Hello Apple Developers, I’m reaching out to the community with a concept that I truly believe could be a natural fit for the Apple ecosystem: A privacy-focused, iOS-exclusive dating app designed to enhance connections between Apple users while staying true to Apple’s commitment to security and user privacy. The idea is to create an iOS-only dating platform that fosters relationships between users who are part of the Apple ecosystem. The app would integrate seamlessly with Apple’s services (iMessage, FaceTime, Siri, etc.) and provide a premium user experience, where privacy is a priority. Apple users already prefer to communicate using Apple services (iMessage, FaceTime). A dating app designed specifically for iOS users would deepen this ecosystem lock-in, making it easier for Apple customers to connect within a trusted space. Apple is already known for its privacy focus, and an iOS-exclusive dating app would build upon that reputation. It would ensure secure, private interactions, minimizing the risks associated with data sharing in most dating apps today. The app could integrate directly with features like iCloud, Apple Pay (for date-night bookings), and Siri (for matchmaking suggestions), offering users a truly native iOS experience. While the app would remain free to use, here are a few potential monetization methods: Bundling with Apple One/iCloud+ for premium matchmaking features. Apple Pay-based date-night deals with local partners. I’d love to hear your thoughts on whether Apple might be open to this idea. Would there be any challenges from a technical or business perspective in creating a dating app exclusively for iOS users? I’m looking forward to hearing from you all, and thank you for your time and insights. Yours Truly, CapNKirk P.S. This is an idea. But I do not care who uses, implements, or executes this idea. I just want to see Apple take advantage of it.

Hello! Since December 2024, we have noticed that the test results in the product page optimization section are incorrect. All variants apparently perform better than the original one, even though all the variants are the same. Is this a bug, or are we setting them up incorrectly?

I found a developer impersonating our company's application, how should I protect my rights. His app name only adds an extra suffix 'APP' at the end compared to our company's app. And it is a pure fee based application. The applications developed by our company are free for users to use.

We have a fully immersive game (Colossal Cave) for the Vision Pro which uses hand tracking. We also have a version of the game that uses eye tracking but is Mixed Reality. For technical reasons they need to be two different apps (a long story). We could set it up as three different apps Colossal Cave Immersive Colossal Cave Mixed Reality Colossal Cave Bundle But this means three distinct store pages and buyer confusion, which can hurt sales. What I'd love to figure out is how to offer the bundle without the other two store pages. I could put all three store pages, but I really want people to try the game in both immersive and Mixed Reality format. I could try doing something like pricing the immersive and Mixed reality versions at $39.99 with the bundle at $24.99 .. and tell people in the text for the individual versions to buy the bundle (a $80 value) for only $24.99. But .. that's complicated and feels hokey. Is there some simpler idea? -Ken Williams Cygnus Entertainment

Hi, I am using Apple Search Ads (Basic), and I’ve noticed that my bank account has been debited weekly. However, when I recently tried to access the reports, they appear empty. Please see the attached screenshots for reference. Is there a customer support representative from Apple Search Ads who can assist me with this issue? Thank you.

Hi there I am confused about the app promotion within the store connect My subject is that I want to update my App presentation with videos I can see that you can display videos directly on the search result page, alors on the app presentation Although, I only see that I can upload video in the marketing part on the store connect side The documentation is a bit obscur on this, anyone can briefly explain to me how can I achieve this ? Thanks a lot !

How to find potential users for apps uploaded to the app store? How to promote, who can provide guidance, thank you!

Hey folks, I'd like to know if anyone faced the same problem and how did you overcome it. We're considering depreciating one of our app's platform but will continue developing and introducing new features to the rest of athe pp platforms. Imagine there's an app called "Great app" and it has 4 platforms configured (and all in sales) in the App Store Connect: it has iOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. However, you come to a decision to discontinue development and support for e.g. tvOS app/platform but will continue improving the rest of the app platforms. What is 100% clear - there is no way to remove the platform that has been submitted and in sales. Also, there's no way to manage some platforms independently from the rest app platforms (any changes to e.g. country availability affect all app platforms). We clarified this with Apple already. So there's a dilemma: you will always have the app in production and in sales which has a platform that is not anymore supported, maintained, etc. That's very sad from users' perspective as they can still find the tvOS platform app, download it, and become pretty disappointed. Would love to hear thoughts/suggestions/ideas from anyone who faced the same. How did you manage it? Did you prepare some kinds of funneling into your sideload app platform, or put some depreciation screens/information for users, how did you overcome the limitations set in App Review Guidelines, etc. Cheers.

