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William Jockusch
William Jockusch

Reputation: 27285

App store link for "rate/review this app"

I want to put a "rate/review this app" feature into my app.

Is there a way to link directly to the screen in the app store where they review the app? So the customer doesn't have to click through the main app link. Thanks.

EDIT: starting a bounty on this due to the lack of response. Just to make sure it is crystal clear: I am aware that I can link to my app's page in the store, and ask the user to click from there to the "review this app" screen. The question is whether it is possible to link directly to the "review this app" screen so they don't have to click through anything.

Upvotes: 228

Views: 148677

Answers (30)

touhid udoy
touhid udoy

Reputation: 4444

For SwiftUI, there is a simple approach for asking reviews directly.

import SwiftUI
import StoreKit

struct HomeView: View {

    @Environment(\.requestReview) var requestReview

    var body: some View {
                  
        Image(systemName: "star.bubble")
          .resizable()
          .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
          .frame(width:32,height:32)
           .foregroundColor(.orange).onTapGesture {
             requestReview()
        }                
    }
}

Upvotes: -2

Sameer Chouragade
Sameer Chouragade

Reputation: 1

Know you apple app id, it is the numeric digits in your itunes app url after id field.

Something like this : https://itunes.apple.com/app/id148688859, then 148688859 is your app id.

Then, Redirect to this url using your correct app id : https://itunes.apple.com/app/idYOUR_APP_ID?action=write-review.

Upvotes: 0

ETech
ETech

Reputation: 1607

Everything, written above is correct. Just a sample to insert into the app and change {YOUR APP ID} to actual app id, taken from iTunesconnect to show the Review page. Please note, as it was commented above, that it is not working on the Simulator - just the device.

  • Correcting because of iOS 7 changes.
  • Correcting for iOS 10+ openURL changes
  • For iOS 13.6+ review URL is accessible with the one, used before version 6.0. It drives directly to the review page. Code updated
    NSString * appId = @"{YOUR APP ID}";
    NSString * theUrl = [NSString  stringWithFormat:@"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id=%@&onlyLatestVersion=true&pageNumber=0&sortOrdering=1&type=Purple+Software",appId];
    int vers = (int) [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion integerValue];
    if (vers > 6 && vers < 12 ) theUrl = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id%@",appId];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:theUrl] options:@{} completionHandler:nil];

Upvotes: 38

Mohi Dev
Mohi Dev

Reputation: 3366

You can use this link in your url launcher function

https://apps.apple.com/app/APP_ID?action=write-review

Upvotes: 14

Strong84
Strong84

Reputation: 1969

Update:

Swift 5.1, Xcode 11

Tested on Real Device iOS 13.0 (Guarantee to work)

import StoreKit

func rateApp() {

    if #available(iOS 10.3, *) {

        SKStoreReviewController.requestReview()
    
    } else {

        let appID = "Your App ID on App Store"
        let urlStr = "https://itunes.apple.com/app/id\(appID)" // (Option 1) Open App Page    
        let urlStr = "https://itunes.apple.com/app/id\(appID)?action=write-review" // (Option 2) Open App Review Page
        
        guard let url = URL(string: urlStr), UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(url) else { return }
        
        if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
            UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
        } else {
            UIApplication.shared.openURL(url) // openURL(_:) is deprecated from iOS 10.
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 96

LukeSideWalker
LukeSideWalker

Reputation: 7900

Link to any App in the AppStore via SKStoreProductViewController

It is easy to link to your app at the app store via SKStoreProductViewController. But I struggled a little bit, so I decided to show here the whole process and some code necessary. This technique also makes sure that always the correct store will be used (important for localized apps).

To present the product screen of any app of the app store within your app with any of your apps ViewControllers follow this steps:

  1. Add the StoreKit.framework in your project settings (Target, Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries
  2. Import StoreKit into the ViewController class
  3. Make your ViewController conforms this protocol SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate
  4. Create the method to present the StoreView with the product screen you want
  5. Dismiss the StoreView

But most important: This - for some reason - does not work in the simulator - you have to build and install on a real device with internet connectivity.

  1. Adding the StorKit.framework to your project: Find this in your project settings

SWIFT 4: This is the code according to the described steps ahead:

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 2. Import StoreKit into the ViewController class
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import StoreKit

// ...

