Hate To Be That Guy

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Hi Everyone, I really hate to be that guy but I was wondering if anyone else has been waiting as long as I have to get their app reviewed? I have an app that I put up for review July 30th and now we're on the 12th day waiting. (By the way, if you are an apple employee and you happen to see this message and want to help, the app is called Sudoku Every Day - Paper & Pen and the submission ID is f6750769-9018-4236-b413-ea07bc05d907). I know they are experiencing a backlog right now, and I've been patient understanding that. I guess I'm just a little frustrated because I see people on social media who supposedly put their app in after me that have already been approved, although I get that that's just random luck of the draw probably.
Do you all think it's possible my app is stuck though? Should I request an expedited review? I kind of don't want to do that just because I bet everyone is doing that with the backlog and I don't believe I qualify for it. I do have a big update ready since I've added a lot of variants to my app in the last few weeks. That's ready to go but that's not really time critical ..... Another thing I was wondering is could this have something to do with the fact that I first tried to submit it after building in Xcode 27 beta? The beta builds kept getting auto-rejected so I had to eventually submit a build that I made on another computer (MacOS 26.6/Xcode 26.6) to get it to be accepted into review but that was the 6th build. Is there a chance my previous builds getting auto-rejected put me on some slow train to app review? Just curious to hear others experiences.

If you made it all the way to the end of this, thanks for reading! -E

Answer 1

ltdaveracruz OP

8h

I have a game that has been under review; it was initially rejected for spam, so I fixed the issue and submitted documentation proving the project's legitimacy and the game's uniqueness. Then there was an online connectivity issue, which I also resolved. However, the latest review—which took 10 days—resulted in another spam rejection. It seems the documents I submitted aren't being properly verified or considered; after all, how could a game review take only 18 minutes?

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ErinS OP

7h

ltdaveracruz not sure how to reply to your comment. Just wanted to say: if you think about it the reviewers are probably the best people in the world at reviewing apps so I could see how 18 minutes is enough? Actually my first app when it was reviewed they were only in there for 2-3 minutes at a time I want to say. But that wasn't a game, maybe they spend more time on game apps?

So do you mean your game was initially rejected for not being unique enough? Oh dear, I guess that doesn't bode well for me and my Sudoku app .... I will say that my sudoku app does have a few features that nobody else seems to have: a bookmark-rewind feature and handwriting recognition that improves over time using the user's local storage. So it learns a user's handwriting over time even if you have terrible handwriting that other apps, or even the new pencil kit coming out, can't seem to nail. Plus I have literally almost every sudoku variant known to man in the 1.0.1 version that's already ready to be submitted, most of them are not in my current submission though.... What kind of game is your app?