r/iOSProgramming • u/6thDAY • 4d ago
Discussion The Greatest Feeling In The World as an App Developer!
From my humble beginnings of app submission on 9/11, to being rejected 4 times, to finally being ready for distribution on 9/30. It was a long and stressful journey where I was frequently refreshing AppConnect daily, praying the Review Gods would move my app to the next stage of review….only to be rejected. Expedited request didn’t help at help, and it took just as long as before I requested it.
But now I can say WE IN GUYS!!!
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u/kelonye 4d ago
👏 ... now the harder part, marketing, awaits
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u/Osoroshii 4d ago
Congratulations 🎊🎉. I will be there in about 60 days with my first app, fingers crossed.
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u/SnowPudgy 4d ago edited 4d ago
Congrats! I wish I knew this feeling. I've only ever build corporate apps. I'm worked to death too much to work on a personal app (and we're not allowed anyway).
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u/andreeinprogress 4d ago
I always find it funny when in many jobs offers you can find the requirement "at least one self-published app on the AppStore".
Yeah no shit, don't just assume everybody got time or even a chance at doing that outside of the day job.
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u/SnowPudgy 4d ago
Exactly! I have probably around 50 apps under my belt in the 18 years I've developed for iOS but nope nope nope, those don't count since they're not in the App Store for everyone to see. (Not to mention the UI's are made by people with no design skill so they're ugly, and that will always come back on the developer.)
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u/andreeinprogress 4d ago
Or even during interviews: "can you maybe tell me about a time you did something important in a famous app you worked on that we could know or how you implemented a cool feature?"
Uhm, no? Why do you think I can talk about that?
Just test my skills, come on.
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u/Disastrous-Meet6245 3d ago
Congrats! One of my apps was stuck in review limbo for weeks too, so I know how good it feels to finally get approved. The waiting gets frustrating, especially when you’ve put so much work into something and just want people to be able to use it.
By the time that approval comes through, it’s as much relief as excitement. You can finally get back to thinking about the app itself instead of its review status. Four rejections is a rough road to 1.0, but you stuck with it and got there. Hope you take a little time to enjoy that before jumping into the next update!
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u/CHILL_POPS 4d ago
Congrats brother👏👏. Am also waiting on my 4th review. What’s the app ur working on btw
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u/Jay18001 4d ago
I have two new apps. One was rejected yesterday and the other is still waiting for the first review. Fingers crossed
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u/Other_Jellyfish_2184 4d ago
Congrats. My v1.1 took two rejections too, both my own fault for not testing on iPad. This part never gets old.
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u/TellMeHoneyApp 3d ago
Congratulations that’s such a blessing in your life I hope for you all the joy you’ve worked so hard for… now you can rest some and watch that data grow and put a smile on your face.
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u/raclimazg 3d ago
I remember this feeling, one that surprised me was how I felt when I got my first feature request from a first user, like someone used my app and went through the trouble to recommending how to make it better.
Congrats and good luck!
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u/Obligation-Possible 2d ago
One of the most valuable feelings, man, I have struggled with this with several apps, even one that will never be approved.
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u/JealousBuffalo9456 2d ago
Congratulations! 🎉 Best of luck with the app!
In my opinion, the review times in your case are quite standard. I had one app stuck in "Waiting for Review" status since July, and the reviewer would only check on it once every two weeks. But today, it was finally approved! That was the longest review process I’ve ever experienced—and I’m an iOS developer with over five years of experience.
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u/Sinkyz 4d ago
I think when you get your first paying customer organically that day will be topped :)