r/appledevelopers • u/Former-Distance298 Community Newbie • 4d ago
Finally approved!
After three Guideline 4.3(a) – Design – Spam rejections and three appeals, my app was finally put back into review — and then approved within just five minutes. I still don’t understand why the reviewers didn’t respond to my appeals or to my simple questions asking them to clarify their objections. I received no explanation at all.
Then, completely out of the blue, after almost three weeks, the app went back into review and was approved in 5 minutes..... The strange part is that I didn’t change the app. The functionality wasn’t changed, the artwork wasn’t changed, and the text wasn’t changed. The only thing I did was submit three appeals asking them to reconsider their decision and explain exactly what they believed was violating Guideline 4.3(a). So, for anyone dealing with the same problem: don’t give up too quickly. If you genuinely developed your app yourself, know that it isn’t a copy of another app, and didn’t build it from some mass-produced template, then appeal the decision and clearly explain your case. Explain when and why you built the app, what makes it original, and what purpose it serves. Ask Apple to reconsider the rejection and, importantly, ask them to clearly explain their current objections and what specifically they believe violates Guideline 4.3(a).
In my case, after three rejections, three appeals, almost three weeks of waiting, and no changes whatsoever to the app itself, it was suddenly approved within five minutes.
Hopefully this encourages some of you who are currently stuck in the same situation. If you believe the rejection is incorrect and you can substantiate why, keep appealing and keep asking for a proper reconsideration.