Mangosix
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Many app developers know app store optimization contain several parts, positive reviews and high ratings is an important part of ASO. Large amount of positive reviews will attract more users to download your app, and also will help to generate your app’s credibility. Positive app reviews will notify potential users that your app is highly recommended and well reviewed by other users, which will help to generate more downloads. Beside this, following are also some reasons why positive reviews and ratings are so important.
Positive reviews help boost app rankings
When you put keywords in the search box, you will find the reviews and ratings of the first few app appear in the top are always very high. Those ratings are almost 4/5 star have a high ranking in the app store. For those below 3-star ratings, the ranking is dramatically declining. Positive app review is also a signal to the App Store. It tells the App Store that your app is high reviewed and high recommended.
Positive reviews help increase download rate
Apart from that, when potential users decide to download your app, they will judge its quality by reading the previous reviews from other users. Over 70% users will look at least one review before downloading. And 90% apps with over 4-star ratings will be downloaded, so the app reviews and ratings will also affect the download rate.
So how to get more positive reviews and high ratings?
Create a high quality app - High quality app always liked by users. Make it perfect, and users have not bad words to say.
Ask your friends and families’ help - Ask them download your app and write positive reviews for you, and they can advertise it to their friends.
Send emails - If your app get some negative reviews, you can send email to ask them the point why they don't like your app, and if they can change the reviews for you.
Exchange reviews - Create or join some communities which in there you can help each other by downloading app and writing reviews for each other.
Ask users help - Choose to sent a pop-ups is the most common method. Remember not ask users write reviews when they just register or just play for a while, it is better to do this when they use some functions of your app achieve their goal or go through a difficult game level.
Offline activities - For example, if your app is a game app, you can hold a competition let more people download and play it, after experienced the app, ask them write positive reviews and give some small gift as rewards.
Cooperate with a third company - If you have enough budget but have limited time and effort to promote your app, it is suitable for you to buy app reviews from a reliable reviews provider company.
Give gift as rewards - Give back some free levels, let users use paid functions or give gifts like free equipment if users can leave positive reviews for your app.
Positive reviews help boost app rankings
When you put keywords in the search box, you will find the reviews and ratings of the first few app appear in the top are always very high. Those ratings are almost 4/5 star have a high ranking in the app store. For those below 3-star ratings, the ranking is dramatically declining. Positive app review is also a signal to the App Store. It tells the App Store that your app is high reviewed and high recommended.
Positive reviews help increase download rate
Apart from that, when potential users decide to download your app, they will judge its quality by reading the previous reviews from other users. Over 70% users will look at least one review before downloading. And 90% apps with over 4-star ratings will be downloaded, so the app reviews and ratings will also affect the download rate.
So how to get more positive reviews and high ratings?
Create a high quality app - High quality app always liked by users. Make it perfect, and users have not bad words to say.
Ask your friends and families’ help - Ask them download your app and write positive reviews for you, and they can advertise it to their friends.
Send emails - If your app get some negative reviews, you can send email to ask them the point why they don't like your app, and if they can change the reviews for you.
Exchange reviews - Create or join some communities which in there you can help each other by downloading app and writing reviews for each other.
Ask users help - Choose to sent a pop-ups is the most common method. Remember not ask users write reviews when they just register or just play for a while, it is better to do this when they use some functions of your app achieve their goal or go through a difficult game level.
Offline activities - For example, if your app is a game app, you can hold a competition let more people download and play it, after experienced the app, ask them write positive reviews and give some small gift as rewards.
Cooperate with a third company - If you have enough budget but have limited time and effort to promote your app, it is suitable for you to buy app reviews from a reliable reviews provider company.
Give gift as rewards - Give back some free levels, let users use paid functions or give gifts like free equipment if users can leave positive reviews for your app.
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