Methodology

How we score

The Mac To iPhone radar is a weighted aggregate of critic reviews, normalized to a common 100-point scale.

Step 1

Collection

The system monitors RSS feeds and review pages from trusted publications. When a scored Apple product review is detected, it records the score, a short excerpt and a link to the full review.

Step 2

Normalization

Different publications use different rating scales. Every score is normalized to 0–100.

8.5 / 10→85

Numeric

★★★★½→90

Stars

A-→90

Letter grades

85%→85

Percentage

Step 3

Weighting

Each source has a quality weight. Apple specialist publications receive high weight, and the final score is calculated with a weighted average.

Radar = Σ(score × weight) ÷ Σ(weight)
Step 4

Display

85
80–100: Strongly recommended
68
60–79: Mixed or situational
42
0–59: Not recommended

Data freshness

The scraper checks sources regularly and recalculates scores as soon as new reviews are found.