Native dialog on iOS
rateapp:// shows Apple's SKStoreReviewController prompt. Apple limits how often it appears (about three times a year per user), so it is silent on some calls by design.
How it works
Rate dialog on Android
The same call shows a "Rate this app" dialog that opens your Play Store page (set RATE_MY_APP_URL in Config.java). Optionally WebViewGold asks automatically after N days and launches.
Your own pre-prompt
Ask "Enjoying the app?" in your Lovable UI first; send happy users to rateapp:// and unhappy ones to your feedback form in Supabase or Lovable Cloud (Postgres, storage, edge functions).
Prompt for Lovable
Paste this into Lovable to implement the web-app side. Review the result, publish, then test inside the WebViewGold app.
Prompt to paste into Lovable
Add a polite in-app rating prompt for the mobile app version. 1) Add a nullable column rating_prompted_at to the profiles table (migration included). 2) Create a hook useRatingPrompt() that, when navigator.userAgent contains "WebViewGold", the user has completed at least three tasks and rating_prompted_at is null, sets window.location.href to 'rateapp://' and updates rating_prompted_at to now. Call it right after the success toast of a completed task, never on error screens and never more than once per account. 3) In Settings add a "Rate the app" row linking to APP_STORE_URL or PLAY_STORE_URL depending on the platform in navigator.userAgent. 4) Keep all of this invisible in the normal browser.
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Add a rating flow to a Lovable app
About 20 minutes.
Pick the happy moments
Completed purchase, third successful use, finished task. Never on first launch, never after an error.
Add the pre-prompt
A small card in your web app: "Enjoying the app? Rate us" with Yes / Not really. Store the answer in Supabase or Lovable Cloud (Postgres, storage, edge functions) so you ask once.
Call the native dialog
On Yes, navigate to
rateapp://(only inside the app). On "Not really", open your feedback form.Configure the fallback
iOS:
showcustomrateappdialogandratemyappurlfor a dialog that always appears and links to your store page. Android:RATE_MY_APP_URL, optionalSHOW_RATE_DIALOGwith days and launches thresholds.Measure
Watch ratings in App Store Connect and the Play Console; adjust the moment if the volume is low.
Store rules
- Do not gate features behind leaving a review and do not ask for a specific star count.
- Apple controls the frequency of the native prompt; do not try to work around it with repeated calls.
- Respond to reviews in the store consoles; both stores show replies publicly.
Frequently asked questions
Why does rateapp:// sometimes show nothing on iOS?
Apple rate-limits the native prompt per user and year and also suppresses it during development. Use the custom dialog option if you need a guaranteed link to the store page.
Can I ask only paying users?
Yes. Your web app decides who sees the pre-prompt; the native call is only made for the users you choose.
Does the prompt work in TestFlight?
Apple does not display the native prompt in TestFlight builds; test the flow logic there and the real prompt in the App Store version.
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