How to write a review for an iPhone App from your Computer

Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 @ 7:28 pm by in About Views: 1,617

Hello JapanNewbies!

We’ve been making iPhone Apps to teach Japanese for a while now, and it’s really fun. There is one challenge though – it’s really hard to get feedback on the apps.

It’s not a problem of people not downloading them, we have sold more apps than I have friends. It’s incredible. There are a surprising amount of people out there who search the iTunes App Store for “Kansai Dialect” and decide to download the Japanese 101: Kansai-ben application for example. I have no idea how people are finding Giongo and Gitaigo… but they do.

The problem is, few people who buy the apps take the time to write a review and tell us how they like them. Reviews are important so that we know what works and what doesn’t. This in turn will lead to better apps and more Japanese for you! Otherwise it’s hard to find bugs and know what would make the next versions of the apps even better.

It’s not a problem of people not wanting to write reviews, it’s actually a problem with the App Store. It’s only easy to write a review when you delete an app from your phone. If you want to write a review without deleting it you have to navigate the App Store and it’s not so simple. A bit laborious really…

So, here I teach you how to write a review from the App Store, and encourage you to review Japanese 101 Apps if you own any!

How to Review an App from your Computer

1. Launch iTunes on your computer.

2. Select the iTunes Store from the menu on the left.

3. Search for “Japanese 101 Kansai Dialect” (or whatever app you own and want to review)

4. Click on the app from the search results.

5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click ‘WRITE A REVIEW’.

(You may have to login into iTunes to submit the review, but you don’t have to use your username. You can use a fake name if you want.)

Click Here to Write an App Review
Click Here to Write an App Review

That’s it!

Thanks!!!

- Harvey

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How to write a review from your computer.

  • http://www.blacktokyo.com zurui

    Hi JapanNewbie:

    Thanks for the tips on leaving comments. I will post on BT.

    BTW, I hope the BT podcast,BT tweets and BT posts aided in people find your apps.

    Take care!

    Zu

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