// within your ViewController

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // 4. Create the method to present the StoreView with the product screen you want
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    func showStore() {
        
        // Define parameter for product (here with ID-Number)
        let parameter : Dictionary<String, Any> = [SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : NSNumber(value: 742562928)]
        
        // Create a SKStoreProduktViewController instance
        let storeViewController : SKStoreProductViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
        
        // set Delegate
        storeViewController.delegate = self
        
        // load product
        storeViewController.loadProduct(withParameters: parameter) { (success, error) in
        
            if success == true {
                // show storeController
                self.present(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
            } else {
                print("NO SUCCESS LOADING PRODUCT SCREEN")
                print("Error ? : \(error?.localizedDescription)")
            }
        }
    }
    
// ...

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 3. Make your ViewController conforming the protocol SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
extension ViewController : SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate {
    
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // 5. Dismiss the StoreView
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    func productViewControllerDidFinish(_ viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
        print("RECEIVED a FINISH-Message from SKStoreProduktViewController")
        viewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

Diego Jim&#233;nez
Diego Jim&#233;nez

Reputation: 1526

Swift 5 Tested in iOS14

Opens the review window with 5 stars selected

private func openReviewInAppStore() {
    let rateUrl = "itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idYOURAPPID?action=write-review"
    if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(URL.init(string: rateUrl)!) {
        UIApplication.shared.open(URL.init(string: rateUrl)!, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Ankit Kumar Gupta
Ankit Kumar Gupta

Reputation: 4042

Using this URL was the perfect solution for me. It takes the user directly to the Write a Review section. Credits to @Joseph Duffy. MUST TRY

URL = itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/idYOUR_APP_ID_HERE?action=write-review&mt=8 Replace YOUR_APP_ID_HERE with your AppId

For a sample code try this :

Swift 3, Xcode 8.2.1 :

 let openAppStoreForRating = "itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id1136613532?action=write-review&mt=8"
 if let url = URL(string: openAppStoreForRating), UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(url) {
      UIApplication.shared.openURL(url)
 } else {
      showAlert(title: "Cannot open AppStore",message: "Please select our app from the AppStore and write a review for us. Thanks!!")
 }

Here showAlert is a custom function for an UIAlertController.

Upvotes: 10

shadi abusamra
shadi abusamra

Reputation: 107

let rateUrl = "itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idYOUR_APP_ID?action=write-review"
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(rateUrl) {
    UIApplication.shared.openURL(rateUrl)
}

Upvotes: 3

Lance Samaria
Lance Samaria

Reputation: 19572

If your app has been approved for Beta and it's not live then the app review link is available but it won't be live to leave reviews.

  1. Log into iTunes Connect
  2. Click My Apps
  3. Click the App Icon your interested in
  4. Make sure your on the App Store page
  5. Go toApp Information section (it should automatically take you there)
  6. At the bottom of that page there is a blue link that says View on App Store. Click it and it will open to an a blank page. Copy what's in the url bar at the top of the page and that's your app reviews link. It will be live once the app is live.

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Upvotes: 0

Vorkey
Vorkey

Reputation: 43

This works fine on iOS 9 - 11.

Haven't tested on earlier versions.

[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://itunes.apple.com/app/idXXXXXXXXXX?action=write-review"];

Upvotes: 2

Andrei Herford
Andrei Herford

Reputation: 18729

EDIT: iOS 11 Solution

This is the solution to my original answer (see below). When using the iOS 11 the following link format will work:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/appName/idAPP_ID?mt=8&action=write-review

Simply replace APP_ID with your specific app ID. The key to make the link work is the country code. The link above uses the us code but it actually doesn't matter which code is used. The user will automatically be redirected to his store.

iOS 11 Update:

It seems that none of the solutions presented in the other answers to get directly to the Review Page works on iOS 11.

The problem most likely is, that an app page in the iOS 11 App Store app does NOT have a Review Tab anymore. Instead the reviews are now located directly below the description and the screenshots. Of course it could still be possible to reach this section directly (e.g. with some kind of anchor), but it seems that this is not supported / intended by Apple.

