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In the Word Category, Negative Reviews Climbed From 10.6% to 19.3% in Five Months
As of 30 September 2026, negative reviews in the Word category rose from 10.6% in February to 19.3% in July across 2,563 reviews.
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Events Apps Split Down the Middle: 73.1% Five-Star, But Negative Share Runs 6.9 Points Above Catalogue Average
As of 27 September 2026, across 40 Events apps, 73.1% of reviews were 5-star yet the negative share hit 17.7%, well above the 10.8% catalogue average.
Negative Reviews Jumped by Up to 33.8 Points at Seven Apps in Six Months
As of 23 September 2026, negative review share rose 23.5 to 33.8 points at seven apps in six months, led by Lokal Jobs' climb from 15.9% to 49.7%.
Photography Apps Are Split in Two: 68.9% Five-Star, 14.8% One-Star
As of 22 September 2026, across 1,338 Photography apps, 18.2% of reviews were negative — 7.7 points above the 10.5% catalogue average.
The Seven Biggest Negative-Review Turnarounds Appeye Tracked
As of 17 September 2026, BitePal's negative review share fell from 66.7% to 27.0% - the steepest of seven six-month turnarounds Appeye tracked.
Travel & Local Apps Reply to Almost Twice as Many Reviews as Tools Apps
As of 16 September 2026, Travel & Local apps averaged a 48.1% review response rate across 167 apps, versus 25.4% for Tools apps across 136.
One store cut 47% of its apps, the other added at record speed. Half of what we scraped is simply silent.
Google Play shrank by roughly 47% while the App Store added at record speed, and both call it quality. Measured on our own archive, 52.9% of the 27,392 apps we scraped cannot clear a 100-review bar — a kind of quality neither store's rule can see.
Apple's social-media declaration starts this month, and Education is the most exposed category
From September 2026 every App Store submission must answer Apple's social-media questions, and declaring the capability forces a minimum 13+ age rating. Across the 7,621 App Store apps where Appeye holds an age rating, 83.2% currently sit below 13+ — and in Education it is 95.8%.
Graphics & Design's Negative Review Share Fell From 33.1% to 22.5% in Six Months
As of 9 September 2026, negative review share in Graphics & Design apps fell from 33.1% in February to 22.5% in July, across 10,335 reviews.
Fake Profiles: The Two Words That Show Up in 13 of 89 Dating Apps' Bad Reviews
"Fake profiles" appears 583 times across 13 Dating apps' negative reviews — more than double "fake accounts" — even as 79.9% of category reviews stay 4-5 stars.
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