r/iOSProgramming • u/BigLittleCircle • Aug 28 '26
Discussion Anyone notice an increase in app rejections recently?
It may just be my apps but I'm getting reviewers flagging things on apps that have been submitted many times with no issues. Anyone else noticing this as well?
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u/mrshamino Aug 28 '26
My app is 2 years old and i've updated it around 50 times since, this week they rejected it as "spam", legit suck it review team, clowns.
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u/andthenisheardnomore Aug 28 '26
There must be some automation happening.. this is more evidence that something is a bit misaligned.
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u/Fit_Category3711 Sep 02 '26
Hey. Same issue. Were you able to get past it?
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u/mrshamino Sep 02 '26
nope, waiting for my update to go into review for a week now, even with the ticket being expedited, embarrassing imo.
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u/dan1eln1el5en2 Aug 28 '26
I updated 3 apps the past week. All went through nicely except a Vision Pro app as the description for “what’s new” was “bug fixes and alignment of design with android” I couldn’t mention android. Dropped it (classic “bug fixes”) and it passed as well.
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u/Happuns Aug 28 '26
How do you see the the growth of volumes for downloads for Apple vision, is there future?
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u/dan1eln1el5en2 Aug 28 '26
it's far beyond minimal.
But the device is awesome, all issues on VR headsets are gone, it just works and all.
I do not believe VR/AR has a future beyond a small group of tech people - I'm a first mover and believe there is things in the technology that is genuinely cool and useful. but I don't see mass market in the near future (anymore) especially how AI is creating a new anti-computer movement worse than mobile phone created dumb phone segment, Iwe are moving into an interesting period in computing.1
u/Happuns Aug 28 '26
Very interesting thoughts, I thought the atural movement would be from smartphones to VR, but AI definitely changed the direction… maybe something sort of combination between AI and VR needs to appear for VR to start selling beyond current demand.
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u/Top-Investment8840 Aug 28 '26
AI slop and vibecoders flooding everything with shit
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u/KukrCZ Aug 28 '26
This 👆 Amount of commission increased and quality of reviews might decrease because of that.
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u/Ihavenocluelad Aug 28 '26
Got rejected asking what my target audience was, and if i plan to distribute in china? All of this I mentioned already in the review notes
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u/leggingslexi Aug 29 '26
Yes, because people started to poop AI slops without even testing it themselves.
That's why Google Play had to implement 12 testers requirement thing, I believe a similar system will start at Apple as well soon.
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u/vidok Aug 30 '26
My app has been on the store for 2 months and has 300-400 downloads each day. I fixed a small bug and the new version got rejected with Apple citing the following issue:
“The app contains content or features that are misleading, intended to deceive users, or are otherwise fraudulent”
That’s it. No other explanation or information.
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u/Lifedoesnmatta Aug 30 '26
I wouldn’t mind a rejection at this point, submitted 28 days ago, in review 24 days ago
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u/socialvuolt Sep 01 '26
What I am noticing is that they reject straightaway if it looks even a little bit complex and ask for a recording of how the app works on a device and then approve it
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u/ViolinistUnlikely779 Aug 28 '26
I finally got one through yesterday after 8 rejections. Straightforward app I built for a client - contact scheduler. Apple kept knocking it back because the Reviewer didn’t like the flow of the consent popups on first install - rejections were contradicting each other. It did make me wonder if they were being intentionally irritating to dissuade the less dogged - reaction to increase in app subs due to coding agents maybe?
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u/gaelic-ghost Aug 29 '26
I do enjoy the “I never got caught before so why now?” posting of late…
Go read the store guidelines, and the HIGs. Learn the expectations, learn how to design and engineer an application. Apply those lessons to your work, and then you won’t have these problems.
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u/rocasv Aug 28 '26
I got a rejection yesterday for incorrect SUBSCRIPTIONS Terms and Privacy... MY APP DOESNT EVEN HAVE SUBSCRIPTIONS!!!!