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Hello, I submitted an appeal after my app was rejected under Guideline 4.3(a). It has now been over 5 days and I have not received any reply from the App Review Team. Has anyone experienced similar delays recently? Does Apple respond eventually or is there something else I should do? Thank you in advance.

Hello, We have two chat applications that are based on the same source code but are owned by different individuals. These apps have distinct names, color themes, and user bases, although they share the same underlying source code. Both apps were uploaded to the App Store over three years ago. However, when we attempted to update one of the apps recently, it was rejected for violating Guideline 4.3(a) - Design - Spam. The rejection message stated: We noticed your app shares a similar binary, metadata, and/or concept as apps submitted to the App Store by other developers, with only minor differences. Submitting similar or repackaged apps is a form of spam that creates clutter and makes it difficult for users to discover new apps. We are seeking guidance on how to obtain approval for this update. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

As many developers have already experienced (see https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/82935, https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/82964, https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/46910), Apple started to agressively apply the 4.3 guideline asking the developers to consolidate their existing apps into 1 container app. We experienced this ourselves recently.Our apps are designed to help people pass their UK theory test. As there are 5 different vehicle categories (which are not related to each other in any way) we obviously have an app for each of these categories. Apple is asking us to bundle cars, motorcycles, lorries, etc all into one container app.We already responded to the App Review team highlighting many reasons why we believe that this is a wrong application of the 4.3 guideline. Some of these are listed below:We develop all the code ourselves and we do not use any commercial templates.These apps target different sets of users (even the age profile is different)These apps co

Hello there, We have created fresh new app for Password auto fill and passkey handling with unique UI and then when we submitted out app apple rejected app for the reason App Review Guideline 4.3(a) so please guide us how we can resolve still we have created as new app and code was also created by us! Thank you, LOGICLINE Infotech.

Good afternoon, I will tell you my case, 2 years ago I uploaded applications to the store without any problem, I even uploaded my first application that was an application to download wallpapers, after that I was developing games, of which I went up to the store without problems, now I have been developing applications by hobby, but in all the cases that I have tried to publish them I find myself with the same copy / paste of 4.3 - Design spam, which always leaves me in them, I don't know what to add or remove for that my application is not considered spam, sometimes it seems that they do not even review it, there are occasions that the review does not last 5 minutes. What would you recommend me to do? Thanks

Hello. Appstore is rejecting my app according to article 4.3. But the app is not a copy, what should I do in this case? It is useful to specify the details; I had previously registered with my personal account and the Appstore stated that unfortunately VPN applications are not accepted with a personal account. Then they told me to register with a company account and make this application from the company account. (When I sent the application for review on my personal account, there were only a few incorrect items and the most important reason why it was not accepted was that it was a personal account). Now we send the application for review with our company account, but as soon as it is put into in review mode, it is quickly rejected due to 4.3 spam. The app is not a copy but completely custom created. I don't know how to find a solution. Can you please help with the issue?

Hello dear friends, I created the application from scratch, but Apple writes to me to do it as a mistake, please tell me 😭😭😭 Guideline 4.3(a) - Design - Spam We noticed your app shares a similar binary, metadata, and/or concept as apps previously submitted by a terminated Apple Developer Program account. Submitting similar or repackaged apps is a form of spam that creates clutter and makes it difficult for users to discover new apps. Next Steps Since we do not accept spam apps on the App Store, we encourage you to review your app concept and submit a unique app with distinct content and functionality. Resources Some factors that contribute to a spam rejection may include: Submitting an app with the same source code or assets as other apps already submitted to the App Store Creating and submitting multiple similar apps using a repackaged app template Purchasing an app template with problematic code from a third party Submitting several similar apps across multiple accounts Learn more about our requ

Dear App Review team, My app Goodie AI (Apple ID 6741483227) has been flagged as violating Guideline 4.3(a) - Design - Spam. I thought I would reach out to the team to explain that Goodie AI is an entirely original concept, and would seek guidance on if we misunderstood what specifically the problem with the submission is. DESCRIPTION Please suggest next steps? We've already appealed, and have resubmitted the app. Thanks! SCREENSHOTS ATTACHED

Hey everyone, My game got rejected due to Guideline 4.3. Here's the gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb6uBUsOSDg Does anyone have experience dealing with Guideline 4.3 and can share some insights? I already appealed, explaining that my game has online multiplayer battles, but no response yet. Feeling frustrated after spending six months on this game. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

hi all, i have dating app, approved in google store, and working website but i cant get approval from apple review team ( Guideline 4.3(b) - Design - Spam) can someone help/suggest how to solve it our app has 2000 clients already

I've been updating an old app developed previously by someone else. He stopped working on this app some time ago, and my client assigned this job to me (this app developer previously worked for my client). He deleted his version from the App Store. But. when I try to publish my version (with the same name, features etc. only with some minor updates) it gets rejected with: 4.3 Design We noticed that your app provides the same feature set as other apps submitted to the App Store; it simply varies in content or language, which is considered a form of spam. I've contacted the review team, telling them that there are no other apps like this one and that Im doing it with the consent of the same app company. But they keep sending me the same message. Unfortunately the original app creator can't move his app onto my account (his apple developer membership expired). And now I don't have a clue how to publish the new version, maybe its because of the different app bundle id? (For some reason it says that the o

Hi - After having spoken with Apple directly regarding 4.3 Spam Guidelines, (they were no help), I'd like to put this out to apple developer community for thoughts and feedback. Our business operates in such a way that it requires our customer to have their own branded app/experience. As we all know, managing multiple Apple Developer accounts, codebases, QA testing processes is an absolute nightmare and we would like to avoid this if possible. I don't think we can, but seemingly, other companies have not followed these guidelines and their apps are still in the AppStore, for now... https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/yardi-systems-inc/id425728804?see-all=i-phone-apps https://apps.apple.com/au/developer/buildinglink-com/id355921358?see-all=i-phonei-pad-apps How is this so? Are these companies infringing on these guidelines? How are they 'getting away with this'? Is it just a matter of time before Apple comes down hard on these companies for their app listings? And what is the best advice moving forwar

hii submitted app yesterday to review, This morning I was surprised that the application was rejected, Reason 4.3 Design: Spam.And I've introduced an application programmed by myself, and a unique design.This message I receivedGuideline 4.3 - DesignWe noticed that your app provides the same feature set as other apps submitted to the App Store; it simply varies in content or language, which is considered a form of spam.The next submission of this app may require a longer review time, and this app will not be eligible for an expedited review until this issue is resolved.what should I do ?

The 4.3 guidelines is designed to fight spams. But from what we have seen, it seems to go too far.What does Apple really want to achieve by pushing it that far and ban many businesses from their store?There are different ways to fight spam. You can improve your search ranking algorithm to get the spammy apps appear in lower ranks instead.

I have made an application with the main function to enter birth dates and export information based on the Mayan calendar in Japan. I explained to the reviewer about the Mayan calendar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar And I still get a rejection from the reviewer: Guideline 4.3 - Design - Spam It took me a lot of time to make this app. How do I pass this assessment? Everyone helped me with it. Thank you.