# arashpayan/appirater

A utility that reminds your iPhone app's users to review the app.

Repository: https://github.com/arashpayan/appirater
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/appirater
Homepage: http://arashpayan.com/blog/2009/09/07/presenting-appirater/
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-02-21T00:18:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6204, "days_push": 1655, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4594, forks 833 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:54.759137+00:00)

## What it is
Appirater is an Objective-C class that iOS developers drop into their apps to remind users to leave a review on the App Store. It prompts users based on configurable conditions like days since install, number of launches, and significant events, and automatically uses SKStoreReviewController on iOS 10.3+.

## Use cases
- ask users to rate my iPhone app after several launches
- prompt for App Store reviews only from engaged users
- increase positive reviews for my iOS app
- show a rating reminder after a set number of days of usage
- integrate native in-app review prompts with SKStoreReviewController fallback

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Objective-C or older iOS app needing customizable review prompts
- you want fine-grained control over when rating prompts appear (days, uses, significant events)
- you need a battle-tested drop-in class rather than building prompt logic yourself

## When to avoid
- you target only iOS 10.3+ and are fine with Apple's native SKStoreReviewController API
- you use Swift and prefer modern alternatives like Swift Package-based rating libraries
- you need actively developed software with recent commits and support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: sdk, plugin-system
- domain: mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: app-store-reviews, rating-prompt, objective-c, cocoapods, user-engagement, app-store, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- arashpayan/appirater (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:54.759137+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:49.197780+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arashpayan/appirater (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:54.759137+00:00, sha 6d494e22cba3)
  - homepage: http://arashpayan.com/blog/2009/09/07/presenting-appirater/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:04:57.604753+00:00, sha 24a1a87d58fc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.