Sometimes Android users have to download murky apps from Google Play. By \u201cmurky\u201d we mean unfamiliar apps, apps from small publishers, and so forth \u2014 not the likes of Evernote, Dropbox, banking apps, or other popular programs. It might be a specialized engineering calculator, for example, or an alternative music player.<\/p>\n
Many such apps exist in the Google Play store \u2014 thousands of them, in fact. And choosing isn\u2019t easy. Seasoned Android users recommend going with the apps that have been downloaded the most times, the highest-rated apps, or the apps reviewed by the most people.<\/p>\n
It seems to make perfect sense: The odds are good that an app downloaded by a lot of people is convenient and useful. And a higher rating means that users liked the app. Lots of reviews should also mean the program is popular. Together, these three criteria represent something like karma for the app.<\/p>\n
That doesn\u2019t mean an app with few downloads and ratings is necessarily bad; it could be that the app is new and the community hasn\u2019t had a chance to weigh in yet. But download and review number plus rating is generally considered a viable formula for prejudging an app. After all, reviews and rating were designed to make the system work.<\/p>\n
\nDo you trust the ratings and reviews that you see on app stores? #iTunes<\/a> #play<\/a> #amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) September 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n