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I'm writing a WP7 application and I have code to ask the user for a marketplace review every five runs with an exponential back off so it is less annoying. If the user clicks 'ok' on my "would you like to review" message box, I launch the review task and I store that the user has reviewed the application so I don't ask again.
var marketplaceReviewTask = new MarketplaceReviewTask();
marketplaceReviewTask.Show();
IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings["HasReviewed"] = true;
However, while it's likely they did rate the app, I'm actually not a 100% sure they did. Is there a way to check if the current user really has written a review? Does the MarketplaceReviewTask() have a returnvalue? I haven't been able to find anything that indicates I can listen for it.
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Have you ever come across a bunch of reviews that look similar? That's a sign of fake reviews. It's easy enough to make a fake profile and repeat the same response multiple times to get as many good reviews as possible. If you see duplicate reviews for an app, it's probably fake.
As other users mentioned before your best bet is to use a "Rate my app" button or dialog. If you use analytics you can track button clicks. If using Google Analytics you could assign event values for buttons displayed on the dialog box and see see how many users click "Rate" button.
Apple does not "reveal [your] email" when they publish reviews. They do publish your Apple ID username, but I believe this can be overridden if you review using iTunes on Mac/PC instead of doing so from your phone.
“An app with 1 star rating will still be available for download even after it gets poor ratings. However, there will be a huge impact on future downloads of the apps as most of it is dependent on reviews,” Vivek Shah who develops applications told Business Insider India.
No, MarketplaceReviewTask does not have any events which return a value. A case with most of the Launcher tasks. Chooser tasks have events to collect the information. Like @willmel said in the comment, it does look like an invasion of privacy.
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