How to implement a “rate us” feature in a phonegap app

Question

I wish to add some sort of a "Write a Review" or "Rate Us" feature to my app so my customers can easily rate and review my app.

The problem is that the app is implemented using phone gap. Is it possible to implement this feature using html5-phone gap?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I use navigator.notification.confirm and have it called when the user reaches a certain point or uses your app so much. Of course you need to add your own links in.

Note this snippet references other parts of my app so customize to meet your needs.

if (settings.core.rate_app_counter === 10) {
    navigator.notification.confirm(
    'If you enjoy using domainsicle, whould you mind taking a moment to rate it? It won\'t take more than a minute. Thanks for your support!',
    function(button) {
        // yes = 1, no = 2, later = 3
        if (button == '1') {    // Rate Now
            if (device_ios) {
                window.open('itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/domainsicle-domain-name-search/id511364723?ls=1&mt=8'); // or itms://
            } else if (device_android) {
                window.open('market://details?id=<package_name>');
            } else if (device_bb){
                window.open('http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/<applicationid>');
            }

            this.core.rate_app = false;
        } else if (button == '2') { // Later
            this.core.rate_app_counter = 0;
        } else if (button == '3') { // No
            this.core.rate_app = false;
        }
    }, 'Rate domainsicle', ['Rate domainsicle', 'Remind me later', 'No Thanks']);
}

Answer 2

You can checkout http://itunes.apple.com/linkmaker

Also see the section about creating a URL directly to the review page of your app.

http://www.manicgaming.com/2010/12/make-your-app-easy-to-rate/

And finally:

App store link for "rate/review this app"

Answer 3

FYI, rate this app alerts were specifically discouraged in the wwdc '11 talks.

Answer 4

You must call window.open as follows

window.open("market://details?id=com.your.app","_system");

Answer 5

There is now a plugin just for that https://github.com/pushandplay/cordova-plugin-apprate