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Old 04-05-2009, 08:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I've read numerous times about developers getting unusual, inapplicable, or outright hilarious(ly stupid) reviews for their applications. I recently received one, and I thought it would be fun to see what some of everyone else's are. Perhaps getting a laugh out of some of them will help take away the sting of our reduced ratings.

Anyway, here's a recent review of mine to get things started:
"If you are reading this you are really dumb!!!!!ha ha ha" (1 star)
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I've read numerous times about developers getting unusual, inapplicable, or outright hilarious(ly stupid) reviews for their applications. I recently received one, and I thought it would be fun to see what some of everyone else's are. Perhaps getting a laugh out of some of them will help take away the sting of our reduced ratings.

Anyway, here's a recent review of mine to get things started:
"If you are reading this you are really dumb!!!!!ha ha ha" (1 star)
Hmm, must have been removed? I don't see that under "Sproing" in the US store at least...

I wont put the details in a post here, but I do have precisely *one* 1 star review right now that is a rather humorous combination of calling my game dumb while showing off some sub-par spelling
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Old 04-06-2009, 06:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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One day recently I got 2 reviews for the same app:

"BEST APP EVER!!!!!"

and

"DON'T BUY THIS"

?? tbh the last one kind of reeked of a competitor review
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Hmm, must have been removed? I don't see that under "Sproing" in the US store at least...
It's actually for the free version I just released this weekend, I just haven't updated my signature yet.
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iFR Cockpit (basically a fancy level, altimeter and speedometer)

Wow I got board after 3 sec.

when your 10 year old son, who is a plane nut, gets bored with it in 30 seconds, it indicates.. DO NOT purchase this app. Nothing to do with it except tilting it.

Would not buy this app. Actually wouldn't even download if it was free. DO NOT BUY!!!! Got bored in 2 seconds.

I gave it 2 stars beause it is very basic, I would add a way to calibrate it and throttle control and engine noises, and the choice of jet or turbo prob. I would add a runway to land on too.

It would be very good if there was warning alarms!!!!

Boring and unrealistic. Don't waste your money

The horizon is wrong.. I have the phone level but it indicates maybe a ten degree tilt to the right... So unless I live in some kind of parelell universe with tilted gravity, this app is useless.


GeoCorder (records and mails GPX tracks)

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Первонах!! ("First one!" in Russian)



LuckyWheel (Wheel-spinning proverb guessing game)


"Don't get it"
Unpolished, really not that great.
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I have an idea for a better thread!

Lets make one called "Most obvious FAKE reviews".

Its very obvious when they are fake, some authors don't even hide the fact that they review their own apps (scotopia does this).
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I have an idea for a better thread!
Lets make one called "Most obvious FAKE reviews".
I have one of those, too! I posted a couple promo codes over at Touch Arcade (and I'll mention I didn't ask for good reviews), and got this one:

"Thanks for promo. I luv it buy it now" (5 star)

...yeeaaaaaah. I appreciate you took the time to leave a review, but now it looks like I'm trading codes for reviews. Thanks .
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Giving out promo codes is okay, im really talking about the people who have 10 friends review it
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How do you like this one?
"1 star.
In case you are wondering, the 1 star is not for <appname>, but for itunes taking their sweet time "testing" the updates".
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I gave it 2 stars beause it is very basic, I would add a way to calibrate it and throttle control and engine noises, and the choice of jet or turbo prob. I would add a runway to land on too.

It would be very good if there was warning alarms!!!!

The horizon is wrong.. I have the phone level but it indicates maybe a ten degree tilt to the right... So unless I live in some kind of parelell universe with tilted gravity, this app is useless.
Those are classics. Thanks for the laugh.
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I like the guy who rated my app (my only rating in the UK) with one star because:

"tic tac troll" by teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeg!
This might be a great game, but i couldnt seem to get it onto my new iPod nano (that's why I rated it with only one star) !!!!!
Apparantly it can only go onto an iPod touch or an iPhone."

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This might be a great game, but i couldnt seem to get it onto my new iPod nano (that's why I rated it with only one star) !!!!!
Apparantly it can only go onto an iPod touch or an iPhone."
eek.

these types of reviews are reportable, no?
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eek.

these types of reviews are reportable, no?
You could try, but the odds are almost zero that Apple will do anything about it. Awful power that everyone has over us developers huh?
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I have an idea for a better thread!

Lets make one called "Most obvious FAKE reviews".

Its very obvious when they are fake, some authors don't even hide the fact that they review their own apps (scotopia does this).

Lol slayer is right; but it's not like I'm like "THIS IS THE BEST APP EVAR!!" I use the review as a way to communicate to the end users about an issue, inform about updates, or provide instruction to people who don't read the instructions (because probably about 10 people read the app description where all this information should be acquired) lol. Plus my name is Omegasoft so it's obvious it is me.
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