If you use an iPhone, you are undoubtedly familiar with the sudden, screen-darkening pop-up that interrupts your app usage, asking you to “Enjoying [App Name]?” and begging you to leave a star rating on the App Store. App developers rely heavily on these prompts because higher ratings directly influence their visibility in search algorithms. However, for the end-user, these prompts are universally jarring. They disrupt your workflow, break your immersion in a game, and often appear immediately after you launch the app, before you’ve even had a chance to evaluate it.
This guide explains how to completely disable in-app ratings and review prompts system-wide on your iPhone, ensuring you are never bothered by them again.
Disable In-App Ratings System-Wide
Apple provides a master toggle switch within the iOS Settings menu that globally revokes the ability of any application to trigger the App Store rating prompt.
- Unlock your iPhone and open the main Settings app.
- Scroll down the main settings list until you find the App Store section. Tap on it.
- Inside the App Store settings menu, scroll down to the section that governs automatic downloads and cellular data usage.
- Directly beneath that, look for a toggle switch labelled In-App Ratings & Reviews.
- Toggle this switch to the Off position (the switch will turn from green to grey).
The Privacy and Usage Impact
By toggling this single switch, you have effectively placed a permanent block on Apple’s SKStoreReviewController API.
When an app attempts to call this API to summon the pop-up, iOS intercepts the request and silently kills it. The app developer receives no error message, and you experience zero interruption. You can still voluntarily review apps by manually opening the App Store, searching for the app, and scrolling down to the reviews section, but you will never again be forcibly interrupted while in the middle of using an application.