With the launch of iOS 18.4, Apple introduced a new App Store feature that summarizes multiple user reviews to provide an at-a-glance summary of what people think of an app or a game. In a new blog ...

Apple today refreshed its App Store Guidelines created for developers, modifying the emulator rules to include express permission for PC emulators to download games. Guideline 4.7 has been updated to ...

Apple doesn't even seem to be trying with App Store Review. Users should not be the ones who find problem apps, but over and over, that is what is happening. No question, Apple has the resources to ...

As part of the iOS 18.4 software update, currently in public beta, Apple is introducing AI-powered summaries of App Store reviews. The new feature will leverage Apple Intelligence, the company’s built ...

Developers are arguing that Apple’s App Store ratings are fundamentally broken in at least a couple of different ways – including the fact that your 4-star rating could do more harm than good. They ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Fake AI-generated reviews, generally accompanied by five-star ratings, are flooding both ...

Apple loosened App Store rules to give developers more flexibility. Photo: Apple/Rajesh Pandey Apple is making two developer-focused changes to the App Store. Developers can now upload additional ...

Google just announced a suite of updates to the Play Store in an attempt to make it more fun to use. This is part of a larger move by the company to turn its online marketplace into "an end-to-end ...

Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. According to a new analysis from market intelligence provider Appfigures, worldwide app releases in the first quarter of 2026 ...

Jeff Johnson, developer of the popular StopTheMadness Safari extension, has said that “obvious” App Store ratings fraud is going ...

AI-generated app review summaries are appearing on the Play Store. Google’s been working on this functionality for some time; we first saw signs it was coming last year. These summaries seem to be ...