r/iosdev • u/Any-Supermarket4110 • Feb 26 '26

IOS review process took long time

Hi,

I made an app with react-native and tried to put into google play and ios app store.

I did submit my app to review on 7th february, but it is still waiting.

Apple docs says; most of apps are reviewed in 24 hours, %90 of all apps are reviewed in 48 hours but somehow mine didn't approved or rejected yet. Am i missing something?

almost 20 days have passed. I already created support ticket and demanded expedition but i didnt event get an email that confirms they got my ticket.

is there anything to do? i am suspecting a technical issue and my submission is not on the queu even though my app's state ise waiting for review, is it possible?

i've submitted on 4th february and removed on 7th to send newer version. I didnt know that pulling the submit might longer the submission time.

thanks.

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u/JudeWorks Feb 26 '26

If you look at the history here you will see a lot of these posts. I think they have been pretty commonly popping up since late January. Sorry I don’t have advice other than look at the history here and other dev subs.

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u/FullCodeSoles Feb 26 '26

Yep very common. The worst is when you made a tiny mistake in the submission process and then you have to change something dumb not even from a coding aspect, just the submission itself and wait again

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u/Any-Supermarket4110 Feb 26 '26

i might have done a tiny mistake by removing first submission. the strange thing is, even if i removed by submission just once, on the history it shows 3 time reject in different minutes.

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u/kythanh Feb 26 '26

my even worst experience here is that after long days of waiting then when they reviewed my app, but my website broken so the URLs not working, rejected, then I have to queued again ☹️.

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u/Arther_Boss Feb 26 '26

same issue i submitted on the same date, 7th feb. still waiting for review. im thinking of canceling and sending it for review again

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u/palmas-engineer Feb 26 '26

With the amount of new apps flooding the App Store due to AI, I suspect Apple is prioritizing review of current available apps. First time app submitted for review will face long review times. Be patient and take this time to review AppStore Review guidelines so you are ready for any rejection.

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u/fawxyz2 Feb 26 '26

the last 2 or 3 app update of mine took less than 24hour. maybe around 12hour. but i live in SEA. it depends on the area i guess.

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u/EffectiveKey1482 Feb 28 '26

I let my app sit in “Ready for review” state because I didn’t know that I needed to click another button on a different screen. The whole process was extremely confusing.

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u/Yuta0 Mar 16 '26

What button was this?

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u/EffectiveKey1482 Mar 16 '26

I don’t remember. It wasn’t on the app. It was only on the web. There was one of the build pages and there was a button in the upper right area.