Hello Corona Community!
I followed this great tutorial by Peach - http://corona.techority.com/2010/12/07/how-to-add-a-rate-it-button-to-your-iphone-app/ - and I have it successfully running. However, how can I tell what rating the user entered? I’ve seen other apps out there that say ‘Rate us 5 stars and get 50 in-game coins’. Is there a way to do this with Corona? [import]uid: 14218 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 328786[/import]
I dunno if that’s possible since the app store has control over the rating (correct me if I’m wrong). Also, I was wondering if other games (Corona or non-Corona) were checking the rating but they aren’t also, they just redirect you to the app’s page [import]uid: 144908 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 115961[/import]
I believe that it is not possible to know “what rate - how many stars” the user has given you anyway. Even if it has “rated” at all. The maximum we could know is if the user “was sent” to the store/review, etc…nothing else though.
My 0.02c only.
Cheers,
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 115962[/import]
Well, that sucks. Lol. I know how to reward the player if they click on the Rate Me button that takes the user to the review page, but I was hoping there was a way to check the rating that he/she made. [import]uid: 14218 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 115963[/import]
Hehe…I would love to know that too. BUT even so what could I do with this data?
Being able to see “real-time” bad reviews “for nothing” would be terrible for my heart! 
PS: Or would you “punish” your “bad user and reviewer” locking the game remotely for them? haha
Cheers,
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 115966[/import]
Or you can send an email to the user and ask for specifics on what they didn’t like in the game. They’ll definitely have suggestions if they have the time to rate and review badly. I read this from a book before: “The worst reviewers can be your best advocate” 
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@bfintal ,
Yes, good one!
I did not think this “way”!
Thanks for sharing and I agree!
Cheers,
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 115971[/import]
My thinking was to give the user a better reward for a higher rating and if it was a bad review, I would ask them to send me an e-mail, message or tweet about how I could make the game better. I’ve been reading about customer interaction and it mentioned ways to turn a bad review into a product advocate. [import]uid: 14218 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 115973[/import]
Just to warn you, if you are releasing on iOS the apple guidelines say you can’t give rewards in return for rating the app - they see it as ‘manipulating the rankings’.
I got away with it on my first app, but had another app rejected for it - the increase in the number of reviews however might be worth the risk of putting back release 7-10 days if you have to remove the rewards. [import]uid: 93133 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 115995[/import]
On the games I have played that offer this, I get the feeling they don’t know what rating I have give, just that I have clicked “yes” when they offer it.
You can see all the ratings your app has in any country by using the iOS app “iTC Mobile” but you have no way of contacting the reviewers as you don’t get access to their email address.
Dave [import]uid: 117617 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 115999[/import]
CSR Racing has 2k+ 5-star ratings because if you rate the game, they give you gold coins. lol! [import]uid: 144908 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116000[/import]
Personal opinion: Yeah apple seem to turn a blind eye to big companies doing this reward for reviews thing but dont allow small studios to do it.
Its the classic case of one rule for one, another rule for others [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116003[/import]
Haha Danny, absolutely…I may try and sneak it back in the next update and if they complain, refer them to games like CSR!
I’ve also wondered whether the Song Pop people are paying royalties for the music they stream in their app. The iTunes preview API (which I assume they are using) allows you to stream the previews on a website or in an app, but expressly says this should not be the main focus or entertainment value of the app. Hmm… [import]uid: 93133 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116007[/import]
How do they know you have rated the app (CSR Racing) succesfully? When the user exit the app then the developer have no way of knowing if you really did rate the app? Ratings are 100% controlled by Apple right? [import]uid: 65840 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116008[/import]
They don’t - but I guess they could fool the user into thinking they will only get the coins by rating the app (or even giving 5 stars!). Most people won’t know that developers don’t have access to this information. [import]uid: 93133 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116009[/import]
I’m building my game now with a multiplier that increases as you do objectives… one objective is to rate the game
@Cindy, they don’t know whether you rated. The app can only point you to the rating’s page. Then the app just assumes you’ve rated. Well… most people perform the rating anyway. [import]uid: 144908 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116010[/import]
I think Apple would be ok if you give something for reviewing the game but they would object if you said they have to give a 5 star rating.
Not got CSR Racing, so don’t know what their exact wording is.
Dave [import]uid: 117617 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116015[/import]
Not the case, officially you can’t offer anything in exchange for rating the game…whether or not you get away with it depends on the individual reviewer :-/ [import]uid: 93133 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116024[/import]
Okay, so I was really curious about this and started looking through the iTunes developer forums and came across this:
item 3.10: Developers who attempt to manipulate or cheat the user reviews or chart ranking in the App Store with fake or paid reviews, or any other inappropriate methods will be removed from the iOS Developer Program.
With this in mind, I am definitely not going to risk being removed from the app store and I’ll just politely ask for a rating. Thanks guys! [import]uid: 14218 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116151[/import]
Good find! That sounds bad… I might remove it and just add a ‘log into Facebook’ and ‘post score to facebook’ objective instead. [import]uid: 144908 topic_id: 28786 reply_id: 116154[/import]