In this guide
When you test an app on AppReviewX, you give the owner private feedback. You are never asked to leave a public store rating, and a rating can never be part of a test deal.
Two different things
- Private feedback goes to the developer. It describes bugs and confusion so they can fix them.
- A store rating or review is public. It tells other people whether to install the app.
Mixing them turns a rating into a payment. A rating is meant to be an honest opinion of a user, not a favor returned.
What the stores say
Google Play's policy says: "We prohibit any manipulation of ratings, reviews, or install counts." It lists asking users to rate while offering an incentive as a violation and says "Don't offer rewards or incentives for ratings or reviews." Source: Play Console Help, retrieved 2026-10-20.
Apple's App Review Guidelines say that if Apple finds a developer "attempted to manipulate reviews, inflate your chart rankings with paid, incentivized, filtered, or fake feedback", it may take steps "which may include expelling you from the Apple Developer Program." Source: App Review Guidelines, retrieved 2026-10-20.
How this works on AppReviewX
- You earn a credit for the feedback you write, not for a rating.
- Store ratings are not part of any task. AppReviewX does not ask for them, and nobody may make them a condition.
- If you like an app and want to rate it, that is your own choice, unpaid and unasked. If you do not want to, nothing changes.
If someone asks you for a rating
If an owner asks you to rate an app in return for testing it, say no and report it to AppReviewX. It puts both of you at risk.
General information, not legal advice. Check the current policies.
Back to Become an app beta tester: how it works. Related: How credits work for testers, Why feedback can be rejected and how to avoid it. Background: Private feedback vs public store reviews: the difference.