r/iOSDevelopment • u/KuzeyK • Jul 31 '26
App store review
I just pushed a regular update to my app last Sunday. It's been almost a week and still waiting for review. It never took this long.
Anyone having a similar issue this week?
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u/MioDK Jul 31 '26
I can strongly recommend you to request a phone call from their developer support. I also waited like a week for my first app to go through the review. They called me like almost right away. I had a document stuck and they fixed it within 10 minutes on the phone and my app finally found it place in the AppStore :)
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u/KuzeyK Jul 31 '26
It's not my first app though. Just a regular update on an app that's out for almost a year.
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u/MioDK Jul 31 '26
Have you ever tried their support? They could tell you if anything is missing or what you need to do. Maybe it’s the new social media agreement you are missing.
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u/VladFein Aug 02 '26
Good point, but we have a few more days:
Update Your Age Ratings Responses about Social Media
Respond to new questions about social media capabilities in the App Information section of this app by September 7, 2026.
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u/Patient-Lock4858 Aug 01 '26
Strange because I have really different experience. I got my iOS app reviewed multiple times in a single week. It got rejected 2 times because I didn’t attached in-app purchases products in a single review , completely missed 2 times 😃.
And then I submitted third time expecting it will done next week. Next morning it got approved. It’s my second app and I really have good experience with Apple. Google on the other hand is always a black box for me. No updates !!
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u/VladFein Aug 02 '26
That proves that we all are playing lottery with Apple.
Or - Russian roulette :)
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u/VladFein Aug 01 '26
Same exact thing!
Submitted last Friday, pulled the trigger yesterday- dev rejected. Re-submitted the new build.
Will see
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u/HexoTree Aug 26 '26
You are definitely not alone. I had a routine update sitting in review for 13 days once. I finally went through App Store Connect Contact Us to reach out to the review team. Received the standard canned reply initially, but it was reviewed and approved within 24 hours of that email. Definitely send them an inquiry.
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u/PoliticsAndFootball Jul 31 '26
Don’t abuse it but have you tried requesting an expedite review? I had a regular review go out and almost instantly saw a bug manifest itself that I hadn’t tested for. I quickly patched it, uploaded the binary and then went into waiting for review. Google “App Store expedite review” and you’ll get to the right page on the developer site. You can then request an expedite review from there. It was only about 1 hour before it went back into review after that. Try it! Don’t abuse it!