4. 1 Design: Copycats (iOS)

My App was rejected with this reason Design: Copycats (iOS).

Now I do not know what the real reason is. On a screenshot you can see a piece of a car, but you can not tell what kind of car that is.

Can the car be the reason?

Or does the icon look similar to other apps? It is a collage app. All collage app icons look similar. But not exactly the same.

I really do not know what to do. I spent two months development time, 2000 $ for translations and designer. And now this surprise.


Full message:

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4. 1 Design: Copycats (iOS)

Guideline 4.1 - Design



Your app or its metadata appears to contain misleading content.


Specifically, your app includes content that resembles third-party apps that are live on the App Store.


Next Steps


To resolve this issue, please make the necessary changes to your app so that it does not infringe upon the rights of a third party:


- Remove all third-party marks from your app icon, screenshots, and previews.


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Answered by vsmedia in 267762022

Yes, the the third time I created a completely different icon and the app was accepted.

They wrote:

>Remove all third-party marks from your app icon, screenshots, and previews.


This means they think your app contains images (or icons or words) that are the copyrighted property of other apps on the app store.

I got an answer. It's about the app icon. It looks to similar to an other app in iTunes App Store. Now, I modified the icon and resubmit the app for review.

Next rejection. Another icon, same reason.

hi, havei you been able to get your app accepted by changing the icon?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the the third time I created a completely different icon and the app was accepted.

congratulations! I just submitted mine and got rejected too. I replied them to state that it was an original desgin and ideas.I don't know why they said it apeared to be a copy cat. Waiting for their response... keeping my fingers crossed....

What happened after?

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