“copycat”

My dating app has now been rejected by Apple under Guideline 4.3(b) for the fourth time. The reason given is that the App Store already contains enough apps in this category. I understand that Apple does not want duplicate or copycat apps. However, my app is not simply another dating app with a different name and design. The app has several core features specifically built around real-life dating: Real Date Score: Users receive a score based on completed real-life dates. This score is displayed on their profile and helps other users understand whether someone actually goes on dates and follows through. Real Date Planner: Users can plan real-life dates through the app. Group Dates: Users can organize dates with groups of up to 10 people. Group Chat: Up to 10 people can participate in a group conversation. Ghosting Protection: Users who repeatedly ghost after matching can be permanently banned. Mandatory Selfie Verification: Users must complete verification to use the platform. Singles & Couples: T

Trabalho numa empresa que presta serviço implementando, mantendo e publicando sistemas para prefeituras. Fizemos agora um app para uma prefeitura mas na hora de publicar, a Apple está rejeitando pois diz que não podemos publicar em nome de outra empresa. No primeiro envio, rejeitaram com: Guideline 4.1 - Design - Copycats The app or its metadata appears to contain potentially misleading content. Specifically, the app includes content that resembles Sistema da Prefeitura without the necessary authorization. Next Steps Please demonstrate your relationship with any third-party brand owners represented in the app. Pegamos com a prefeitura um documento assinado digitalmente informando que somos os responsáveis pelos sistemas deles, autorizando tudo etc... Fizemos um novo envio para revisão. Porém, agora foi rejeitado com: Guideline 5.1.1 - Legal - Privacy - Data Collection and Storage The app must be published under a seller and company name that is associated with the organization or company providing th

I need to vent some real frustration with App Review. Our app AlphaOmega has been live on the App Store since July 6, 2026. We submitted a routine update (version 1.0.4, not a new app) on July 11. It sat untouched in the review queue for 10 full days before anyone even looked at it. For an update to an already-approved, already-live app, that's not acceptable. And when it finally got reviewed on July 21, we got rejected under Guideline 4.1(a) Copycats, with this justification: Specifically, the app's icons include references to Omegle. That's it. No screenshot comparison, no explanation of what reference means. I put our icon next to Omegle's actual icon myself (attached below): Ours: white Greek letters Α/Ω overlapped, purple gradient background Omegle's: a blue background with a white comma-shaped swirl They share nothing — not color, not shape, not any design element. Our app name comes from the Christian phrase Alpha and Omega, has nothing to do with Omegle beyond a partial spelling overlap. This

I am writing to make a complaint about the fake activities of two app creators , which you should take a serious action against them. PDF Scanner & Editor + (https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/hq-tools/id1676624003) Good PDF Editor (https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/khelp-tim-tov/id1650247356) Previously, I had reported these two apps, (https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/718992 ) and now again. These two apps are using spamming strategies and tries to exploit App Store leaks on their marketing. 

 These two apps are exactly same as each other, and it has been creating by one creator, With Different name, But even the seller name has same pattern, Both has TOV expression at the end, It is obviously shown these two apps which are exactly same as each other, has one Creator. Seller: SKOL LTD, TOV Seller: KHELP TIM, TOV Recently Appstore took an action against a leak of the Appstore and those creators who used the word Good in the title of their App Event or name of the app, Now if you look at these

Our App, TaxFreeway 2017, is rejected by App Review with following reason:The seller and company names associated with your app do not reflect the name “TaxFreeway 2017” in the app or its metadata, as required by Guideline 5.2.1 of the App Store Review Guidelines.Next StepsYour app must be published under a seller name and company name that reflects the TaxFreeway 2017 name. If you have developed this app on behalf of a client, please advise your client to add you to the development team of their Apple Developer account....Based on our understanding, the message above indicates that our App must be named by our company name.Our product searial, TaxFreeway, is a Canadian T1 tax preparation software/App full owner by our company Entorpy Technology Ltd. Our have the same product serial one Windows, Mac and iPad since 2003. Plus, our iPad App serial (named the same as TaxFreeway) has been on sale on Apple App Store since 2009 as TaxFreeway 2009, TaxFreeway 2010, TaxFreeway 2011 etc. for last a few years and never

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice from anyone who has dealt with an Apple Developer account “Pending Termination” notice. What happened Yesterday I received a Pending Termination notice for my Apple Developer account (not just a single app). This is a huge deal for me because it affects all apps under the account. The notice cites 3.2(f) and 5.6.2 (Developer Identity). It includes language like: Evidence of Dishonest or Fraudulent Activity You provided fraudulent and/or false account information, documentation, or otherwise falsely represented yourself or your submitted app to Apple either during the account enrollment process or after the account was created. What I discovered (my mistake) After the notice, I did a deeper self-audit and found something that looks bad and could be contributing: One of my apps has a supporting website built from an AI template that look like tea app, the app itself have original code. The Privacy Policy page on the website was empty, and the footer copyright name was wrong (

The discution :0} class=ng-scope style=-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(95, 95, 95);>From dev@barouch.fr (App Advisory)Hi,I don't have any news from you yet but I just noticed this (today) :Nanovation and Ketchapp just released games with Dancing Hotdog!I just try to understand: I'm a copycat for you, and not them?How is it possible?I just lose the possibility to have visibility, and I was right to try, because they do the same thing.Thanks a lot to review again my app.Best regards,ABInstagram.png_18__Facebook_Search.png0} class=ng-scope addLine style=-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; margin