Here’s an interesting bit of data from Marco Arment. He created a script to find the most commonly-used words in 1-star and 5-star App Store reviews. His script scanned the top 100 apps in every category, ignoring duplicates. Here’s what he found.
The most frequently-used words in 5-star app reviews were:
- Awesome
- Worth
- Thanks
- Amazing
- Simple
- Perfect
- Everything
- Ever
- Must
- iPod
- Before
- Found
- Store
- Never
- Recommend
- Done
- Take
- Always
- Touch
An interesting list. As Marco points out, note that “simple” is included. Now consider the minor stir* that Twitter for iPad is generating over its unique UI. it’s not because it’s “good” or “bad,” It’s because users must stop and think before performing actions that seemed effortless on other applications. They don’t like that.
[Via Daring Fireball]
*While some folks absolutely love the UI of Twitter for iPad (see here and here and here), others found its unique approach confusing (see here and here and here).
TUAWThe words unique to 1-star and 5-star App Store reviews originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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