Can you publish 2 separate apps for 2 languages?

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Created Mar ’23

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Hi, we are planing to publish an education app that comes in 2 languages, german and english. The plan was to publish 2 apps, each for each language and people can chose whichone to get. We did not want to include both languages in 1 package as the app is very heavy on videos and including both languages would be too big.

If possible, we would like the keep the same App name but maybe adjust the icon to distinguish between german and english, but I would like to know what would be the recommended way to go about this?

Again, having both languages inside the app is not really possible, alteast not without a big rework.

Thanks!

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Answer 1

Claude31 OP

Mar ’23

You cannot do it with the same app name.

And having 2 different names may be refused as "spam".

Why do you load videos in app and do not get them from a server ? In fact, you will probably add new videos over time and then you would face the same issue.

So I recommend to localise.

What you could do:

localise app, without video
ask user to select language
download videos and store them locally

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Answer 2

Kloper OP

Mar ’23

There wont be any new videos, at least not in the current app. Your suggestions could work I guess, but it would require rewriting parts of the app, for which I think is no budget left. Sadly this aspect of the publishing the app was overlooked.

So basically we can "try" to use 2 different names, any maybe argue why we have to do it that way, or rewrite the app, thats the only 2 options we really have?

Thanks for you feedback!!

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Answer 3

Engineer OP

Apple

Apr ’23

If there’s even a slight chance you may expand to 3+ languages in the future, I would definitely suggest maintaining a single app. It will be easier on you in the long run, and a better user experience for your customers. Plus, what if they’re multilingual? Adhering to conventional localization processes will allow you to take advantage of system features, like per-app languages in Settings.

Maybe it would be okay to include assets for both languages in this initial version you’re hoping to launch soon, and do the work to reduce file size in a follow-up? I just learned about the Background Assets framework, but it may be exactly what you’re looking for.

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