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You can no longer post app reviews from prerelease iOS versions

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Beta testers running the latest iOS 9 (http://www.imore.com/ios-9) beta can no longer post app reviews on the App Store (http://www.imore.com/app-store). Considering the nature of prerelease software and the inherent bugs associated with unfinished builds, it is likely Apple removed the feature to prohibit testers from posting reviews based on non-final versions of apps.</p> <!--break--> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Finally — you can't write App Store reviews from beta iOS. :pray: pic.twitter.com/xu03SSi96k (http://t.co/xu03SSi96k)</p>— Ryan Orbuch (@orbuch) July 22, 2015 (https://twitter.com/orbuch/status/623724857570758656) <script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Although earlier prerelease versions were limited to developers, Apple has changed its distribution model by allowing a public beta (http://www.imore.com/ios-9-public-beta-ultimate-guide) for the first time with iOS 9, allowing a wider audience to get early access to upcoming features (http://www.imore.com/ios-9-first-look). The public betas are more stable than the developer builds, but there's still the very real chance that users may run into compatibility issues in apps, leading to a negative user experience. As our Rene Ritchie pointed out (http://m.imore.com/ios-9-el-capitan-bugs-and-app-compatibility-or-please-dont-be-jerk), beta versions are not meant to be installed on daily drivers as they may cause certain apps to crash, freeze or behave anomalously.</p> <p>Currently, the ability to leave star ratings is still intact. The changes appear to be taking effect from the server-side, and limited to full-point beta versions, such as the iOS 9 public beta. Beta testers on iOS 8.4.1 still have the ability to post reviews, although anyone on iOS 9 beta (including the older versions) is unable to do so. It is likely the changes will cover all versions of prerelease software shortly.</p> <p>Source: Twitter (Ryan Orbuch) (https://twitter.com/orbuch/status/623724857570758656)</p> </div></div></div><br clear='all'/>

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