My IAP and Subscriptions were rejected during review. I went to see what the problem was and it was due to my localization descriptions. So I removed Enlgish (Canada) no problem, created a new one, save. Then there was only one left which is English (US) but when I try to remove this last one, I get an error saying 'There was an error with deleting the localization. Please try again later.' when I try to delete it. This is happening for all my subscription and iap items, as well as the subscription group localization. Seems that when there are multiple rejected localization items in a table, you aren't able to delete the last rejected row regardless of language. Anyone else experience this? Any way to get around it? I would prefer not deleting my entire subscription group and iaps.

Hi all, I’m testing Subscription in my Flutter app on a real iOS device (iPhone 16 Pro with iOS 18) via TestFlight. I’ve set everything up as required, but I still get this error: flutter: Found products: [] If everything works perfectly when StoreKit configuration is used in Xcode, but not via TestFlight. All my Subscriptions are approved with the same ID.

I'm trying to understand the IAP development process. I created my first Product on App Store Connect and am trying to build my app to use it. However it keeps failing with "Invalid product ID.". From what I've read, this is because the product has not yet gone through review. But what I don't understand is, of course it hasn't gone through review yet, because trying to use it in any capacity fails, even though I'm using a real physical device and using a Sandbox User. Is this the correct workflow? It seems very backwards that I have to submit the product for review, even before I know how it's going to be used. I'm still building the screen for the product page, and haven't even started touching any backend APIs, yet it's asking for screenshots. Am I misunderstanding something here?

We have uploaded our app on 17th Apr'25 on app store and status showed "Ready for distribution". However our in-app purchases are still showing "Waiting for Review". It has been 4 days since our app is live on app store but we are unable to make the in-app purchases. Please let us know what steps are we supposed to do on this front

Hi everyone, I’m using StoreKit 2 with .storeButton(.visible, for: .policies) inside my SubscriptionStoreView. The buttons appear correctly, but when tapped, a sheet opens that says “Terms of Service Unavailable” or “Something went wrong. Try again.” I’ve already added the required URLs (Privacy Policy and Terms of Use) in App Store Connect under App Information, but they still don’t show in the sheet. Does anyone know how this is supposed to work? • Are the URLs pulled directly from App Store Connect? • Do they only appear correctly in production? • Or do we need to manually set them in code for testing/TestFlight? Any insight would be greatly appreciated — just want to make sure everything is in place before submitting for review. Thanks!

Strange issue with currency display in subscription products Hi everyone, I'm facing a strange issue in my app where I use a subscription-based in-app purchase model. The products I created in App Store Connect are all in "Approved" status. I've tested with both RevenueCat and StoreKit, but the result is the same. Here are the products being loaded: Product loaded: weekly_product_id Display name: Weekly Pro Description: Weekly Pro Subscription Price: ₺229,99 Product loaded: annual_product_id Display name: Annual Pro Description: Annual Pro Subscription Price: ₺1.799,99 Even though I can see the correct prices and currency (Turkish Lira) in the Xcode debug console, on my real device the currency appears as Philippine Peso, as shown in the attached screenshot. Interestingly, in the iOS simulator, it's displayed in USD. I've double-checked and my device's region settings are set to Turkey. Any ideas on what could be causing this? And more importantly, how can I fix it? Thanks in advance!

We’ve recently encountered an increased rate of purchase errors StoreKit.InvalidRequestError error 1 (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/invalidrequesterror) specifically on iOS 18.4. We suspect this might be related to the new Advanced Commerce API introduced by Apple, although we haven’t made any changes related to this API in our app. Have you experienced similar issues since the release of iOS 18.4 or when integrating the Advanced Commerce API? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, My app currently offers a non-consumable in-app purchase to unlock all its features, and I would like to provide this full access for free to an organization with a few thousand Macs. Since Apple limits non-consumable in-app purchase promo codes to 1000 per app, this isn't sufficient for the organization's size. So I'm considering an alternative approach using an auto-renewable annual subscription with offer codes: Create a few thousand offer codes for an annual subscription. Users within the organization would redeem these codes. Instruct users to immediately unsubscribe after redeeming the code. The app would then check the in-app purchase receipt. If the receipt contains a transaction redeemed with an offer code, the app would treat this as a permanent unlock of all features. My concern is that repurposing an auto-renewable subscription in this manner—effectively turning it into a lifetime unlock triggered by redeeming an offer code and immediately cancelling—might violate App Store guidelines. Is using an annual subscription and offer codes this way likely to be compliant with App Store guidelines? Thank you for your guidance!

