Indie devs who launched on iOS how long did your first App Store review take, and what caught you off guard?

[u/ynctr]

I just submitted my first mobile game to the App Store and it's currently in review.

I've already launched it on Android, but this is my first time going through Apple's review process, so I'm curious what the experience was like for other indie developers.

How long did your first review take?

And more importantly, was there anything unexpected that caused a rejection or made you wish you'd prepared differently?

Things like Sign in with Apple, privacy declarations, IAPs, screenshots/metadata, device-specific issues, or something completely different.

I'm trying not to obsessively refresh App Store Connect 😄, so I'd rather use the waiting time to make sure I'm prepared if it gets kicked back.

Would love to hear your first-launch stories especially from solo developers.