 Canadian ratings/reviews, and 1 Australian rating/review. So let's say I get 1 more US rating/reviews, does this mean an average rating would appear on all App Stores for my app or only the US store? Thanks again! Nicholas Comments Hey guys, Thanks for the replies. So if I understood correctly: 1) Ratings will show across countries, but reviews will only be available for the country my iTunes is set to. In my case (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tgfu-games-for-elementary-pe/id549014086?ls=1&mt=8), would that be the US store? 2) I've got 4 US ratings/reviews, 2 Canadian ratings/reviews, and 1 Australian rating/review. So let's say I get 1 more US rating/reviews, does this mean an average rating would appear on all App Stores for my app or only the US store? Thanks again! Nicholas

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