Hello, I am new application developer that has been developing several applications in the productivity and finance sections concurrently for about 1 year. One of my applications is nearly ready to be submitted to the App Store. I have received a lot of discouragement from people who have submitted apps in regards to putting submitting as a paid app, however due to all of the upfront and ongoing investment I've made, I do not wish to release my application for free initially. (I am learning how to best integrate storekit and in-app purchases and subscriptions, but I'm not ready to implement that yet) QUESTION: When releasing an app as a paid app and then converting to a FREE app with subscription later on, is there anything I need to be aware of technically or in regards to guidelines so I don't shoot myself in the foot when changing pricing? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

We have had a small number of users of our mac app complaining that the app suddenly can't detect their subscription or previous purchase history. These users are not new, and have been using the app successfully for some time. In the app we do this using the following (very standard) code at app startup: let result: VerificationResult<AppTransaction> = try await AppTransaction.shared For those users experiencing the failure, the result is coming back as unverified. So far we've been unable to find the cause or a solution, but it seems to have become worse with the release of macOS 15.4. We've tried resetting, rebooting and reinstalling the app. It's worth adding the (probably obvious) that it's impossible to test or fault-find with this, because we can't replicate the issue in a development environment. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get advice or hear from anyone with similar experiences. Our app Pixllove was originally rejected under Guideline 4.3 (“Spam”). We were later invited to an App Review call with Erica, who reviewed everything and confirmed verbally and in writing (April 8, 2025) that the spam classification was removed. She acknowledged that our app uses a unique concept and only required us to implement a pre-chat consent popup. We implemented exactly that: • A popup appears before any chat starts, displaying the match’s name, age, and distance. • Users must actively accept before the chat begins. • We show this clearly in our new demo video. • Full reporting/blocking/moderation is in place. However, after submitting the updated build, we were again rejected under a different interpretation of 1.2, with the reasoning that our app “connects users randomly.” This appears to be a misunderstanding, since no match occurred during their test – and it takes at least 2 users online for a match to happen. We explained this and even submitted a screenshot of the consent popup, which had been explicitly requested by Erica. Sadly, the reviewer ignored our message and Erica’s previous confirmation and labeled us as spam again. We replied and asked them to please review Erica’s note from April 8, but we haven’t received a response yet. We’re lucky to have a second review meeting scheduled for Tuesday, but this experience has been extremely frustrating and honestly, quite unprofessional — especially after being told the issue had been resolved. Has anyone experienced something similar? What can be done to ensure prior Apple Review decisions are respected by future reviewers? Thanks so much in advance, Emilija Pixllove Team

Hello Community, My application was rejected by Apple App Review, citing Guideline 4.7 and "non-embedded," which I believe is incorrect. All transactions are signed and sent directly through the app with explicit user permission. Additionally, there's an issue with min apps where users can access the functionality via a browser to interact with the service. This feature has been part of my old application and hasn't changed in the new update. It’s the same functionality as used by popular wallets like Metamask Uniswap Coinbase Which also employ web3 technology. Over the past two weeks, I've tried to communicate with Apple's support team but have been ignored or received only generic rejection emails. This has left me frustrated and concerned about the time and resources I’ve invested in developing and supporting this app. Could you please help me find a solution? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated!

