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chaley · 03-19-2015, 08:59 AM

Below 4 stars is bad. Reasons:

Google provides a filter in the play store to show only apps with 4 stars or better. AndroidPolice says that this should "in theory, should weed out most bad or exploitive apps." BGR, a reasonably well reputed mobile app news source published "Here’s how to find only the best apps on the Google Play Store", referencing the 4+ star filter.

Apparently Google takes rating into consideration when searching. It isn't clear whether this would hurt us much, but it can't help.

According to this survey, 3% of buyers will not download an app if it has less than 5 stars and another 35% of buyers will not download an app if it has less than 4 stars, so almost 38% of users won't consider less than 4. Another 39% will not download an app if it has less than 3 stars. Thus 77% of the market considers below 3 star as junk.

Finally this page says that "According to Google, apps that earn a 4- or 5-star rating average almost 29 times more revenue than do lower rated apps."

03-19-2015, 08:59 AM	#3
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,452 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Below 4 stars is bad. Reasons: Google provides a filter in the play store to show only apps with 4 stars or better. AndroidPolice says that this should "in theory, should weed out most bad or exploitive apps." BGR, a reasonably well reputed mobile app news source published "Here’s how to find only the best apps on the Google Play Store", referencing the 4+ star filter. Apparently Google takes rating into consideration when searching. It isn't clear whether this would hurt us much, but it can't help. According to this survey, 3% of buyers will not download an app if it has less than 5 stars and another 35% of buyers will not download an app if it has less than 4 stars, so almost 38% of users won't consider less than 4. Another 39% will not download an app if it has less than 3 stars. Thus 77% of the market considers below 3 star as junk. Finally this page says that "According to Google, apps that earn a 4- or 5-star rating average almost 29 times more revenue than do lower rated apps." Last edited by chaley; 03-19-2015 at 10:04 AM.