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Reject app for spam 4.3
Hello, I allow myself to contact you because following two rejections of the update of my application because of a problem of multiple bundle ID, I rechecked my package in unity, checking the version numbers in xcode is all looks okay to me? Is there anything else I could look at? I had released an update a few days before without worries, thank you in advance for your answers
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Mar ’22
Bizarre situation involving 4.3 guideline and app that cannot be deleted
I've exhausted all avenues getting this resolved; so I'm posting this here mainly to document the absurdity of what happened, and as a warning to other developers.We built an app that was rejected because of its name. We happily renamed the app, creating a new app record because we also wanted to rename the SKU and Bundle ID, and you can't do this any other way.Big mistakeNow there are two factors combining to put us in an impossible situation.The little-known, bizarre limitation of iTunes Connect that An app that has never been approved can never be deletedThe improper enforcement of the 4.3 guideline such that Similar apps you have submitted in the past apparently includes apps that were rejected and are not on the App Store.So now, our New Name app is being rejected for being too similar to our Old Name app. And the Old Name app can't be deleted because it was never approved.To make matters worse, thanks to inconsistent enforcement, our New Name app actually was approved in its first version (1.0)
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Oct ’17
An already live app for 3+ years suddenly gets 'Design Spam, item 4.3' rejection !!!
Hi, We have an app live on the App Store since August 2020. We have made some 50+ updates on the app with minor & major changes throughout these 3+ years. A few months ago we submitted an update as usual with some minor changes and a new feature but got 'Design Spam, 4.3' rejection saying: 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. 1st question, how does an app that has been doing the same things for 3+ years suddenly gets 'Design Spam' ???? Then we sent a message to App Review with some screenshots of our app's update history taken from App Store Connect console and a message stating the same question as above. We got a reply: Hello, Thank you for your reply. During our review, we found that this app duplicates the content and functionality and icon of other apps submitted to the App Store, which is considered a form of spam and is not appropriate for the App Store. Now they mentioned
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Dec ’23
Reply to 4.3 Design Guidelines - Apple please reconsider how this is enforced.
We did this as well. We removed all but one app in our series, submitted it and it was rejected for 4.3.In our case, we had initially consolidated our series into a container. We removed everything but the container and sold it for one month. The sales as expected were horrible because the marketing suffers terribly and the app icon is super-generic. We've been selling for years and know roughly what to expect for any given week in the app store. The container sold far worse than our series of apps individually. The sales of the container were also worse than our top selling app by itself. So, we decided to discontinue the container and sell only our top seller. This where we are now -- rejected for 4.3 design spam with no other apps like it in the store.We've only received the 4.3 templated response in the resolution center. Last week we had call with the App Store. We had the impression from the call that this course of action was OK (though they wouldn't say definitively), so we
Apr ’18
1.0 Information Request and your app does not comply with Guideline 4.3
I have more then 150 stickers pack in AppStore. Last one was published week ago. Today I got 1.0 Information Request to last pack with next messageHello,We're writing to provide information about your app's review.We found that your app does not comply with Guideline 4.3 of the App Store Review Guidelines, because 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.You will need to combine apps with similar feature sets into a single container app, differentiating varied content within your app by categorizing elements into groups, using the 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.Transferring and submitting this app, or other associated apps, under a new or existing Apple Developer Program account is
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Nov ’18
Reply to 4.3 Design Spam (Suggestion for Apple)
Here we go again! A bigger company copied some of my ideas from my android app since apple is still rejecting. The redesinged it a little bit to fit 4.3 Design: Spam and got approved a couple of weeks ago. Bad enough.. so I redesinged my App the same way and resubmitted it. And guess what.. Still rejected because of 4.3 Design: Spam. THIS IS UNFAIR TREATMENT! THIS IS FU*CKING NOT OKAY! I am so mad right now. I have a meeting with a lawyer tomorrow. You should do the same!
Sep ’23