Glossary
Rating snapshot
A saved record of an app's average star rating and total number of ratings in one store, country, and language on a given day, used to reconstruct rating history.
A rating snapshot is a stored capture of an app's rating on a single day, for a specific store, country, and language: the average star rating (for example 4.81) and the total number of user ratings behind that average. Each unique combination of app, store, country, and language has its own snapshot, saved once per day you track it.
That granularity matters because an app is not rated the same everywhere. The Apple App Store and Google Play keep separate rating pools, and within each store every country shows its own local average, so an app can sit at 4.7 stars in the United States and 4.2 in Germany. Tracking ratings per store, country, and language keeps each market's reputation distinct instead of blurring them into one global figure.
Snapshots are what make rating history possible. The live store only ever shows today's average and count, so without a daily record you cannot tell whether a rating is climbing or sliding, or pin a drop to the release or campaign that caused it. Saving the value every day turns a single live number into a trend you can read over time.
Rating
US · en 686 ratings 0.04
On AppTracker, a daily rating snapshot captures the average rating and rating count for each store, country, and language you track, so changes in your reputation are preserved alongside your keyword rankings for every day.
Related terms
Keyword snapshot
A saved record of the top-ranking apps for one keyword in one store, country, and language on a given day, used to reconstruct ranking history.
App Store Optimization (ASO)
The practice of improving an app's store listing and signals so it ranks higher in store search and converts more of the people who see it.