We sell magazines through a third party app platform called Pocketmags and our website. The magazines have Print, Digital and Combo options available for purchase. Also, this third party app provides the platform to read the digital version of the magazines. Once a user buys a subscription on the website, he/she receives the email with the login information on PocketMags, where he registers his login details and can start reading his subscription. With us, the customer shares his billing/shipping address along with their email id while they make payment. Now we have our own app where through which we want to sell these magazines and have to integrate In-App purchase for selling these digital subscriptions. How do we send the 3rd party subscription access details on email to the user if they do in app purchase?

I am unable to sign in to a Sandbox Apple Account, where this issue occurs only via Simulator. Under Settings > Developer, I tap "Sign In" under Sandbox Apple Account. I enter my account credentials, and after bringing me back to the Developer page, the Sign In button briefly appears as disabled, before being re-enabled, without signing in to the account. (The account credentials are also recognized as correct, as I will receive an alert popup if incorrect.) See screenshots below: After signing in, Sign In button appears disabled... ... then is re-enabled without actually signing in to the account. I have now tried setting up multiple sandbox accounts via App Store Connect with various permutations (no confirmation of Apple Account email, confirming Apple Account email, logging in to iCloud and accepting terms of service), running different device simulators, running simulators on different Mac computers... none of which yield a different result. By contrast, I can sign in to the Sandbox Apple Account without issue on a physical device. The problem occurs only via Simulator.

Hello, I have submitted my app for review what seems like countless times. With my first submission, i created five consumable in app purchases and submitted those for review alongside my build. My app keeps getting rejected because the reviewer cannot find the in app purchase in my app. I keep telling them that my app screen is dynamic and only shows available products. All of my submitted in app purchases are still in the "Waiting for Review" state and therefore do not show up. This is a chicken or the egg scenerio. I need the purchases approved so they show up in the app and can be tested by the reviewer but for whatever reason they are not being approved and the reviewer is only looking at my build and rejecting it. How do others get around this? This seems like a broken process (submitting in app purchases with builds instead of independently). I desperatly want to get out of this submit->rejection cycle.

Over the past month I've been seeing a recent spate of customers suddenly having IAP problems where they are not getting their purchase because Apple is not providing an up to date receipt. To be clear, this is for consumable IAPs. This is super frustrating because nothing has changed from our side. Apple developer support have refused to investigate and say they aren't technical support. Yes I've told the customer to uninstall/restart/reinstall the app from the MAS which should force an up to date receipt but it still doesn't work. One customer went through the Apple support process and was simply given a refund, which is totally unhelpful because we've already had to manually add the purchased product and now we've lost the revenue and it doesn't get the problem fixed. Anyone else having similar problems?

I have an app which is already on App Store with In-app purchase. Now I want to integrate In-app purchase in my another app for the same products as in the existing app. Both the apps are using same Apple Account. Can I reuse those Product Ids from the first app in the second one. If yes, what is the ways to use them. Thank you in advance.

Hello, I am writing this because the behavior of the App Store Server Notification that our server receives is problematic in the Sandbox environment. I have two questions in total. When purchasing a Free Trial subscription, after receiving the SUBSCRIBED / INITAL_BUY Notification, DID_RENEW should be sent when it expires, but DID_FAIL_TO_RENEW/GRACE_PERIOD is sent. The EXPIRE Notification is sent after the subscription expires or DID_CHANGE_RENEWAL_STATUS/AUTO_RENEW_DISABLED is sent, but it does not arrive. The first problem is that I recently heard that automatic payments after a free trial require the user's consent via email. Is this the reason? If so, I am curious about how I can test it in the Sandbox environment. Is the second problem a bug?

New subscriptions have been failing to renew in the sandbox for 3 days. I am seeing multiple posts and comments from people that appear to be experiencing the same issue. But I haven't seen any feedback from Apple representatives. I really do not want to launch a new app without seeing functioning renewals in the sandbox. Is there somewhere else we are intended to seek assistance?

I am testing sandbox subscribe but I always recieve DID_FAIL_TO_RENEW I try to create new sandbox account and clear purchase history but not work can anyone help?