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How to Get More App Reviews

September 30, 2026 · 5 min read

Reviews come from people who just got the result, not from people who just installed.

Ask after the win

The finished workout, the sent invoice, the saved week of dinners. A prompt on first open asks a stranger for a favor. A prompt after a success asks a user.

Make the ask one tap and easy to refuse

Use the store's review prompt. Do not block the app with a guilt screen. People who feel trapped leave a worse review than silence.

Do not buy them

Paid reviews get you in trouble with the store and they do not sound like your user. The next customer can tell.

Turn a true review into a post

If someone describes the job well, and you have the right to use it, that sentence is slide one. Alma can build the carousel around the job. Do not invent a quote. $29/month for 500 slides, or $199/month with no cap.

Make the posts for your app

Paste your App Store or website link. Alma writes, designs and schedules the slideshows.

Start in Make

Reply to the bad ones in the console

A calm correction or a fix helps the next reader. An argument does not. The public reply is part of marketing.