Localized version of Application = Spam??

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Hey there! Faced a strange problem. We're a board game publisher, not quite experienced in publishing digital applications. However one of our games needs a digital app that already exists in AppStore. It is not possible to localize it ro our language, so we agreed with Rights Owners that we will develop the localized version ourselves and publish it in Store.

The localized App is quite different from the original one: not only language, but a whole new part of the game exists. However Apple keeps declining our App considering it a spam. We tried everything to put that into consideration, but got nothing.

Any lifehacks how to get this going? Is there anything they look at in particular, any tips what can we change quickly to finally publish the App?

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Apple

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Thanks for the post, very interesting you went to an approached that will create a duplicate app instead of localization. I would actually focus on the reason you can’t localize in another language as that API has been proven to be great. I think we should focus on that.

Apple’s automated systems and human reviewers are trained to flag apps that look and function similarly to existing apps. I believe the primary goal is to keep the App Store clean the preference is that a single app supports multiple languages and features, rather than having separate apps for different regions or languages.

I think on the final result having 2 apps on the same region with different languages. If both apps are available in the same region that could be a really bad experience for the users.

Let’s focus on the reason you can’t localize. Localization isn't just translating words; it's adapting the software. Developers extract all hard-coded text in the app and put them into a file called. The app then pulls the correct language based on the user's iPhone system language.Localization also means changing how dates, times, and currencies are formatted. You must also localize how the app appears in the App Store. Inside App Store Connect, you can add different languages.

I would like to learn the issues you encounter localizing your language that you believe is not possible.

Albert Pascual   Worldwide Developer Relations.

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