According to Apple's new policy ( https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=84w3e5bm ) - bug fixes will no longer be delayed over guideline violations except for those related to legal issues. You’ll instead be able to address guideline violations in your next submission.. In 2019 updates to my apps were rejected due to apple Guidelines (note - not safety, not legal - guidelines) violation 4.3 - smap (I have only few of them and they are NOT reskins - they do share similar functionality, though not the same, and different graphics - they are similar only in a way any match 3 is similar to each other). A week ago I wanted to publish and update (SDK update and bugfixed, not gameplay or etc) again, and was still rejected - though obviously it should be allowed. Correct me if I am wrong or misunderstood the sentence from the top of my post. Otherwise whom do I contact to change my reviewer for the one that follows rules? Thank you
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Hi everyone, I submitted an appeal to the App Review Board on May 27, related to a rejection under Guideline 4.3(a). (We noticed your app shares a similar binary, metadata, and/or concept as other apps you already submitted to the App Store, with only minor differences.) (The app is named LucidYou and was submitted through my personal developer account.). So far, I haven't received any update or response in App Store Connect or via email. I fully understand that WWDC may have delayed reviews, and I appreciate how busy this time of year is. Still, I just want to make sure my appeal was received and is still being considered. Has anyone else experienced longer-than-usual response times for appeals recently? Should I follow up via App Store Connect again or wait a bit longer? Thanks in advance — any advice or shared experience would be appreciated!
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I just received a similar note for my updated and new apps is rejected from Apple for many of our apps, although they were not in review.Guideline 4.3 - Design We noticed that your app provides the same feature set as many of the other apps you've submitted to the App Store;i Recieved the same note on my all apps that is rejected, what are the main reason to rejection my all app verion from itunes developer account, please give me brief detail about rejected reason, and tell me how to take an action for all app in review and live on account, i am very confused about this matter. so please request to you kindly focus on my apps rejected reason issue and give me proper guidelines to solve and update the next verion of these apps. thanks.developer account links, while my all rejected with the different obejects, toipc and concept.https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/saurabh-gupta/id976015972rejected apps ids:12581071251266592533124883962312672935761198916667127552218512650539431278920151
I got this below rejection. I was asking why and which aspects of mine was a spam/similarity to which app, but they told me that they can't give a review for my app. I don't know how to resolve this, because I think I did this app done by myself and copying nothing from outside. Can anyone help me? Thank you so much. Hello, The issues we previously identified still need your attention. Review Environment Submission ID: cb12182d-504f-4c1f-851b-1595820da7ec Review date: January 03, 2025 Version reviewed: 1.0.2 Guideline 4.3(a) - Design - Spam We continued to notice your app shares a similar binary, metadata, and/or concept as apps submitted to the App Store by other developers, with only minor differences. 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.
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Hey everyone, I’m dealing with a frustrating situation and hoping someone here can share insights. My app has been rejected multiple times under Guideline 4.3(a) - Spam, with Apple stating it resembles an app from a terminated Apple Developer account. Here’s the context: A month ago, my teammate purchased an Apple Developer account from a 3rd party. Then after the app was submitted, we got rejection after that, a couple of hours later. The old account was terminated. The termination notice cited Section 3.2(f) of the ADP Agreement, mentioning commit any act intended to interfere with any of the Apple Software or Services, the intent of this Agreement, or Apple’s business practices including, but not limited to, taking actions that may hinder the performance or intended use of the App Store, Custom App Distribution, TestFlight, Xcode Cloud, Ad Hoc distribution, or the Program…. This old account was purchased from a suspicious source, which may be why it was terminated and you can imagine my relationsh
In my latest apps Apple puts me this message:4. 3 Design: SpamGuideline 4.3 - DesignWe noticed that your app provides the same feature set as many of the other apps you've submitted to the App Store; it simply varies in content or language.Apps that simply duplicate content or functionality create clutter, diminish the overall experience for the end user, and reduce the ability of developers to market their apps.Next StepsTo resolve this issue, please combine apps with similar feature sets into a single container app (using the in-app purchase API to deliver different content if appropriate).We encourage you to review your app concept and incorporate different content and features that are in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.I try to find out what exactly is container but when I ask them they answer the same answer again. Has someone happened to you? Anyone know what exactly is a container? Thank you
As a developer the app store just feels kind of rigged, and you will never get a reasoned reply to your concerns. Here are two examples which aren't revealed by the new transparency report. I had 10 solitaire variants. My competitor had 10 variants. New rule 4.3 brought in which is fair enough, except that afterwards Apple removed my solitaire variants but allowed my competitor to keep all of theirs. Search for Chess on the app store (note I also have a chess app). Why does an old app with a rating of 3 stars and just 18 ratings come above Magnus Carlsen's app with a 5 star rating? He is the number one chess player in the World and his app is superb. It is exasperating and you will only get a Thank you for your concerns, we have passed them to the relevant department kind of reply. You never hear from them again on the subject. There are 1000s more examples ... The only way Magnus can rectify this is, I poresume, by buying Apple Search Ads.
