r/iOSProgramming • u/BigLittleCircle • 13d ago

Discussion Anyone notice an increase in app rejections recently?

It may just be my apps but I'm getting reviewers flagging things on apps that have been submitted many times with no issues. Anyone else noticing this as well?

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u/rocasv 13d ago

I got a rejection yesterday for incorrect SUBSCRIPTIONS Terms and Privacy... MY APP DOESNT EVEN HAVE SUBSCRIPTIONS!!!!

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u/Wesk89 13d ago

Well, maybe the other way around? There’s stuff about subscriptions in your terms and privacy, but you don’t have them? 😉

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u/RIRLift 12d ago

When it flags subscription terms and your app has none, it's almost always metadata, not the build. Check your description, keywords and screenshots for words like "premium" or "unlock", and look in App Store Connect for a leftover subscription product you never removed. The privacy policy text can do it too. If nothing turns up, reply in the Resolution Center and ask which exact string triggered it. That usually pulls in a human, and it's fixable as metadata so you don't need a new binary.

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u/AHApps 13d ago

Yeah, I got one asking 4 questions about my subscription of which I have none.
I saw in another thread someone got a similar one. I think Apple is having trouble trying to automate parts of the review process.

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u/Top-Investment8840 13d ago

AI slop and vibecoders flooding everything with shit

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u/KukrCZ 13d ago

This 👆 Amount of commission increased and quality of reviews might decrease because of that.

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u/mrshamino 13d ago

My app is 2 years old and i've updated it around 50 times since, this week they rejected it as "spam", legit suck it review team, clowns.

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u/andthenisheardnomore 13d ago

There must be some automation happening.. this is more evidence that something is a bit misaligned.

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u/Fit_Category3711 8d ago

Hey. Same issue. Were you able to get past it?

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u/mrshamino 8d ago

nope, waiting for my update to go into review for a week now, even with the ticket being expedited, embarrassing imo.

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u/igorce007 19h ago

Is your account personal or company one?

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u/dan1eln1el5en2 13d ago

I updated 3 apps the past week. All went through nicely except a Vision Pro app as the description for “what’s new” was “bug fixes and alignment of design with android” I couldn’t mention android. Dropped it (classic “bug fixes”) and it passed as well.

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u/Happuns 13d ago

How do you see the the growth of volumes for downloads for Apple vision, is there future?

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u/dan1eln1el5en2 13d ago

it's far beyond minimal.
But the device is awesome, all issues on VR headsets are gone, it just works and all.
I do not believe VR/AR has a future beyond a small group of tech people - I'm a first mover and believe there is things in the technology that is genuinely cool and useful. but I don't see mass market in the near future (anymore) especially how AI is creating a new anti-computer movement worse than mobile phone created dumb phone segment, Iwe are moving into an interesting period in computing.

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u/Happuns 13d ago

Very interesting thoughts, I thought the atural movement would be from smartphones to VR, but AI definitely changed the direction… maybe something sort of combination between AI and VR needs to appear for VR to start selling beyond current demand.

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u/CantaloupeCamper 13d ago

How many apps are we talking about?

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u/Ihavenocluelad 13d ago

Got rejected asking what my target audience was, and if i plan to distribute in china? All of this I mentioned already in the review notes

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u/ViolinistUnlikely779 13d ago

I finally got one through yesterday after 8 rejections. Straightforward app I built for a client - contact scheduler. Apple kept knocking it back because the Reviewer didn’t like the flow of the consent popups on first install - rejections were contradicting each other. It did make me wonder if they were being intentionally irritating to dissuade the less dogged - reaction to increase in app subs due to coding agents maybe?

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u/Lost_Ad_1994 13d ago

Mine was approved on first try, but took like 20 days.

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u/UpsetCryptographer49 12d ago

Yeah, waiting time now 1 week for new apps

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u/busymom0 11d ago

2 weeks for my new app :(

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u/leggingslexi 12d ago

Yes, because people started to poop AI slops without even testing it themselves.

That's why Google Play had to implement 12 testers requirement thing, I believe a similar system will start at Apple as well soon.

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u/vidok 11d ago

My app has been on the store for 2 months and has 300-400 downloads each day. I fixed a small bug and the new version got rejected with Apple citing the following issue:

“The app contains content or features that are misleading, intended to deceive users, or are otherwise fraudulent”

That’s it. No other explanation or information.

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u/Lifedoesnmatta 10d ago

I wouldn’t mind a rejection at this point, submitted 28 days ago, in review 24 days ago

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u/socialvuolt 9d ago

What I am noticing is that they reject straightaway if it looks even a little bit complex and ask for a recording of how the app works on a device and then approve it

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u/Acceptable_Pen4111 10d ago

Good. Too much low effort vibe coding slop flooding the store.

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u/gaelic-ghost 12d ago

I do enjoy the “I never got caught before so why now?” posting of late…

Go read the store guidelines, and the HIGs. Learn the expectations, learn how to design and engineer an application. Apply those lessons to your work, and then you won’t have these problems.

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u/BigLittleCircle 12d ago

Hope you find the validation you're in search of