Applause 101

Just as Applause ushers in an era of deep app analytics, it also ushers in some new vocabulary. While Applause is as intuitive as it is thorough, we invite you take a few moments to explore the concepts below to help familiarize yourself with the platform.

An Applause Icon At A Glance

When searching for an app you'll notice each result contains information about the app's platform, Applause Score and name.

Applause Icon

The Applause Dashboard

Gain deeper insight into an app by entering the Applause dashboard. There are several pages to help you delve into and understand the Applause an app receives. Enter the slideshow below to acquaint yourself with the pages available to you in the Applause Dashboard.

Analyze Multiple Apps and Build Collections

See how an app stacks up in the Analyze View. Analyze Button You can analyze multiple apps at once by simply dragging them over the Analyze Button to the left of the search box.

Select up to four apps to see how they compare over time.

Analyze Chart

By creating an Applause Account, you can save your analysis as collections to keep track of how your apps stack up with each other and against the competition. Sign up today to save your collections.

Saved Collection

Alerts

If you are signed up for an Applause account and have created at least one collection, you will receive email alerts based upon the apps you have selected.

Applause Score

This view provides you with your Applause Score history over time and across versions. Notice your Applause Score displayed alongside your app's icon and name.

The top chart displays the history of your Applause Score for all previous versions. Each orange dot on the top chart represents a version released into the app store. The bottom chart displays the history of your Applause Score for a particular version selected from the drop-down menu.

Applause Attributes

This view breaks down your Applause Score into the ten key Applause Attributes. Derived from app store review data, the attributes are designed to provide you with insight into which direction your app may require improvement in. From this view, you can also see how your app compares to other apps in the same category. Click the Mean or Top Score to toggle comparisons with your app's category.

Applause Signals

Each Applause Attribute is driven by signals within app store reviews. As Applause crawls the app stores, it compares reviews against signals to determine your Applause Attributes and ultimately, your Applause Score. This view allows you to dive into an individual attribute to see what signals are driving the attribute rating. You can view signals by attribute, star rating and version.

Review Stream

Ever wish you could access and sort all of your app reviews in one place? Now you can. In this view, you can see your app reviews from real users. Use the menus at the top to sort by version, star rating and date. You can also search reviews for a particular keyword.

Tag Cloud

Take a high level look at all of your app's reviews in the Tag Cloud view. See what words commonly cluster together to get a quick view of your users' opinons.

App Basics

This view provides you with publisher-supplied information for any app in the app store. If you're exploring apps you can use this view to learn more about what an app does.

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