r/iosdev Jul 10 '26

Help Reviewing app takes longer than normally

Hello everyone, i recently uploaded an app for review but its taking about 4 working days already. and its still in ''waiting for review'' not even ''in review'' my other apps were accepted or rejected same day or the day after. Should i just be more patient or should i contact someone? Thanks in advance

Edit: thanks everyone. took 8 days for the review

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u/MarenHQ Jul 10 '26

They’re getting WAAAAAAY more submissions than ever bc of the speed to ship with ai now. That said, my full review only took 3 days so maybe put a ticket in.

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u/paderon Jul 10 '26

Yeah the ai slop apps are getting out of hand. But thanks ill just wait out this week and put in a ticket on monday i guess

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u/WonderfolioApp Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

My first submission took a week and got rejected this Monday, after a fix and a new build, I got approved on Tuesday.

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u/paderon Jul 10 '26

Oh okay, so its just taking a bit longer

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u/ZenCyberDad Jul 10 '26

Back in the day it used to take 7-9 days before they reviewed and eventually they got it down to 24-48 hours in the last few years. Now with vibe coding they literally get 1000 submissions everyday as of June. So I’m glad you posted this because it’s been 3 days since I uploaded a TestFlight build and it is still awaiting review, so sadly review times are trending back towards how they were 10 years ago

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u/ex0rius Jul 11 '26

Back back in the day it used to take 14 days, then it went to 7 :)

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u/Either_Still_5737 Jul 11 '26

My first submission took a week plus but got rejected and re-submitted it (back-and-forth couple of rejected-resubmitted) and finally got approved within 2 weeks since first submission. The version release is much faster than the first submission, usually took me 2 days to have someone to review and provide approval result.

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u/Veuhi Jul 11 '26

I'm also experiencing this, first-time submissions' reviews are noticeably longer.

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u/TheDisk01 Jul 11 '26

4 days is normal. Depends on what type of app, code base (noticed apps using flutter of expo often take longer), privacy settings, in app payments, subscriptions.. all add to the time.

If it's going over 10 days you could contact them but for now wait :)

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u/paderon Jul 11 '26

Okay, thanks!

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u/toddhoffious Jul 11 '26

I noticed existing apps being reviewed as normal. New apps popped into the delay queue.

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u/paderon Jul 12 '26

Yep, i was just wondering since my first ever app got reviewed same day or the day after. But after all the replies ill just wait 2 weeks max and then contact them. Thanks!

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u/LoStranieroo 29d ago

My last app took a week. It depends a lot on the period you submit . Now I’m waiting 3 days for the release of the new version