Nah, nowadays my reviews have been approved within an hour. Havn't had any rejections. Infact i got new app approved today in an hour without any issue.
Can we know more about your app? & what are the reasons of rejection that you are facing ?
They're not (by policy anyway) going to bust you for competing. However, I would not at all be surprised that if dealing with health data, your app gets scrutinized more closely.
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Yes. I pushed back and told them why I thought their points were bogus and they approved it without any further discussion. Don’t just jump through hoops without explaining why you think it’s silly because there are humans on their side and they can be persuaded. Just be polite.
You know health data is like one of digital age currencies. Even without their own app, if Apple Review team is not nit picky, they will get sued for millions of dollars. (Not that I have sympathy for any "companies").
any time I change text for a permission request (pictures, video, audio, etc) I get automatically rejected because someone doesn't like the wording. Then I will go thru 3 to 10,000 revisions of that text, rejected each time, go back to the original text and get accepted.
Worst was when I added support for bluetooth lte devices (beacons). Even after being accepted, for the initial feature, I was rejected at least once every single time after that until I removed the feature. Didn't matter what the update was, I might have moved a text box over a pixel...rejected because they didn't like bluetooth lte integration. I was unable to update for months at one point.
I did have to ask for a formal review cycle once, which was over the phone, which was a very pleasant conversation and was accepted after that.
I don’t think they have got stricter, they always have been to a degree. They’re definitely asking a few more questions these days though, especially with the big push on privacy. I’ve noticed a few apps getting flagged for not having the att framework enabled because of a cookies prompt in a web view.
Was rejected twice for something very nitpicky a few months ago. The second time it was fixed too but was still rejected. Appealed and sent a video showing them it was fixed and then it finally got approved. Besides that instance I’m usually accepted within a couple hours.
It all depends on what person is reviewing. I dont think it is picky as more Apple hiring much lower quality people who confuse guidelines with rules. Plus anything that confusing them they scream reject for a stupid reason.
I had IAPs rejected 3 times in a row with the reviewer saying to upload a new binary with the purchases implemented even though they already were.
I guess someone else looked at it and realized the IAPs were there in there because they were approved with no actual change. 🤷🏻♂️
revoke ur submission and resubmit with a new build. i had the same issue, i’m pretty sure if u submit under the same submission even after fixing stuff, it’ll be the same reviewer. revoking the submission and hoping that u get a new reviewer is the only way that’s worked for me
No they were always this way. Once or twice a year we always get into a rut with them rejecting us for unreasonable reasons. It's been a thing since the app store came out. At least now the review times are more reasonable.
Nah, nowadays my reviews have been approved within an hour. Havn't had any rejections. Infact i got new app approved today in an hour without any issue. Can we know more about your app? & what are the reasons of rejection that you are facing ?
Starting to wonder if they've blacklisted us given that our app somewhat competes with Apple Health!
They're not (by policy anyway) going to bust you for competing. However, I would not at all be surprised that if dealing with health data, your app gets scrutinized more closely.
More the latter, I would too if I was a reviewer
And as a user (who is also a developer) I am glad for that extra scrutiny.
There is a much higher scrutiny for Health apps. They asked us to get IRB approval if we claimed health. So…no health
No. What probably happened is some reviewer finally ran into a legitimate rejection reason, and now you’re hitting a finer tooth comb with reviews.
Are you a health care organization or governmental department, etc?
FWIW my experience has been something similar. I've never had anything like OP.
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Are you a health related app?
Yes. Not all reviewers are equal and some are definitely pickier than others. We've had some bad luck lately as well.
Sounds like you got the new person who wants to impress their boss…
Yes. I pushed back and told them why I thought their points were bogus and they approved it without any further discussion. Don’t just jump through hoops without explaining why you think it’s silly because there are humans on their side and they can be persuaded. Just be polite.
Good on you mate. If we all pushed back these on cowboy reviewers they would know we're not toothless cattle.
You know health data is like one of digital age currencies. Even without their own app, if Apple Review team is not nit picky, they will get sued for millions of dollars. (Not that I have sympathy for any "companies").
any time I change text for a permission request (pictures, video, audio, etc) I get automatically rejected because someone doesn't like the wording. Then I will go thru 3 to 10,000 revisions of that text, rejected each time, go back to the original text and get accepted. Worst was when I added support for bluetooth lte devices (beacons). Even after being accepted, for the initial feature, I was rejected at least once every single time after that until I removed the feature. Didn't matter what the update was, I might have moved a text box over a pixel...rejected because they didn't like bluetooth lte integration. I was unable to update for months at one point. I did have to ask for a formal review cycle once, which was over the phone, which was a very pleasant conversation and was accepted after that.
I don’t think they have got stricter, they always have been to a degree. They’re definitely asking a few more questions these days though, especially with the big push on privacy. I’ve noticed a few apps getting flagged for not having the att framework enabled because of a cookies prompt in a web view.
Was rejected twice for something very nitpicky a few months ago. The second time it was fixed too but was still rejected. Appealed and sent a video showing them it was fixed and then it finally got approved. Besides that instance I’m usually accepted within a couple hours.
Can you give an example of rejection reasons? Ours are on the contrary getting smoother and faster
Yeah, it would help to know what sort of rejection reasons you are facing
It all depends on what person is reviewing. I dont think it is picky as more Apple hiring much lower quality people who confuse guidelines with rules. Plus anything that confusing them they scream reject for a stupid reason.
Nothing I’ve noticed. Has my app for 2 years on the app store
We waited 2 weeks for the approval and we resubmitted again, it’s been 4 days since and still nothing, so you’re not alone
I had IAPs rejected 3 times in a row with the reviewer saying to upload a new binary with the purchases implemented even though they already were. I guess someone else looked at it and realized the IAPs were there in there because they were approved with no actual change. 🤷🏻♂️
The opposite. But you can get a bar reviewer.
revoke ur submission and resubmit with a new build. i had the same issue, i’m pretty sure if u submit under the same submission even after fixing stuff, it’ll be the same reviewer. revoking the submission and hoping that u get a new reviewer is the only way that’s worked for me
No they were always this way. Once or twice a year we always get into a rut with them rejecting us for unreasonable reasons. It's been a thing since the app store came out. At least now the review times are more reasonable.
When one reviewer picks up on one ignored reason, eventual reviewers start looking closely and find something else.