Rating prompt shown at a natural moment, not on first launch or during a task

A rating prompt shown on first launch — before the user has used the app — or during a high-stakes task like checkout produces dismissals and one-star reviews from irritated users. Apple's guideline 1.1.7 discourages disruptive or poorly-timed prompts, and a pattern of low ratings from premature prompts signals the platform that your app has quality issues. More practically: users who dismiss an early prompt are less likely to rate the app later. A timer-based prompt (setTimeout(requestReview, 30000) from app start) is a common form of this failure that appears in code review as a clear sign of a copy-paste implementation.

Tie the rating prompt to a specific, meaningful success event — never to a timer or to app launch.

// src/hooks/useRatingPrompt.ts
import * as StoreReview from 'expo-store-review';
import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';

export async function maybePromptRating(trigger: 'task_complete' | 'milestone' | 'streak') {
  const sessions = parseInt(await AsyncStorage.getItem('session_count') ?? '0');
  const hasRated = await AsyncStorage.getItem('has_rated_v1');

  // Only prompt after 5+ sessions, never more than once per version
  if (sessions < 5 || hasRated) return;

  if (await StoreReview.hasAction()) {
    await StoreReview.requestReview();
    await AsyncStorage.setItem('has_rated_v1', 'true');
  }
}

Call maybePromptRating from a positive completion handler — after a task finishes, after a streak milestone, after a successful purchase. Remove any setTimeout-based prompt trigger from App.tsx or root useEffect.