Hi,
my app NovaNews has been rejected again under Guideline 5.2.3 because of its Internet radio player.
It does not download, record, convert, proxy or retransmit anything. It simply lists Internet radio stations and plays their public live streams directly from the user's device.
After the first rejection, I even removed my curated list of Italian radio stations, thinking that was the problem. I left only a generic Community Radio directory. It was rejected again, and the screenshot provided by App Review simply shows that list with an ordinary station
(PBS FM Melbourne) playing.
So I am genuinely confused: are developers now expected to provide written authorization from every single radio station included in a radio directory?
What makes this even harder to understand is that I can find apps currently on the App Store offering Internet radio players and even third-party media services such as YouTube.
I don't want to name or criticize other developers. I am only trying to understand why apparently similar or broader functionality is accepted while a basic radio player is rejected under 5.2.3.
I have appealed the decision, but I'd really like to hear from developers of radio apps: have you encountered the same issue recently?
Thanks,
are new radio player effectively banned from appstore? guideline 5.2.3
At the current format shown in your screenshot, your app is unlikely to be accepted because the user would not be able to tell where your radio station list comes from. Even after you manage to tell where your data comes from, whether your submission will be accepted depends on the reviewer. There are difficult reviewers who literally play by the book. Sometimes, it will only take luck not to face these difficult people.
Hi! Thank you so much for your reply. But if, for example, I clearly stated that the radio stations come from RadioBrowser, would that improve my situation? I have RadioBrowser installed on my server.