From zero to your first insight
in under 10 minutes

~1 minute · No credit card required

Create your account

Head to appsrated.com/join and create your account using your work email. We recommend using your work email to make team invitations easier later on.

• You'll receive a verification email within 30 seconds. Click the link to activate your account.
• You'll land on the onboarding wizard — a 4-screen flow that walks you through connecting your first app and setting your notification preferences.
• Your 14-day Pro trial begins automatically. No prompts, no upgrade walls — every feature is available from day one.

~3 minutes · App Store Connect or Google Play Console access required

Connect your app

Apps Rated connects to both the Apple App Store and Google Play via their official APIs. The connection is read-only and does not require sharing your login credentials. You simply authorize the connection from within your developer console.

~2 minutes · Recommended before reading your first report

Configure your workspace

Before diving into your data, take a few minutes to tailor Apps Rated to your app's specific context. A well-configured workspace means more relevant insights and less noise from day one.

• App category context: Tell Apps Rated what type of app you have so sentiment benchmarks are calibrated against the right industry norms — not the app store average.
• Custom keyword glossary: Add your product-specific terms — feature names, internal terminology, competitor names — so the analysis engine understands your vocabulary.
• Priority markets: Select the countries or regions you care most about. Apps Rated will weight its insights and alert thresholds to your core markets first.
• Release calendar: Connect your version release history or input it manually. This lets Apps Rated correlate rating changes precisely with specific builds.

~3 minutes to orient · Your full analysis is ready

Read your first dashboard

Once your app is connected and analysis has completed, you'll land on your main Overview dashboard. Here's how to get oriented quickly so you can start making decisions with your data right away.

• The Rating Trend chart at the top shows your rolling average rating plotted over time, with version release markers overlaid. Start here to understand the trajectory of your app's reputation.
• The Sentiment Score panel breaks down the emotional composition of your recent reviews. A healthy app typically shows 70%+ positive sentiment.
• The Top Topics grid shows the themes your users write about most — ranked by review volume and colour-coded by sentiment. Red topics with high volume are your highest-priority action items.
• The AI Insight banner at the bottom of each section is generated fresh daily — summarizing the most important thing you should know right now, with a recommended action attached.

~2 minutes · Critical for proactive monitoring

Set up your alert system

Alerts are how Apps Rated keeps you informed without requiring you to check the dashboard daily. A well-configured alert system means you're never caught off guard by a rating drop, a competitor surge, or a sudden volume spike.

• Rating drop alert: Trigger when your rating falls by 0.2 stars or more within any 7-day window. Deliver via Slack + email.
• Review surge alert: Trigger when review volume exceeds 200% of your 30-day daily average. Useful for catching viral moments — good or bad.
• Negative sentiment spike: Trigger when negative sentiment exceeds 25% of reviews in any 48-hour window. This is your early warning system for bugs and regressions.
• Weekly digest: Schedule a Monday 9am delivery of your full weekly analysis summary to your whole product team's Slack channel.

~1 minute · Unlimited team members on all plans

Invite your team

Apps Rated works best as a shared intelligence layer across your product, engineering, and marketing teams. Invite everyone — there's no per-seat pricing to worry about. Different roles can be given different levels of access.