I have an app called WikiSleep. It is a free sleep app with a basic subscription base that activates after a free trial. Some users who have been given promo codes are able to use the app in full, even after the promo has expired. This one, for example ended months ago but the app is wide open for him. Any ideas on why that might be happening? .

Hello! We are planning a revenue-sharing campaign with an influencer, where they'll distribute a unique campaign code. For each successful paying subscription generated through their code, we'll reward them with a percentage of the proceeds. In App Store Connect under Analytics > Acquisition > Campaign, I can see the number of downloads, but I'm unsure where to find the number of subscriptions generated from these unique links. Could you guide me on how to access this data so I can provide the influencer with a report showing both the downloads and subscriptions from their campaign? Thank you!

Dear Apple & Community, Sorry if this was asked already, but I couldn't find any concrete or up to date answers, this is my first time around. I developed an App for both iOS and MacOS. They are on separate deploys (i.e. it is not cross compatible), but the same software nonetheless. I would like that those who purchased it for iOS also get it for MacOS anad vice-versa. Is that possible? Is that out of the box or should I do anything extra in the App Store Connect or in the Deployment? Thanks and best regards Saif

Hi I want to offer a club/organisation a promo code to download my app for free. Can one promo code be used multiple times or is one promo code only good for one purchase in the app store? Is promo codes the best solution to distribute an app to a club or organisation for free? TIA

Scenario: A user follows a custom campaign link to download my free app and purchase a subscription at $1 / month. That subscription renews a month later at the same price. Will this campaign link in analytics show $2 in proceeds?

Title says all, when I try to apply a treatment I get the following error message: Unable to Apply Treatment You must upload at least one screenshot for the primary language of your app before this treatment can be applied to the following: 3.7.7 Ready for Distribution Try again. Any clue?

I created a new Custom Product Page with a Deep Link, according to the WWDC '24 session "What's new in App Store Connect", and everything has been approved, but the Deep Link does not appear to be working. Is this feature fully operational yet? When the app is installed via this product page, the user should be directed to a specific page in the app, however this does not happen. It does work properly when installing directly via the Deep Link This is the link to the product page: https://apps.apple.com/app/bills-to-budget/id1636872963?ppid=ff079a93-be32-43fe-a88e-ad97a68ff725

Hey all, It's been now a few weeks since we started to help clients connect to their App Store Analytics API. I'm starting to notice that very often we'll see things like: Small data gaps. Eg. I have data on June 1, no data on June 2-4, and then data from June 5 to now Big data gaps. Eg. I'd have data on Jan 2024, but not on Feb-Mar 2024, then there's data again from April 2024 onwards. The actual files from Apple are like that we're not doing any treatments whatsoever. That's happening on both ONGOING and ONE_TIME_SNAPSHOT I also opened a Customer Support case and sent the files over 10 days ago, but no definitive answer so far. Are you also seeing gaps like this on your data? Any tips/recommendations?

I released a visionOS native app, and am about to release an update. Problem is, even with keywords and whatnot, my app can't be found on the App Store unless you search it by name. It's not discoverable at all. It doesn't show up in any lists, not even what's new. It seems Search Ads are only for iOS and iPad, so I can't even buy help. What can I do to reach people? How can I at least get on the what's new list for visionOS?

Hi, We submitted an app for review and after a few rounds of back and forth, the reviewer is seeking the app's marketing authorization documentation. We are not sure what is expected. Does anyone have ideas? Thanks!

Hello, on the App Store I have two simple Safari extensions both for iOS and macOS, one app for iOS for testing and feedback purposes (so, even if it's a complex app, nothing of "serious" for the moment) and one mature and complex app for macOS. The last one is localized for the most important 12 languages, the others one are in english only (but due their simplicity are enough). At this moment they are all free apps. The point is this one: overall in the macOS app I except a general interest for a mature and very interesting application, but seems that, independently from everything, the only real downloaders and users are the US ones. This is really demoralizing because this app needs to be known, but only the US audience is not enough. Only the 10% of downloaders are generally equally divided between UK, India, Canada, Brazil, China and Japan. So the keywords seem effectively findable. Is it normal this huge difference? Not-US audience is more suspicious? There is a particular psychology difference between US and other countries? Ok, probably most macOS users, with a recent hardware (this app require at minimum macOS 12.3 to work), are located in US. But the ratio US:rest of the world seems anyway unbalanced. Thank you, have patience if my question is dumb.

After spending a lot of time trying to automate my processes, particularly on checking the emails I have on my software, and after talking with people in the field, I looked for a complete solution that could check with great precision in my email lists. I then looked at https://mailtester.ninja/ which in addition to being very complete, offers an API. So my question is whether any of you have other tools, other methods? thank you