In-app Review Link

Question

I am trying to link directly from my app to the review page of an app.

This works perfectly with some of my App ID's, like this one [375031865]:

NSString *reviewURL = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id=375031865&onlyLatestVersion=true&pageNumber=0&sortOrdering=1&type=Purple+Software";
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:reviewURL]];

This also works (Same APP ID, different link format):

NSString *reviewURL = @"itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=375031865";

But does not work with other App ID's, like this one [392551011]:

NSString *reviewURL = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id=392551011&onlyLatestVersion=true&pageNumber=0&sortOrdering=1&type=Purple+Software";
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:reviewURL]];

OR:

NSString *reviewURL = @"itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=392551011";

I have no idea how the same exact link with a different APP ID in it will work for some apps but not others. The error that comes up is "Cannot connect to iTunes Store"

Any ideas? Thanks!

Answer 1

for 392551011 = The DumDumb Exam HD

try:

NSString *reviewURL =
 @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/thedumdumbexamhd";

Entering the above URL into Safari on the device will take me to the App Store page. The URL string is the app name taken from the URL:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-dumdumb-exam-hd/id392551011?mt=8

then converted into lower case and the spaces and the dashes removed.