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Apple is making it mandatory to use its official in-app rating function in the Apple API.

While these new rules are clearly a boon for consumers, many developers may find the constraints too limiting. Among the many ways that our apps get on our nerves is when they repeatedly pressure us to leave a review in the App Store, but as of this week, Apple is cutting back on those annoying prompts significantly.

The developer, whose post was first noticed by Motherboard, received a rejection letter from Apple saying your app contains images and references to Pepe the Frog, which are considered objectionable content. Previously, when a new app version of an iOS app was released, the ratings would be reset to zero since the current App Store only aggerates reviews of the current versions of the software. An app can only display the prompt three times a year, regardless of how often its been updated. If an app has recently undergone significant changes then it might be more hard to find relevant reviews unless users take the time to write reviews without being prompted. And, it will be possible to disable these review prompts entirely starting in iOS 11.

If you still dislike the new way of Apple encouraging you to rate apps, you can turn them off altogether by heading into the iOS Settings app.

The app in question is a Flappy Bird-style game starring Pepe the Frog except instead of tapping you scream into the phones microphone. Theres nothing the developer can do to display the prompt again when the limit has been reached. People have been annoyed by app review prompts for years, and this update seems to remedy the problem.

It looks like Pepe the Frog is not welcome on the Apple App Store. And once a user has left a rating, theyll never see it again. Developers will have an increased chance of receiving a rating, providing they respect the users choice. It was an inconvenient system and many users just ignored the prompts.

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IOS 11 Will Feature Standardized Review Prompts You Can Disable - Normangee Star