Using one of the following links does not work anymore. They still bring the users to the App Store app but only to a blank page:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idYOUR_APP_ID?action=write-review
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id=YOUR_APP_ID&onlyLatestVersion=true&pageNumber=0&sortOrdering=1&type=Purple+Software

Everyone how still uses these links should update their apps ASAP, because referring the users to a blank App Store page is most likely not what you intended.

Links which do not refer to the Review page but to the App page, still work however, e.g. 

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idYOUR_APP_ID   (same as above, but without write-review parameter)

So, you can still get the users to your apps Store page, but not directly to the review section anymore. Users now have to scroll down to the review section manually to leave their feedback.

Without a question this a "great and awesome benefit for User Experience and will help developers to engage users to leave high quality reviews without annoying them". Well done Apple...

Upvotes: 46

kspearrin
kspearrin

Reputation: 10738

There is a new way to do this in iOS 11+ (new app store). You can open the "Write a Review" dialog directly.

iOS 11 example:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1137397744?action=write-review

or

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1137397744?action=write-review

Notes:

  • A country code is required (/us/). It can be any country code, doesn't matter.
  • Change the app id (1137397744) to your app id (get it from iTunes URL).
  • If you want to support older iOS version (pre 11), you'll want some conditional logic to only link this way if the OS version is great than or equal to 11.

Upvotes: 12

rshev
rshev

Reputation: 4176

Starting from iOS 10.3 you can attach action=write-review query item to your https://itunes.apple.com/... and https://appsto.re/... URLs. On iOS 10.3 and up it will open Write a review automatically, while on lower iOS releases will fall back to the app's App Store page.

iOS 11 update: Use Apple's linkmaker: linkmaker.itunes.apple.com and append &action=write-review, seems to be the most safe way to go.

Upvotes: 7

neave
neave

Reputation: 2531

Solution for iOS 11

Short App Store URLs do not correctly open the "write a review" interface in the new iOS 11 App Store. For example, this does not work:

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id333903271?mt=8&action=write-review

The workaround is to include a two-letter country code and app name in the URL, such as this:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8&action=write-review

or 

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8&action=write-review

You can get the full URL of your app from here: https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/

This successfully opens the "write a review" interface in the iOS 11 App Store.

Edit: As @Theo mentions below, the country code does not need to be localized and the app name in the URL does not need to be updated if the app name changes.

Hopefully Apple will fix this soon for the shorter URL. See rdar://34498138

Upvotes: 17

DanLand
DanLand

Reputation: 31

quote from Apple Developer Documentation

In addition, you can continue to include a persistent link in the settings or configuration screens of your app that deep-links to your App Store product page. To automatically open a page on which users can write a review in the App Store, append the query parameter action=write-review to your product URL.

So the URL would be the following:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idYOUR_APP_ID?action=write-review

Upvotes: 3

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 1051

Starting in iOS 10.3:

import StoreKit

func someFunction() {
 SKStoreReviewController.requestReview()
}

but its has been just released with 10.3, so you will still need some fallback method for older versions as described above

Upvotes: 1

Vyacheslav
Vyacheslav

Reputation: 27211

SWIFT 3

fileprivate func openAppStore() {
        let appId = "YOUR_APP_ID"
        let url_string = "itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id\(appId)"
        if let url = URL(string: url_string) {
            UIApplication.shared.openURL(url)
        }
    }

Upvotes: 2

deko
deko

Reputation: 2636

All above approaches are correct, but nowadays using SKStoreProductViewController leads to better user experience. To use it you need to do the following:

  • implement SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate protocol in your app delegate

  • add required productViewControllerDidFinish method:

    - (void)productViewControllerDidFinish:(SKStoreProductViewController *)viewController {
  [viewController dismissViewControllerAnimated: YES completion: nil];
}

  • Check if SKStoreProductViewController class is available and either show it or switch to the App Store:

    extern NSString* cAppleID; // must be defined somewhere...

