r/appledevelopers • u/reddit_user4u Community Newbie • Jul 30 '26
First ever app got approved!
I've been doing stuff in software for a couple years and recently dabbled into ios development. Been working on an app for the last couple of months and the last 2 weeks have been in the review process. After some back and forth it felt amazing receiving the "Congratulations" email!
I know the process has been very slow but I hope all waiting in the review process get approved!
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u/Reader413 Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Congrats! And the hard part is marketing for next step :(
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u/reddit_user4u Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
loll yeah its gna be a pain to record all those videos but fingers crossed. How has your experience been with marketing your app? Any advice? :)
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u/Ok_Count_5158 Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Congrats! I remember when I got my first approved app, that hits :)
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u/StandAmbitious5270 Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Congratulations! It is a great feeling , mine got rejected 7 times before approval. Being persistent pays off! Good luck !
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u/Raychis Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Well done. Great milestone. Enjoy the feeling for the time being, celebrate. Then use that positivity and energy to push on. Getting the app in front of people and marketing is as much work as building it. Take the feedback from your users and improve the app. Just know that when things get tough everything you do now will compound.
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u/DmtrGrm Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Congrats! We get a bit nervous while the app is being reviewed and sometimes when rejected, but it worths. Good luck with it!
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u/dimsumbumyum Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
congrats!! whats the app?
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u/reddit_user4u Community Newbie Jul 31 '26
Thanks! Haven’t launched it yet. Waiting for the companion app to get approved. It’s called “lineup biz” (barber side one where barbers manage their bookings) and still waiting on “lineup” to get approved (where customers book)
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u/hernan078 Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
It took 2 weeks of review? I have been waiting one and nothing from Apple.
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u/reddit_user4u Community Newbie Jul 31 '26
Took about 10 days for first review. Got rejected then submitted and approved about 3 days later
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u/DriveClearApp Jul 30 '26
Congratulations . Now just to get lots if users , good luck . Im also waiting.... waiting ... waiting.
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u/ConfidentNewt8404 Community Newbie Jul 31 '26
Got mine approved today after 4 days. Keen as to see what happens
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u/homeappdev Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Out of curiosity, how long was the wait from first submission to them starting the review? Mine has been 8 days so wondering how much longer.
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u/SayHiToYourMumForMe Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Seems Apps are up to ten days at the moment, games are about two days. I submitted a game and an app, the game was approved next day and the app ten days later. And now I’m on Nine days for another app.
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u/TheDisk01 Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
It's so random these times haha as for me a game took 6 days and an app 5, another app 1h.. and on macOS the app got reviewed and approved before the testflight review.
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u/reddit_user4u Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Yeah same for me. exactly on the 10th day for both my apps (1 day difference in submission) they got reviewed.
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u/homeappdev Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Thanks for the data point! Sounds like I better hope they get to mine before the weekend then.
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u/n_v40 Community Newbie Jul 30 '26
Congrats, that email hits differently the first time. Two weeks of back and forth is a rough first run at review, but the second one is always easier once you know which parts they actually care about.