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# How app reviews work in eclean

App reviews are not the same as feedback in Settings. Feedback is a message to the eclean team. App reviews are target-specific ratings that help users understand how other eclean users feel about a specific startup app, desktop program, Microsoft Store app, or browser extension.

Use app reviews when you want to add your experience to a shared signal around an item. For example, a startup app may be rated as essential by some users and unnecessary by others. That kind of signal can help future users make a more informed decision before disabling, keeping, or removing an item.

| App reviews should describe your experience with the item being rated. Do not use them for billing, login, bug reports, or urgent support issues.

### Where app reviews appear

App reviews use the same review modal across several parts of eclean:

* **Startup Apps** in Booster.
* **Software Uninstaller** in Uninstaller.
* **UWP Apps** in Uninstaller.
* **Browser Extensions** in Uninstaller.

The label changes slightly depending on the item. Startup apps use startup-focused rating language, while extensions can show extension-specific opinion choices. The purpose is the same: tie the review to the selected item, not to the eclean app as a whole.

### How to leave an app review

1. **Open the relevant list:** Go to Startup Apps, Software Uninstaller, UWP Apps, or Browser Extensions.
2. **Find the item:** Choose the startup app, program, Store app, or browser extension you want to rate.
3. **Click a star rating:** Select a 1-to-5 rating from the rating control.
4. **Share an opinion if it fits:** Choose the option that best explains your rating, such as useful, unnecessary, slow, buggy, intrusive, or another listed reason.
5. **Review the sharing checkbox:** Decide whether eclean can share the review anonymously with developers if they request general feedback.
6. **Submit the review:** Click **Submit review** to save it.

After submission, eclean stores a local submitted state so the same item shows as already rated in your app.

### What app reviews are for

App reviews are meant to educate users through shared experience. They can help answer questions like:

* Do other users consider this startup item essential or unnecessary?
* Does this extension feel useful, intrusive, buggy, or full of bloat?
* Does this Store app or desktop program seem helpful to other users?
* Is this item worth checking more carefully before disabling or uninstalling it?

### How app reviews differ from Settings feedback

Settings feedback sends a product message to eclean. It is for bug reports, feature ideas, improvement requests, or general product feedback.

App reviews are tied to an entity. The review is saved against a specific target type and target ID, such as a startup entry, installed software item, browser extension, or UWP package. That makes the review useful as aggregate product intelligence for other users, not just as a private note to the eclean team.