if ([SKStoreProductViewController class] != nil) {
  SKStoreProductViewController* skpvc = [[SKStoreProductViewController new] autorelease];
  skpvc.delegate = self;
  NSDictionary* dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject: cAppleID forKey: SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier];
  [skpvc loadProductWithParameters: dict completionBlock: nil];
  [[self _viewController] presentViewController: skpvc animated: YES completion: nil];
}
else {
  static NSString* const iOS7AppStoreURLFormat = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id%@";
  static NSString* const iOSAppStoreURLFormat = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=%@";
  NSString* url = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat: ([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] >= 7.0f) ? iOS7AppStoreURLFormat : iOSAppStoreURLFormat, cAppleID];
  [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: [NSURL URLWithString: url]];
}

Upvotes: 26

Juanan Jimenez
Juanan Jimenez

Reputation: 224

I'm having the same issue in iOS 10 and I could open the iTunes rate section calling:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id=YOUR_APP_ID&pageNumber=0&sortOrdering=2&type=Purple+Software&mt=7

Basically it changed the last url var to "mt=7"

Cheers

Upvotes: 3

Zaid Pathan
Zaid Pathan

Reputation: 16820

For >= iOS8: (Simplified @EliBud's answer).

#define APP_STORE_ID 1108885113

- (void)rateApp{
    static NSString *const iOSAppStoreURLFormat = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=%d";

    NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:iOSAppStoreURLFormat, APP_STORE_ID]];

    if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:appStoreURL]) {
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:appStoreURL];
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

elibud
elibud

Reputation: 8169

For versions lower than iOS 7 use the old one:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=YOUR_APP_ID

This works on my end (Xcode 5 - iOS 7 - Device!):

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idYOUR_APP_ID

For iOS 8 or later:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id=YOUR_APP_ID&onlyLatestVersion=true&pageNumber=0&sortOrdering=1&type=Purple+Software

Code snippet (you can just copy & paste it):

#define YOUR_APP_STORE_ID 545174222 //Change this one to your ID

static NSString *const iOS7AppStoreURLFormat = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id%d";
static NSString *const iOSAppStoreURLFormat = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=%d";

[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] >= 7.0f)? iOS7AppStoreURLFormat: iOSAppStoreURLFormat, YOUR_APP_STORE_ID]]; // Would contain the right link

Upvotes: 363

TharakaNirmana
TharakaNirmana

Reputation: 10353

The accepted answer failed to load the "Reviews" tab. I found below method to load the "Review" tab without "Details" tab.

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString: @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id={APP_ID}&pageNumber=0&sortOrdering=2&mt=8"]];

Replace {APP_ID} with your app apps store app id.

Upvotes: 2

user3344977
user3344977

Reputation: 3604

Swift 2 version that actually takes you to the review page for your app on both iOS 8 and iOS 9:

let appId = "YOUR_APP_ID"
let url = "itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=\(appId)"

UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string: url)!)

Upvotes: 4

Satinos
Satinos

Reputation: 179

All previous links no more direct to "Reviews" tab,

This link would direct to "Reviews Tab" directly: ​

https://itunes.apple.com/app/viewContentsUserReviews?id=AppID

or ​

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/viewContentsUserReviews?id=AppID

Upvotes: 11

Quanlong
Quanlong

Reputation: 25476

Swift 2 version

func jumpToAppStore(appId: String) {
    let url = "itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id\(appId)"
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string: url)!)
}

Upvotes: 12

Nikunj Patel
Nikunj Patel

Reputation: 302

NSString *url = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kidsworld/id906660185?ls=1&mt=8"];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];

Upvotes: 4

Ahmet Hayrullahoglu
Ahmet Hayrullahoglu

Reputation: 950

Here is the code that I am using in my app;

-(void)rateApp {

     [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[@"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/" stringByAppendingString: @"id547101139"]]]; 
}

Upvotes: 2

Sahil Mahajan
Sahil Mahajan

Reputation: 3990

In iOS7 the URL that switch ur app to App Store for rate and review has changed:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idAPP_ID

Where APP_ID need to be replaced with your Application ID.

For iOS 6 and older, URL in previous answers are working fine.

Source: Appirater

Enjoy Coding..!!

Upvotes: 9

Kynth
Kynth

Reputation: 2607

iOS 4 has ditched the "Rate on Delete" function.

For the time being the only way to rate an application is via iTunes.

Edit: Links can be generated to your applications via iTunes Link Maker. This site has a tutorial.

Upvotes: 4

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