My app reports the following via DYLD_PRINT_STATISTICS:Total pre-main time: 656.98 milliseconds (100.0%) dylib loading time: 565.48 milliseconds (86.0%) rebase/binding time: 31.67 milliseconds (4.8%) ObjC setup time: 30.15 milliseconds (4.5%) initializer time: 29.55 milliseconds (4.4%) slowest intializers : libSystem.B.dylib : 5.89 milliseconds (0.8%) MyApp : 28.42 milliseconds (4.3%)This is running on an iPod 6 gen with iOS 10.1, which is the device I currently use for testing. The linked libraries are:* CoreTelephony.framework * OpenGLES.framework * GLKit.framework * libsqlite3.dylib * Social.framework * AdSupport.framework * CoreMotion.framework * CoreImage.framework * Accelerate.framework * libz.dylib * Accounts.framework * MediaPlayer.framework * Foundation.framework * UIKit.framework * CoreGraphics.framework * MessageUI.framework * CoreData.framework * AVFoundation.framework * libxml2.dylib * Security.framework * CoreLocation.framework * MobileCoreServices.framework * SystemConfiguration.framew
Hello,Is it still possible to have 2 versions of the app on AppStore, One version only for iPhone/iPod and another only for iPad?I just got a rejection (see below), but I think it was a mistake from the review team.ThanksGuideline 4.3 - DesignYour app provides the same feature set as many of the other apps you've submitted to the App Store; it simply varies in content or language. Creating multiple Bundle IDs of the same app is not appropriate.Next StepsTo resolve this issue, please combine apps with similar feature sets into a single container app. You should differentiate varied content within your app by categorizing elements into groups, using in-app purchase API, and location services to deliver content to users.Once you have done so, please reply to this message via Resolution Center indicating the app name and Apple ID of any container apps submitted under your Apple Developer Program account.
