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Dear all, I published a new version of my football app yesterday and Apple rejected the app with the following message : Guideline 4.1 - Design - Copycats Your app or its metadata appears to contain misleading content. Specifically, your app includes content that resembles one or multiple third-party sports teams and/or leagues. Next Steps You may attach documentary evidence in the App Review Information section in App Store Connect. In accordance with section 3.2(f) of the Apple Developer Program License Agreement, you acknowledge that submitting falsified or fraudulent documentation can result in the termination of your Apple Developer Program account and the removal of your apps from the App Store. Once Legal has reviewed your documentation and confirms its validity, we will proceed with the review of your app. Alternatively, please remove the third-party content from your app and its metadata. Checking similar threads on Internet, I understand that I need property rights of the football teams / l

I would like to report a serious and repeated pattern of potentially misleading and impersonating applications published on the Mac App Store under the seller/developer name Mihai Graure. This is not a complaint about one isolated app. The same developer has published multiple applications using the names, branding, interfaces, and visual presentation of major services including LinkedIn, Zoom, Google Drive, Twitch, X/Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and Gmail. Reported applications: Desktop App for LinkedIn https://apps.apple.com/us/app/desktop-app-for-linkedin/id6786838795?mt=12 Desktop App for Zoom https://apps.apple.com/us/app/desktop-app-for-zoom/id6796387421?mt=12 App for Google Drive & Docs https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app-for-google-drive-docs/id6792317542?mt=12 App for Twitch https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app-for-twitch/id6797809667?mt=12 Desktop App for X (Twitter) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/desktop-app-for-x-twitter/id6786838258?mt=12 App for TikTok https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app-fo

I work for a company that provides services implementing, maintaining, and publishing systems for municipalities. We have now developed an app for a municipality, but when trying to publish it, Apple is rejecting it, stating that we cannot publish on behalf of another company. On the first submission, they rejected it with: 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. We obtained a digitally signed document from the municipality stating that we are responsible for their systems, authorizing everything, etc... We made a new submission for review. However, it was now rejected with: 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

Apple’s App Store Enforcement Failure: Why Is “App for Instagram º” Still Approved? Apple presents the App Store as a carefully reviewed marketplace with strict rules against copycats, unauthorized use of third-party intellectual property, and misleading apps. Yet “App for Instagram º,” published by Noman Aziz, raises serious questions about whether those rules are actually being enforced. The app is currently listed on the Mac App Store as “App for Instagram º,” with the subtitle “AI tools for insta.” Apple classifies it as Social Networking, and its description says users can access Instagram, browse their feed, send and receive messages, and view profiles, posts and Reels. Most remarkably, Apple currently displays an age rating of 4+. GUIDELINE 4.1 — COPYCATS AND BRANDING Apple’s Guideline 4.1 says developers should not copy popular apps or impersonate other apps or services. Even more importantly, Guideline 4.1(c) states that a developer cannot use another developer’s icon, brand, or pro

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

I'm genuinely at a loss with Apple's App Review process. Our backend records show that across BOTH reviews, Apple's reviewers did not complete a SINGLE use of our app's core functionality. Not once. ZERO completed generations. For the latest review, our logs confirm Apple successfully logged in, but recorded ZERO generation requests and ZERO credits consumed. This isn't some minor feature. It's the entire foundation of our app. Our app fundamentally changes and becomes personalised as it's used. Without completing that process, you're essentially judging an incomplete product. Submission ID: 6a126514-9bb6-4d91-923c-bf29aacb1b68 Here's why this is so frustrating. We spent months deliberately building an app that offers functionality and a user experience fundamentally different from existing competitors. This wasn't another copycat app - avoiding that was central to its design from day one. We explained these differences extensively in our App Review notes. Yet Apple has rejected us TWICE under Guidel

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