title: iOS - App Rating and Reviewing
body: <p>I have come across a need to let users of my app to rate the app. I would have liked to give a popup with actions - either to 'Rate Now' or 'Remind Later'. My app is written using Objective-C so I was looking for related articles.</p>
  
  <p>However, I came across <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/skstorereviewcontroller" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SKStoreReviewController API</a>. Yet, after reading <a href="https://manuelschulze.com/en/2017/05/skstorereviewcontroller-replace-existing-rating-prompts/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this blog post</a> and <a href="https://developer.apple.com/app-store/ratings-and-reviews/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this article</a>, it gave me the impression that Apple has restricted the prompting of this native popup to just 3 times a year. </p>
  
  <p>I would like to know whether this is a restriction for all apps or is it just if you use the <code>SKStoreReviewController API</code>? And also, if there are other APIs or solutions to show the app rating such as <a href="https://github.com/nicklockwood/iRate" rel="nofollow noreferrer">iRate</a>. But <strong>iRate</strong> has mentioned that the project is deprecated. I did not find any other useful rating engine.</p>
  
  <p>Therefore, I would like to know any suggestions as to prompt app rating to the users in Objective-C.</p>