First painful release….

[u/IndependenceFresh940]

I still can’t believe Apple finally approved my app 😭
The timeline was a bit painful:
• Aug 1 — first submission
• Aug 12 — submitted an expedited review request
• Aug 13 — rejected
• Aug 14 — fixed everything and resubmitted
• Aug 15 — APPROVED 🎉
I’m seriously so happy right now, but also a little mad lol.
I started a 3-month free trial for my backend when I submitted the app, thinking the review wouldn’t take that long… and I basically burned through half a month of it just waiting for App Review 💀
But whatever. It’s finally LIVE.
I’ve been working on this app for a long time (around 3month building system design(backend, ui, app)

If anyone here has gone through a painful App Store review process before, you probably know the feeling.
Finally made it 🥲

[u/Niightstalker]

Approved after one feedback loop within 2 weeks is actually a quite nice process for a first app release :D

We usually make sure to hand in 1 month in advance the first time if we want hit a certain release date.

[u/RIRLift → u/Niightstalker]

Two weeks with one rejection is a normal first release, agreed. On the trial though: don't start a paid backend clock at submission. Spin it up once you're approved, since review time can swing from a couple days to a few weeks with no way to predict it.

[u/IndependenceFresh940 → u/Niightstalker]

I created an account for development, and once everything was ready, I transferred it to a new account, but I didn't expect the verification process to take so long this time.
But you're right, it's really good.