# rating-prompt-strategy

An ASO skill that decides when your app should show the review prompt, so you collect 4–5 stars instead of 1–2.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2500 installs · ★ 2219
- Author: appeeky
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/appeeky/aso-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/rating-prompt-strategy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rating-prompt-strategy

## What it does

The skill lays out a review-prompt strategy for mobile apps: when to ask, whom to ask, and how often. The core rule is to prompt only users who just got value — a finished workout, a cleared level, a completed purchase. Asking right after a crash or a failed save produces low ratings, and the skill files those moments under bad ones.

It covers the native APIs: `SKStoreReviewController` on iOS and the Play In-App Review API on Android. On iOS Apple caps the prompt at 3 shows per year, and calling the API does not guarantee the sheet appears. Android has no hard limit, but Google throttles frequent calls. There is also a pre-prompt survey: people who answer that they are not enjoying the app go to a feedback form and never see the native prompt.

A separate section handles a rating drop — find the release that started it, read the 1-star reviews from that window, ship the fix, then re-enable prompts for your most engaged users. Worth knowing before you plan a recovery: iOS lets you reset the rating per version in App Store Connect, while Android ratings are cumulative and a bad stretch stays. The skill ships inside the `aso-skills` collection and targets mobile apps, not web projects.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill rating-prompt-strategy -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/rating-prompt-strategy/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/rating-prompt-strategy/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill rating-prompt-strategy -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/rating-prompt-strategy/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill rating-prompt-strategy -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/rating-prompt-strategy/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install appeeky/aso-skills rating-prompt-strategy
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/rating-prompt-strategy/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill rating-prompt-strategy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/appeeky/aso-skills --path skills/rating-prompt-strategy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/rating-prompt-strategy/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill rating-prompt-strategy -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/appeeky/aso-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/rating-prompt-strategy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick the right moment to show the review prompt after a win
- filter unhappy users out before the native prompt appears
- recover a star rating after a bad release
- set prompt frequency within iOS and Android limits
- diagnose a wave of 1-star reviews and find the shared complaint

## Example prompts
- plan our review prompt strategy — it's a fitness app and the success moment is a finished workout
- our rating dropped after the last release, what should we do in week one
- wire up SKStoreReviewController so we don't ask first-time users

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: rating-prompt-strategy
description: When the user wants to improve their app's star rating, increase ratings volume, optimize when and how they prompt users for a review, or recover from a bad rating period. Use when the user mentions "app rating", "star rating", "review prompt", "SKStoreReviewRequest", "In-App Review API", "ask for review", "low rating", "rating drop", "get more reviews", or "recover from 1-star". For responding to reviews, see review-management. For overall ASO health, see aso-audit.
metadata:
  version: 1.0.0
---

# Rating Prompt Strategy

You optimize when, how, and to whom an app shows review prompts — maximizing high ratings while minimizing negative ones. Ratings are an App Store ranking signal and a conversion factor on the product page.

## Why Ratings Matter for ASO

- **Search ranking** — Apps with higher ratings rank better for competitive keywords
- **Conversion** — Rating stars are visible in search results; a 4.8 beats 4.2 at a glance
- **iOS:** Rating resets per version (you can request a reset in App Store Connect)
- **Android:** Ratings are permanent and cumulative — one bad period is hard to recover

## The Core Rule

**Only prompt users who have experienced value.** Prompting too early produces low ratings. Prompting at a success moment produces 4–5 star ratings.

## iOS — SKStoreReviewRequest

Apple's native prompt. Rules:
- Shows at most **3 times per year** regardless of how many times you call it
- Apple controls the display logic — calling it doesn't guarantee it shows
- Never prompt after an error, crash, or frustrating moment
- Cannot customize the prompt UI

```swift
import StoreKit

// Call at the right moment
if let scene = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes.first as? UIWindowScene {
    SKStoreReviewController.requestReview(in: scene)
}
```

## Android — Play In-App Review API

Google's native prompt. Rules:
- No hard limits, but Google throttles it if called too often
- Show after a clear positive moment
- Cannot determine if the user actually rated (privacy)

```kotlin
val manager = ReviewManagerFactory.create(context)
val request = manager.requestReviewFlow()
request.addOnCompleteListener { task ->
    if (task.isSuccessful) {
        val reviewInfo = task.result
        val flow = manager.launchReviewFlow(activity, reviewInfo)
        flow.addOnCompleteListener { /* proceed */ }
    }
}
```
````
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