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Arif Aygun

7 articles across Deep Dives, Industry Watch, Support & Replies, Cross-Platform. Latest published 9 September 2026.

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Graphics & Design's Negative Review Share Fell From 33.1% to 22.5% in Six Months
Deep Dives 2 min readArif Aygun

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
Deep Dives 3 min readArif Aygun

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.

Reference App Negative Reviews Fell From 22.1% to 12.2% in Five Months
Deep Dives 1 min readArif Aygun

Reference App Negative Reviews Fell From 22.1% to 12.2% in Five Months

Negative reviews in the Reference category dropped 9.9 points between February and July 2026, mostly in the last two months.

The EU's AI Act Just Started Enforcing Itself — What It Actually Requires From Chatbot Apps
Industry Watch 4 min readArif Aygun

The EU's AI Act Just Started Enforcing Itself — What It Actually Requires From Chatbot Apps

As of 2 August 2026, EU regulators can fine AI providers up to 7% of global revenue for failing to disclose that a chatbot is a chatbot.

What App Review Analytics Actually Costs — And Why Appeye's Free Tier Isn't a Teaser
Industry Watch 4 min readArif Aygun

What App Review Analytics Actually Costs — And Why Appeye's Free Tier Isn't a Teaser

Most app-review tools price like enterprise software and blend two audiences into one score. Appeye does neither — and the numbers show why.

Finance Apps Reply to 52.6% of Reviews — Education Apps Barely Clear 43%
Support & Replies 3 min readArif Aygun

Finance Apps Reply to 52.6% of Reviews — Education Apps Barely Clear 43%

Across 1,509 Finance apps, 52.6% of reviews get a developer reply — the highest reply rate of any category we checked.

Where the Two Stores Disagree: What 282 Apps Tracked on Both Platforms Actually Show
Cross-Platform 6 min readArif Aygun

Where the Two Stores Disagree: What 282 Apps Tracked on Both Platforms Actually Show

App Store scores run higher than Play Store scores in two out of three apps we track on both platforms - sometimes by as much as 20 points. What averaging them together quietly hides.

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