I have a lot of problems with this tool as well. It's extremely misleading and doesn't really help you align yourself any closer to the latest hls authoring guidelines. What I find even more annoying is that Apple's official examples, although, a bit contrived, all have Must fix issues and a handful of Should fix issues. Apple's hls examples should not return any validation issues with their own tool. I mean what's up with their IDRs? Do they know something we don't know? They should really just pull this tool until their own streams can pass. It's great for pulling the metadata into a formatted table, but if they can't follow their own spec themselves this tool just sends developers down an unnecessary rabbit hole It would be nice if they also added a bit more verbosity to their issues, even link back to their own guidelines doc. Apple's official exampleshttps://developer.apple.com/streaming/examples/HLS Validation ReportStream type: VODhttps://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop_adv_
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My app rejected in from apple side. How can I solve this issue? Guideline 3.2 - Business During our review, we found that this app was designed for a specific business or organization, including its partners, clients or employees, and not for general distribution on the App Store. Business apps available on the App Store are meant for use by a wide variety of external customers around the world. As this app is not intended for general distribution, it cannot be made available on the App Store. We encourage you to review the other ways to distribute your business app and choose one that better meets your business needs. If you revise your app concept and features to provide substantial value to a wide variety of external customers around the world, we recommend that you also review our App Store Review Guidelines, including, among others, guidelines 2.5.4 - Background Location, 3.2.2 - Unacceptable Business Models, 4.0 - Design, 4.2 - Minimum Functionality, and 4.3 - Spam, prior to resubmitting the ap
My app was rejected for reasons: During our review, we found that this app was designed for a specific business or organization, including its partners, clients or employees, and not for general distribution on the App Store. Business apps available on the App Store are meant for use by a wide variety of external customers around the world.As this app is not intended for general distribution, it cannot be made available on the App Store. We encourage you to review the other ways to distribute your business app and choose one that better meets your business needs.If you revise your app concept and features to provide substantial value to a wide variety of external customers around the world, we recommend that you also review our App Store Review Guidelines, including, among others, guidelines 2.5.4 - Background Location, 3.2.2 - Unacceptable Business Models, 4.0 - Design, 4.2 - Minimum Functionality, and 4.3 - Spam, prior to resubmitting the app for general distribution on the App Store. How can i sol
@AppReview Recently our App got flagged out of the blue for 4.3 Spam with a grace period of 16 day. Supposedly we have similar Apps from associated Accounts in the Store (we have no other App - that's mistake) We were confident this issue could be resolved easily through a reply, but that was wrong. Tried Requesting Callback from App Reviw- no one called Asked for clarification via Ticket/Reply - only same copy-pasted answer citing guidelines Creating App Review Appeal Ticket Submitting new App Update Asking for extension of grace period - were told only App Review Team could do So for over 2 weeks we couldn't reach App Review Team and the grace period passed. Now our App got removed, we still don't know what's wrong / and its likely a mistake. Is there any direct phone number or email for the App Review Team? Also: I'd consider it as a somehow popular app. We had over 50m DLs and meaningful IAP Revenue.
AllAnyone else noticing weird issues with time inconsistencies for exercises in watchOS beta 4.3 ? Specifically I have noticed that the Exercise time (recorded in each exercise) does not match the Exercise team now being shown on activity. An example. I setup a 30 minute per day exercise goal for testing and completed about 6 minutes of light exercise through the day. I then set a run workout and did 31+ minutes (which showed in the completed exercise summary screen after the run). Therefore at a minimum I would expect the 'you've closed your exercise ring' message and also in Activity see about 36 to 37+ minutes of total exercise............WRONG.At the end of the run as I mentioned above I see 31+ minutes. Go to Activity for the day (after allowing time to sync etc) and it shows 29 minutes ! Even on the watch after the workout it showed 29 minutes although the exercise summary there too showed the 31 minute run !Not sure what is going on but certainly only happened since the beta.Bug filed but wond
> … not showing up in the boot menu when pressing Option key during bootup. …If the macOS boot volume is encrypted: it's traditional for the recovery option to be hidden from Startup Manager.Here:sh-3.2$ date ; uptime ; sw_vers Sat Jun 24 07:50:07 BST 2017 7:50 up 1:01, 2 users, load averages: 0.97 0.77 0.70 ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.13 BuildVersion: 17A291j sh-3.2$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk0 1: EFI NO NAME 104.9 MB disk0s1 2: 516E7CBA-6ECF-11D6-8FF8-00022D09712B 155.6 GB disk0s2 3: FreeBSD Swap 4.3 GB disk0s3 /dev/disk1 (external, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk1 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 499.2 GB disk1s2 3: Apple_KernelCoreDump 655.4 MB disk1s3 /dev/disk2 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +499.2 GB disk2 Physical Store disk1s2 1: APFS Volume High Sierra 14.3 GB disk2s1 2: APFS
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