AI-Powered Resumes Are Also Coming to the App Store
There are nearly two million apps in the iOS App Store , and many of them aren’t worth your time. That’s why many of us turn to reviews when considering a new app: you want to see how other users experienced the app—whether they liked it, liked it, or hated it.
Personally, the current review system works fine for me. I look at some reviews and get a general sense of whether the app is right for me. If I’m analytically inclined, I’ll even set up filters, perhaps to see which reviews are the most critical (so it’s not just fluff) or the most recent, to see what customers think of the latest version of the app.
But it’s 2025, and that means one thing: AI. We cannot continue to live in the past. We must embrace the future of artificial intelligence, tech companies say. Why scan for 30 seconds when AI can cut the job down to 20 seconds? Maybe even 15?
Apple AI App Store Summary Reviews
With iOS 18.4 , which is currently in beta, Apple is testing AI-generated summaries for App Store reviews . According to Apple , these summaries are based on “core and key information” from app and game reviews and are updated at least once a week if the app or game has enough reviews to support it. These summaries will appear directly below your app or game’s rating under the “Review Summary” heading.
Apple says review summaries are currently only available in English for a “limited number of apps and games” in the US. The company plans to expand this feature to more countries and languages over the course of the year.
That’s the thing about features like this: they are largely ignored. If you love them, great! You can view the AI-generated summary and decide for yourself whether you want to read further reviews. If you don’t like them, that’s great too! Scroll right to the reviews.
This last approach is probably the one I would choose. First, I don’t trust AI to get the point right , even if the situation is relatively small. But as I mentioned earlier, I also don’t think reading AI resumes will save much time compared to scanning reviews yourself. You might even miss some interesting ideas that the AI didn’t think were important enough to make a review, or see some nuances that went past the AI’s, er, “head.”
Apple is far from the only company that aggregates reviews using AI. Google , Amazon , and even NewEgg have tried their hand at this practice, so Apple isn’t breaking the mold here. But this is a little confusing to me: if we start relying on AI to summarize such content, who will the original content be written for? Hundreds, if not thousands of people write reviews about their experiences, but if you only read the summary, those people are actually writing their reviews for the AI, not for other people.
iOS 18.4 should be released sometime in April. You can check out these summaries now if you install the beta , but if you’d rather play it safe by running temperamental software on your iPhone, you might just want to wait until next month.