Every week on the Essential Apple podcast you’ll always hear us mention to review or rate the show. We read them all out of course but it’s not too obvious on how you leave a rating for us. Here’s our simple guide on how to do just that.

  • Launch Apple’s Podcast app.

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  • Tap the Search tab and enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review (hint essential apple podcast 😀 ) and click search

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  • Tap the album art for the podcast, not the episode. Normally you’ll see the shows Podcast library at the bottom right of the screen. You’ll then be whisked into the place where you can leave a podcast review.

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  • Tap the Reviews tab.
  • Tap Write a Review at the bottom.
  • Enter your iTunes password to login if you aren’t already logged in.
  • Tap the Stars to leave a rating.

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  • Enter title text and content to leave a review.
  • Tap Send.
  • Sit back and relax knowing you’ve made a podcaster happy.

How do reviews affect the iTunes listings? No one is really quite sure and seems to be in the lap of the gods. All that’s known is reviews and subscriptions really help the show climb the rankings, not that it’s all about the rankings we just love doing a podcast.

So there you have it, how to review and rate shows on your iPhone.. so you might as well leave one for the Essential Apple Podcast then hadn’t you 😀


14 Comments

  1. I write the review, tap the stars, and hit the send button. Nothing happens. It never sends. I’ve tried it several times over the past six months with different podcast and it never sends. Please help. It’s super frustrating. I want to leave good reviews for good podcasts.

  2. Back to that notch. In addition to a microphone (for ambient noise), speaker and ambient light sensor you’d find on other phones, it houses an infrared camera, “flood illuminator” and a dot projector

  3. How do reviews affect the iTunes listings? No one is really quite sure and seems to be in the lap of the gods. All that’s known is reviews and subscriptions really help the show climb the rankings, not that it’s all about the rankings we just love doing a podcast.

  4. So there you have it, how to review and rate shows on your iPhone.. so you might as well leave one for the Essential Apple Podcast then hadn’t you

  5. I’m trying to delete a review I have already posted via my iPhone. I can’t see how to do so. Can someone please help? Thanks very much.

  6. Thanks for this post, I was looking tutorial something to post a review on the podcast

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