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Can You Trust iTunes App Store Reviews?

#15 User is offline   Felix001 Icon

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Posted 20 March 2009 - 08:03 AM

@adobephile: "...don't know HOW many times I've seen people use "it's" and "you're" for possessive."

Then again, I've seen developers make those same errors in their user manuals and help files so I'm not sure that's indicative of much other than the state of our education system.
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Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:53 AM

I can provide you with plenty of apps that have only 5-star reviews, and the reviewers have only reviewed those products.
But that's not the worst. The worst is many great, glowing reviews are 1-star! It makes the spread of stars hard to read. Apparently, apple defaults to '1-star' when you just write a review w/o rating.
And all this from a company that claims UI and usability are its top priority. We should demand more from Apple, we have a right to complain because of the Apple Tax.
The apps store, and iTunes are an embarrassment.
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Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:59 AM

PS. You've missed a big part of the story: promo codes for reviews! HUGE,HUGE,HUGE.
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Posted 25 March 2009 - 12:06 PM

I usually take the reviews with a grain of salt. I typically focus on the single star reviews and then the 5 star reviews. This kind of gives me some balance.
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