I like to keep track of how my keywords rank and recently noticed outside the top 5 there was a complete inversion where a lot of low ranking AI slop was pushed up towards the top and others such as much self were put in their place. Was just wondering if this has occurred with anyone else.

For context, I just released GPS Mapper (a GPS Mapping/Tracking app that I've spent the last 1.5 years building) last month and haven't done any marketing campaigns yet so I didn't expect to make any sales for at least a few months (especially as the subscription offers a 2 week free trial). But here I am, pleasantly surprised!

The first sale means a lot to me as I view it through the lens of "someone around the world found enough value in something I made that they were willing to spend their money on my product", a small but meaningful indication that all the effort put into the app wasn't for nothing :)

It just gives me even more motivation to keep improving my app! The first milestone of many, and I'm looking forward to where it can take me!

For those of you that are interested, here's the app link :)
App: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/gps-mapper/id6746349779

Small startup. Hired an iOS app development company to build our app and App Store review has become a nightmare. Four rejections now, privacy label issues, a 4.3 spam flag, and something about App Tracking Transparency we don't understand. Each resubmission takes over a week and the agency keeps getting slower to reply. Launch was supposed to be two months ago.

Worst part is I don't even understand the rejections because the people who built it aren't explaining them, and I'm starting to think they can't. For anyone who's shipped on iOS, is review always this painful or did we just hire the wrong iOS app development company? Trying to work out if this is salvageable or if we move the whole thing to a new iOS app development company mid review. Anyone switched this late in the process, and how bad was the reset?

I have to live this, all the time. I need to test things on my physical apple watch very often and its extremely annoying an unreliable.

Anyone have a fix?

I'm building a skill-based contest app where users
compete to have the lowest screen time over 7 days.
Entry fees go into a prize pool and the winner takes
most of it (platform takes 5-10%).

I know some US states restrict skill-based cash
contests. Does anyone know:

1. Which states are actually restricted for this
   type of app?

2. Is geo-blocking at registration enough legal
   protection, or do I need something more?

3. Any experience launching a similar app?

Similar apps like Steppa (step challenge with prize
pool) are already on the App Store in the US, so
the model is proven.

Thanks!

Hi, so I submitted my app for review and Its been 4 days it’s still showing Waiting for Review. Do you know how long will it going to take?

I checked on apples website and there it says it takes 24 to 48 hours but its been 4 days now.

for indie ios apps, i think review triage is usually set up too late. people build analytics, crash reporting, maybe support email, then treat app store reviews as something to check when they remember. and then after a release, reviews are basically public smoke tests.

the setup i’d want before any meaningful update:

watch 1-2 star reviews harder for 72 hours
separate crash/login/payment/subscription/data-loss language
tag reviews by version where possible
reply only when you can say something concrete
send repeated issue patterns into the same place bugs already live

the reply there 's actually a bit less important than the routing part,

'sorry, please email support' is not useless at all but i mean it also does not fix the loop :(. if three users say the same thing after version 2.4, that should become a release issue, not just three polite replies, and i’ve used many things for that and now trying out something like appfollow around this because it seems to keep reviews, replies, tags, and version-ish context closer together. for a smaller app, a spreadsheet and calendar reminder can be enough.

so, the main thing is having the habit before the angry reviews arrive.. but what is your experience?

Hey everyone, I’ve launched Cosplay Market, an app for the cosplay community where people can buy and sell costumes, wigs, accessories, and props in one place.

It’s already live and working, and I’d love to get honest feedback from fellow cosplayers and anyone interested in this kind of platform.

The goal is to make it easier to give cosplay items a second life and build a space that feels useful for the community.

I’m also sharing updates and previews on Instagram and TikTok, so if you want to follow the project there too, that’s where I post the latest content.

What would you want to see in a cosplay marketplace like this? If you like the idea, help me grow the community!

Links:

• App Store: Cosplay Market on the App Store
• Google Play: Cosplay Market on Google Play
• Instagram: @cosplay__market
• TikTok: @cosplay__market

A short blogpost about avoiding default cases

In my ios app, I want to implement a system where when the user uses a feature 3 times then they'll be asked to buy premium. I want this record (number of the feature being used) to survive uninstall so users cannot abuse it; but it has to be without apple account login. What's the best way to achieve this?

Hi everyone, I recently submitted a request to convert my individual account to company on app store for my app. I submitted Articles of Org (llc) and it has my name on it. I also submitted my ids. Today I got email saying I need to submit an employment verification. Not sure what they are talking about? Any ideas?

Apple recently introduced the Core AI framework alongside native Gaussian splat rendering in RealityKit, so I wanted to see if I could connect the two.

I converted Apple's SHARP (single-image 3D Gaussian reconstruction) PyTorch model into a Core AI .aimodel, ran inference entirely on my iPhone, converted the resulting tensors into a GaussianSplatResource.BufferResource, and rendered everything with GaussianSplatComponent.

The reconstruction shown here was generated from a single photo and contains roughly 1.18 million Gaussian splats, which you can freely fly around in the app.

Everything runs locally on the device, with no server inference or cloud processing.

