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How do you score?
I was just about to post some app store reviews and my OCD kicked in: I simply couldn't figure out a proper score if decide if I should even post anything yet.
My example will use the two latest apps I've bought: EG Nodes and Nembrini 501. This could have been any of the nearly 90 apps I've bought since getting my new iPad and to be honest I haven't posted any reviews yet and few scores.
I just find the score system so difficult to square in my mind. Let me give examples (score and reason) for those two apps:
Nodes 5 stars: I know its not perfect yet, but lower ratings could potentially hurt sales.
Nodes 5 stars: I know its not perfect yet, but the dev is responsive and deserves reward for his work, communication, attitude and quick updates.
Nodes 4 stars: let's face it, no app releases perfect and couldn't be bettered, 5 stars should rarely be awarded even for apps I love.
Nodes 5 stars: the app is genuinely great but doesn't quite hit all marks for myself yet, but we know some d×ck will give it 1 star for some stupid reason at some point.
Nodes 4 stars: giving it 5 because I selfishly want it to be as popular as the best apps really hurts my OCD tendencies for want of a better phrase.
Nodes 5 stars: even if its not perfect, it needs 5 star reviews to promote sales and hence the dev might get enough income to keep developing this forever! Lol
501 5 stars: really love the sounds I can make with this app!
501 4 stars or less: I've really no idea how the quality of its sounds compare to others as I'm old and have cloth ears.
Etc etc etc
Yeah, you might say that in the big scheme of things that this is just not important and I'm just ranting: you would be right! Just had to get it out there as a talking therapy for myself. Now off to have some more fun with Nodes, the Nembrini app I may have named wrong and the other 80 plus apps I bought in the sales recently. Life is really very good.
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Rats. I thought this thread was going to be about bar pickup lines. 🤷🏼♂️
But as long as I'm here: IMO app ratings should be honest. Always. Inflating them to help a developer doesn't help anyone. It doesn't help the developer to gloss over something that they might need to know is lacking in their app. If something is lowering your opinion of the app the developer can benefit from knowing about it.
There are two sides to reviews too. An inflated review isn't fair to buyers.
If I take off a star for something I always explain why. That's only fair to the developer and to those checking reviews.
I do take into consideration whether or not it looks like the developer will make the changes I'm hoping for in a reasonable timeframe. If a feature is missing but is likely to come, I don't take a star off, but I do mention what I'd like to see and that I think the feature will come in a reasonable timeframe.
But where do you start from? Features can always be added. You may want X feature that may or may not be part of the direction the dev has for that app. Your desire for a feature may be justified to yourself, but nobody else cares. How many stars do you take off for features that you want and think should be there. Should AUM be a 3 star app because we know it could have plenty more features. How do you balance your desires, your way of working, your needs with any reduction?
How do we estimate 'fair'? Some look at reviews and mentally put more emphasis on any negatives or suggestions of missing features. Some, as yourself, would like more 'fair' or balanced reviews and scores. Look at game reviews. Anything below 80% and people see them as 'bad' games for the most part.
Hence the etc etc etc near the end of my suggestions: a thousand and one reasons we can attribute to any score, but there is no universal language being used. The scores are at the same time meaningless, and full of meaning to an individual buyer or developer.
And..... what is your best pickup line?
Like I said. Reviews should be honest. It doesn't matter if anyone agrees with me. And I assume people are smart enough to make their own choice about whether a feature is important to them. But that does make it all the more important to explain the reasons for a rating - good and bad.
I don't think "fairness" comes into it. A review isn't a social or economic justice tool. It's a communication about your impressions. People can make up their own minds.
If I had any I wouldn't be here all the time.
As future generations spend more time online, the cheesy chat up line could go the way of the Dodo!?