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joeboy_uk
Inspiring
March 27, 2018
Question

rejection for 4.3 spam

  • March 27, 2018
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Anyone else finding Apple is getting really strict with their reviews? I've had 3 apps rejected over the last month all for 4.3 design, spam.

under the premise there are already similar apps on the app store. Two of them are completely original and there aren't any apps like them, one has a few apps that do a similar thing but in a different way with different features. Having no luck with appeals.

My latest took me 6 months to develop and was rejected in 2 minutes - which isn't even enough time to open it and really understand what it does tbh.

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Frédéric C.
Frédéric C.
Inspiring
March 27, 2018

I think this is getting ridiculous. I had to face a lot of issues with those "guidelines". Frankly, I think they are very vague in the first place, which leads to a lot of false positives and confusion within the review team. Many apps are rejected "just in case". I know they are using some automatic tools to check the code for similarities with other apps. Do you use the same framework for all of your apps?

natural_criticB837
natural_criticB837
Legend
March 27, 2018

If it was rejected in 2 minutes it sounds like an algorithm analyzing keywords. Might be worth trying to iterate over title and description and try again.. Our last release was in August, so I can't really share experiences with current review policies.

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joeboy_ukAuthor
Inspiring
March 27, 2018

Same framework? Well they are all built with air but they are totally different. One was a fighting fantasy dice app, another was a 3rd player for cluedo app and my latest was a hashtag template generator and online gallery uploader for instagram so totally different to each other and completely different to whats in the app store currently.

I've sent it on to the appeal team, you cant get any sense out of the replies you get in the rejection thread.

I ask for links for similar apps so i can compare them and never get any

Frédéric C.
Frédéric C.
Inspiring
March 27, 2018

Hmm, indeed that doesn't make any sense. IIRC, when your app is rejected, you have a link to ask for an Apple representative to call you. For me, it has been the only solution to get this sorted out (even if I always fear my next project will get rejected for any stupid reason, now). The guy from Apple was helpful, and assisted with situations that seemed totally stuck with the review team.

I wish you the best of luck with that, I know how frustrating it can be.

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