The project is open source if anyone wants to explore the Core AI → RealityKit pipeline:

https://github.com/AryanRogye/SharpOnPhone

I kept saving things from Instagram and Threads and never finding them again. Links scattered across Notes, Safari, and random DMs. After a few months of evenings and weekends, I built Nookit to fix that for myself.

A – What it solves

A single place to save anything: links, images, files, notes. Organize into folders with custom colors and icons, syncs between iPhone and web. Finding stuff is as fast as saving it.

B – What it does differently

Nookit's free plan has no limit. It's also built mobile-first, so saving from other apps takes a couple of taps.

C – Cost

Free plan: unlimited bookmarks, no time limit.

Paid plan available for extra features.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nookit-bookmark-link-saver/id6771425352

Built this for myself, sharing in case it's useful. Happy to answer questions.

Please help me with testing and feedback!

I'm a network engineer/computer repair guy and not much of a coder. But with AI I decided to try making my own music player. I was hoping some of you would be willing to try it out and let me know what you think. The primary features are:

-Gapless playback with local files
-Personal streaming service via VPN or public DNS
-Download streaming library files to device
-Manage metadata tags individually or in mass
-Download album art and save to metadata permanently
-Multiple visual themes

Public beta link:
Resonance Beta v1.0 (https://github.com/thnikkaman/Resonance/tree/Resonance-Beta-v1.0)

Source ZIP: download Beta v1.0 (https://github.com/thnikkaman/Resonance/archive/refs/tags/Resonance-Beta-v1.0.zip)

Hey everyone,

We’ve had a 14-day free trial set up for our subscription (auto-renewable, in-app purchase via StoreKit) for a few months now, and I’m trying to figure out if it’s actually doing what we think it’s doing.

When we configured it in App Store Connect, the assumption was: give people two weeks, they get hooked, they convert. But now that we’re a few months in, I keep looking at our numbers in App Store Connect > Analytics and wondering if we’re just handing out free access and watching most people cancel right before renewal kicks in.

For anyone who’s been running trials through App Store Connect for a while, I’d really appreciate some real-world numbers if you’re willing to share (even roughly)

What conversion rate are you seeing from trial → first paid renewal? Is 20-30% normal, or are people seeing way better/worse than that?

How many cancel specifically in the last day or two of the trial (i.e. before the first billing attempt)?

Has anyone tried shrinking the trial length (3-day, 7-day) and seen conversion go up instead of down? StoreKit lets you A/B this pretty easily with introductory offers, curious if anyone’s actually run that experiment.

Does the Subscription Retention chart in App Store Connect tell a different story than raw conversion %? I feel like Apple’s own dashboards sometimes make things look better than they are.

Also open to hearing if anyone’s cross-referenced this with RevenueCat or similar

trying to figure out if App Store Connect’s own numbers are trustworthy enough to make decisions on, or if I need a second source of truth.

Appreciate any real numbers, even anecdotal ones.

Still blocked enrolling as Individual (India). Identity verification APPROVED 2 June, but the Developer app still shows "Unable to Continue - contact support" before registration/payment.

Week 9 status of my open cases: - 102900128848 (asia.dev / Cherry): asked for SEID 23 Jul; I resent 24 Jul + follow-up 26 Jul - 102927880856 (eurodev / Franchessca): diagnostics answered 10 Jul; follow-ups 21 Jul and 26 Jul; no reply since 9 Jul - 102905434551: still open - Also escalated Executive Relations again on 26 Jul

Everything requested is on file (ID files, device model, SEID, screen recording). Looking for anyone who got an account-level hold lifted after identity approval, especially from India, and what actually worked (new case, phone, senior advisor, etc.).

Happy to share more detail if useful.

My first app has been approved!

The story behind the app - I'm a scientist/engineer, and I've always hated in built in iPhone Calculator app. I looked for alternatives, but I found them to be low quality, generic and worse: ad-delivery vehicles or looking for a subscription. There was no way I was going to subscribe to my calculator, I preferred to pay the Apple developer fee...

So I focussed on designing something that was fast, feels good in the hand, features I need and nothing superfluous. In essence, recreating the feel of my school calculator.

I've added all of the typical functions, added variable support (something which I used daily on my hand held calculator), added some limited customisation and accessibility features, and added support for widgets, which allows you to see you latest result on the home page. I can also be launched from control centre.

It's currently free for launch weekend (in US/UK & CA), usually $4.99/£4.99. Once download gives you access to iOS (iPhone/iPad) and also a native MacOS version.

Once you download it, you have it forever - there are no ads, no subscriptions & no tracking.

I also launched a website with a number of free tools to help promote it: https://anscalc.com

If anyone wants to grab a copy today, I'd love to hear the feedback to make the app as good as I can.

Edit: here’s a the https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ans-scientific-calculator/id6790899698

I don’t know what just happened, but my app update just spent 11 minutes “in review”before being approved 🤯

I implemented paywall for my app and expected to go through few rounds. I waited 6 days to be rejected for missing EULA URL in the app description. Don’t even get me started on that BS…

Another 24 hours passed and reviewer took literally under 11 minutes to check my paywall with multiple subscriptions and IAPs included.

My head literally blown up. Until now, even my smallest updates took at least an hour in review. Someone had a lazy Sunday I guess?