# nicklockwood/irate

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4,079 stars · 719 forks · Objective-C · NOASSERTION

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/nicklockwood/iRate
- Homepage: http://charcoaldesign.co.uk/source/cocoa#irate
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/nicklockwood-irate.md

## Description

iRate is an iOS app rating prompt library and user engagement tool. It provides a framework for triggering native App Store rating requests and integrating tools that direct users to application pages and review prompts within the Apple ecosystem.

The library optimizes the timing of feedback requests by tracking application usage metrics, specifically installation dates and launch counts. This ensures rating dialogs appear only after specific installation age and launch count thresholds are met to avoid interrupting the primary application workflow.

The project covers a range of capabilities including app store storefront navigation and localized rating prompts. It utilizes a delegate pattern for custom trigger logic and visual styles, and employs URL scheme redirection to send users to specific application IDs in the app store.

## Tags

### Mobile Development

- [App Store Review Wrappers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/app-store-review-wrappers.md) — Provides a framework for triggering native App Store rating requests and review prompts.
- [App Store Navigations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/app-store-navigations.md) — Directs users programmatically to specific application pages or rating screens within the native App Store.
- [Rating Prompt Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/rating-prompt-libraries.md) — Acts as a specialized library for managing the timing and triggering of native iOS rating prompts.
- [User Engagement Tracking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/user-engagement-tracking.md) — Provides a mechanism to track installation and launch metrics to optimize the timing of feedback requests.
- [iOS User Experience Patterns](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/ios-user-experience-patterns.md) — Implements iOS-specific user experience patterns to ensure rating prompts do not interrupt primary application workflows.

### Business & Productivity Software

- [Client-Side Usage Tracking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/usage-tracking-systems/client-side-usage-tracking.md) — Tracks installation dates and launch counts in local storage to determine when to prompt the user for a rating.

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Application Usage Statistics](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/usage-monitoring/self-tracking-usage-monitors/application-usage-statistics.md) — Records installation dates and launch counts as usage statistics to determine optimal prompt timing. ([source](https://github.com/nicklockwood/irate#readme))

### User Interface & Experience

- [Threshold-Based Interaction Triggers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/threshold-based-interaction-triggers.md) — Triggers rating dialogs only after the application reaches specific installation age and launch count minimums.

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Developer Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/developer-utilities.md) — App rating and feedback prompt.