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How do I review an iPhone application for the App Store?I've been buying different applications for my iPhone and would like to start leaving some ratings and reviews of those that I like. I can't figure out how to do it from my iPhone 3GS, however: what's the secret? First off, did you know that I have my own iPhone app that duplicates all of the content of this Web site in the palm of your hand? For $0.99 it's garnered a bunch of five-star reviews and is a no-brainer purchase. Check it out, the first iPhone tech support app [iTunes link]. Advertising interruption done, let's look at your question! :-) There's one way you can rate an application from your iPhone: delete it. No, seriously. If you go to delete an iPhone app, it invites you to rate it as you're proceeding: ![]() That's not very practical, especially if you actually like the application! The secret, therefore, is rate it within iTunes, not on your phone. "Ahhh, okay" you say, "but how do I find an app that I've already bought?" I can help you out with that. Let's start at the beginning, though. Start out by launching iTunes (Mac or PC) and look on the left side. You'll see this: ![]() Click on "iTunes Store". Now, on the top right, you'll see a search box. Type in the first few letters of the app's name or a keyword that describes the app. As you proceed, you should see iTunes offer suggestions, as shown here: ![]() When you've entered a few characters or even the full name of the app, press Return and you'll see the matches shown: ![]() Good. Click on the one you want. For this example, I'll click on iHound as I've been meaning to leave a review for the app anyway. Now on the left side, just a little ways down, you'll see: ![]() If you just want to rate the app with 1-5 stars, just click on "Rate this". What you probably want to do, however, is actually write a review. To do that, look a bit lower down in the middle of the iTunes window. You'll see something more akin to this: ![]() Can you guess what you're supposed to click on? Yep, on "Write a Review". Do that and you'll see: ![]() Looks good? Click on "Submit" and you'll get this confirmation: ![]() Done. Congratulations! Disclaimer: obviously, the Ask Dave Taylor iPhone app [iTunes link] is affiliated with my site. The same development team also created the slick iHound [iTunes link] app too. Now you know.
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Tagged: apple iphone, iphone app reviews, iphone development, iphone programming Previous: Review: Amazon Kindle 2, one year later Next: Can I automatically add words to a Google search? Reader Comments To Date: 3Abbas Mirza said, on January 28, 2011 7:52 AM:
Actually there is another way you can rate and comment the app from within the iPhone. Got to the app store and search for the App that you want to rate and view the current ratings by selecting Ratings Tab located at the bottom of App descriptions and screen shots. Now select the Write a Review to do the deed. The catch is that you need to have the App installed to do this. So once you have the app installed come back to the App Store from your iPhone to rate it. Remah muniz said, on September 3, 2011 7:19 PM:
A number of companies now exist to create applications solely for mobile devices. If you need help choosing the best iphone application developer for you, a quick Google search for "app developer" may be able to help.
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It's a pity that iTunes makes you go through their store to leave a review. If you pull up the Applications menu, you should be able to click on the app icons and have that take you to the app's page. Could have sworn it used to be that way but I guess no longer.