New App Review or App Preview?

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Uploaded my first App for the app store! Apple said they have a very fast response time but despite their very quick response (only 8hrs after filling out all the paper work), their response felt very generic... basically saying "your a first time app creator we need more information" I responded to all questions and submitted a screen recording of the app and resubmitted for review. It's now been 4 days and no response to my resubmitted review! no email, no notice it was seen...

Apple has all these stats about how fast they are to respond but if its just a quick fast initial generic response thats not really a response and its just a way for them to claim a high efficiency. Has anyone else encountered this? How long and how much back and forth should I expect publishing a basic app?

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Etresoft OP

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Apple has all these stats about how fast they are to respond but if its just a quick fast initial generic response thats not really a response and its just a way for them to claim a high efficiency.

It's an average across over 9 million submissions every year. That's 15,000 every day. Obviously it's only the people who have delays that complain about it.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Obviously yes. They've taken over the developer forums for the past few months since the start of AI slop.

How long and how much back and forth should I expect publishing a basic app?

Probably less than you fear. From what I see here in the forums, Apple seems to have found a way to avoid lots of "back and forth". If an app looks like it's going to generate lots of rejections, then they may give you a few weeks to work on it next time.

It seems that some developers feel that a quick turnaround and resubmission after a rejection should result in an equally quick re-review. But no such correlation has ever existed. And lately, it seems like the opposite is more likely.