“copycat”

I'm looking for a little help understanding what Apple considers a copycat. I've been trying to get my app on the store for over a week but I fear that no matter what I do it will continue to be rejected pursuant to Guideline 4.1. I've at least been able to extract from them that the issue lies in the design of the UI, not the metadata. This app and its metadata appears to be misrepresenting itself as another popular app or game already available on the App Store, from a developer's website or distribution source, or from a third-party platform. Specifically, the app resembles the popular game Wordle. We understand that you have removed metadata related to Wordle. However, the UI still resembles the game very closely. Unfortunately this only confuses me more as there are several Apps on the App store with similar UIs. Here's a screenshot of my app. And here's a screenshot of the App store when I search for wordle. What's the Word? Logic Game is the one that really gets me as it's literally a Wordle c

Hi everyone, Last month, my endless runner game set in a crypto world was rejected for using the Bitcoin logo, labeled as a Copycats issue. We were asked to remove the logo and Bitcoin prices, even though the Bitcoin logo is public domain. I noticed other Bitcoin games on the AppStore were updated recently without any problems. I couldn't find any rules against using Bitcoin in the guidelines. When I appealed, they just told me to remove it again but didn't explain why. We've updated our game several times before, and only this small bug fix was rejected. Any advice on what are the next step? Anyone experienced this? Cheers

Full message/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Guideline 4.1 - Design - CopycatsThis app or its metadata appears to be attempting to misrepresent itself as another popular app or game already available on the App Store or a third-party platform.Apps submitted to the App Store should be unique and should not attempt to deceive users into thinking they are downloading something they are not.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.Next Steps- Review the Copycats section of the App Store Review Guidelines.- Ensure your app is compliant with all sections of the App Store Review Guidelines and the Terms & Conditions of the Apple Developer Program.- Once your app is fully compliant, resubmit your app for review.Submitting

First a little context. I recently had an app approved on July 23. On August 1st I tried to submit an updated version that included adding a label to the landing page, adding back navigation items to a few pages, removing some unused images from the resource folder and fixing a static resource reference bug. Now the issue. This update, minor in nature, was rejected with the note that my update resembles my own app. Here's the message: Guideline 4.1 - Design - Copycats Your app or its metadata appears to contain misleading content. Specifically, your app includes content that resembles Healthcare EQ. I did not change anything related to app names, bundles, etc. Just a few UI updates and I'm really struggling to get figure out why it's telling me I'm copying myself. Anyone experience this?

Hello everybody, I was wondering how is that possible that the app Weather Pro from Luni (https://apps.apple.com/bb/app/weather-by-luni/id1137406490) can be the exact same app than the Weather app from Apple ? It's the same design, with some added features. Maybe Apple copied Luni, or the opposite, but according to 4.1 of Apple guidelines, I thought this would fall into copycat ? Thank you for any possible explanation.

Hello everyone, My app was recently rejected under Guideline 4.1 – Design: Copycats. The review team mentioned that my app or its metadata appears to be misrepresenting itself as another popular app or service, and therefore was not approved. This came as a surprise, because my app is an original trading journal product that I’ve built from scratch. While there are other trading journals in the market, my app has unique features and a different design. I did not intend to copy or impersonate any existing app. I would really appreciate advice from anyone who has gone through a similar rejection: What kind of changes did you make to get past this rejection? Should I focus more on branding (name, logo, color scheme) to differentiate? Is it helpful to write an explanation to the App Review team describing how my app is unique? Any tips or experiences would be very helpful, since I want to make sure my app stands out clearly and avoids any resemblance issues. Thank you in advance!

Hi, everyone here. My team needs help to solve the problem Copycats after we attempted a few submitting, but we didn't get a clear answer. Do anyone experience this troubles like us so it would be great to receive some explanation why we are getting into this situation since we create everything by ourselves - logo, description, and pictures. What we can assume is we already release in Android version already; is this might be the case Apple sees us imitating our own app in another platform? Thank you.

Hello there, we've hit the wall while submitting a small update with bug fixes and balance changes for our game. A second time the review was rejected with only information being:This app or its metadata appears to be attempting to misrepresent itself as another popular app or game already available on the App Store or a third-party platform.Apps submitted to the App Store should be unique and should not attempt to deceive users into thinking they are downloading something they are not.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.Next Steps- Review the Copycats section of the App Store Review Guidelines.- Ensure your app is compliant with all sections of the App Store Review Guidelines.App Store Review Guidelines and the Terms & Conditions of the Apple Developer Program.- Once your app is fully compliant, resubmit your app for review.Submitting apps designed to mislead or harm customers or

Apple is repeatedly rejecting our app and saying, that it's copying ITSELF. We don't know what to do and seem stuck in an infinite loop. Attaching documents, comments, etc. does not work. Has anyone ever had this happen? We have resubmitted 3 times now and each time it's saying Specifically, your app includes content that resembles TV Red. Our app IS TV Red. We ARE TV Red.

Hi I got below email from app store after publishing.We have built UI and UX from scratch without copying from 3rd Party.Can you please help me how to check below issues. The app or its metadata appears to contain potentially misleading content. Specifically, the app includes content that resembles Khichiq without the necessary authorization. Next Steps Please demonstrate your relationship with any third-party brand owners represented in the app.

We have been developing our game “Ailem Olur Musun” for 8 months and submitted it to the App Store. However, our application was rejected under Guideline 4.1 – Copycats. Our game is a completely original project. Its story, visuals, logo, and design were all created from scratch by our team members. The main character of the game is a delivery worker, and the drawing we made for this character is used as the game’s symbol. Despite this, our application was rejected on the grounds that it was considered to be “imitating another popular game.” This game has also been published on the Play Store and has achieved a significant number of downloads and reviews. How can I best explain this to the review team?