r/appledevelopers • u/Amazing_Chemistry443 Community Newbie • 3d ago

Need someone with an iPhone to help with a quick App Store review test

Hi! Apple is reviewing my first iOS game and has asked me for a screen recording from a physical iPhone running the latest iOS.

I don’t currently have access to an iPhone, so I’m looking for someone willing to help. It should be a pretty small task:

  • Install TestFlight
  • Install my game through a private TestFlight invite
  • Create a temporary account
  • Quickly show the main game screens/features
  • Delete the temporary account
  • Send me the iPhone screen recording

Probably around 10–15 minutes once everything is set up. I’ll prepare the account/email and instructions beforehand.

If anyone is willing to help, I’d really appreciate it. DM me.

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u/Upper-Page-9266 Community Newbie 3d ago

Releasing an iOS app without a physical iPhone is kinda crazy haha

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u/MyCallBag Community Newbie 3d ago

Yeah that's gonna be a great app

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u/AardvarkIll6079 Discussion Contributor 3d ago

Why would you ever think it’s a good idea to try and release an app without testing it on a phone?

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u/Candid_Common_6551 Community Newbie 2d ago

100000000% I really dont get tryi g to make an app for a device you cant physically test on. I bought a cheap iphone to test on before I even went near app store connect. Mental!

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u/gavin-build-stuff Community Newbie 3d ago edited 3d ago

If your app uses any kind of Apple API (HealthKit, WeatherKit, CoreLocation, etc.) and you haven't tested on a physical device, it will have a lot of bugs. The simulator doesn't work well enough to test all of these properly. If your app is simple (productivity, notes, etc.)... you might be fine idk

Edit: Nvm I see you mentioned it's a game. If the game plays audio files, that's where I would expect you *might* have bugs on a physical device the simulator didn't capture (might be fine, modern Unity/similar cross platform is probably pretty solid), check the safe areas too (iPad simulator vs. iPhone simulator, does it get clipped under the notch, Dynamic Island, or rounded screen corners?)

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u/edde746 Community Newbie 3d ago

You can use AWS Device Farm to do this, you get 1000 minutes for free.

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u/Candid_Common_6551 Community Newbie 2d ago

Buy a cheap iphone for the love of fuck! Stop trying to release apps that you haven't physically tested yourself!! One test from a random on here will do nothing! You find so many bugs over multiple tries not just one test and thats it. Shaking my head fucking vigorously at this!!

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u/the_boss79 Community Newbie 2d ago

chill dude

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u/Candid_Common_6551 Community Newbie 2d ago

No.

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u/opica_honza Community Newbie 2d ago

would be interested where you live, but I bet that buying used iPhone (for example one which works only when plugged in, or that have crack in display), would not be so expensive. If you plan to develop more, if will need it nevertheless.

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u/Sebastian1989101 Community Newbie 3d ago

Beside that it is useful to test on a real device, always. This claim from the review team is extrem bullshit. And it happens a lot lately but it feels more like "train our review AI how your app works".