![]() ![]() Second, PocketGamer pointed out that Apple isn’t applying these rules consistently at all, saying that Clash of Clans features a machine gun in its screenshots. Zombiens was rejected until they changed the NES Zapper in their screenshot to a baseball bat.Įven though the change for this was relatively minor, the problem is that Apple consistently changes its standards but doesn’t grandfather in apps who are updating and doesn’t tell anyone about the updates. For example, Gunslugs II from OrangePixel was rejected because of one screenshot. Apple decided that icons and screenshots now needed to meet the 4+ rating, regardless of what the rating on the app was. Apple started (without warning) to reject the app and more importantly app updates because they had images of guns in them. So sure, Apple got there in the end, but the content is Drone+ isn’t objectionable, and if iBeer can pass the low, low bar of entertainment, I don’t see how Drone+ would fail. The second time he submitted, the app was rejected for being “not useful or entertaining enough.”Īgain, this is the same review board who brought you iBeer.Įventually, after 5 tries and many more edits, Drone+ was submitted as pretty much the same app – it’s just called Metadata+ now. John, having been rejected once, was far from discouraged. This, from the company who approved an app for pick up lines based on female stereotypes and an app that let girls 9+ do plastic surgery to work on “problem areas”.Īpple has some serious quality control problems, but I digress. He called it Drone+.Īpple rejected it, due to objectionable content. They based their map on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and made it available through their app and website.Īll Josh did was try and take that and boil it down into a single app. The Guardian launched an interactive service where people could look at where the US drone strikes happened in Pakistan. Drone+ĭrone+ is an app that garnered quite a lot of media attention way back in 2012 when it tried to be launched by developer Josh Begley. However, they speak to a larger problem: namely, the Apple review system is both overbearing in its reach and opaque in its process. ![]() What’s more, a lot of these examples were changed and submitted successfully. Generally, they keep terrible apps out and the user experience improves for everyone. To be fair the App Store does an excellent job most of the time. They’re filtering political satire, drone strike information, some weapons (but not all) and other things that seem to indicate that Apple’s playing media watchdog more than providing for the users. That’s all well and good, but from what we’re about to see, it looks like Apple’s doing more than keeping out penises. And keeping that at bay to preserve the user experience for the 99.99% get priority, even if some legitimate apps get caught up in the process. So why all the absurd limiting and slow review? Well for starters, Mike Lee, who used to be a senior developer, says there’s just an onslaught of drivel and smut trying to get into the app store. It’s a vague, byzantine process, and one in which some apps get caught up in. When your precious little app is held in the crushing hands of Apple, and you wait for approval or rejection. Oh and there’s probably about a dozen apps that do the same thing.Īnd at the end of the road, there’s the review. It’s countless development hours, hair-pulling-out coding problems, and a myriad of business challenges, including having no money and struggling to make any. Getting your app from concept to product is no mean feat. This post looks at some of Apple’s more fringe review rejections. From Steve Job’s lofty proclamation of giving users “freedom from porn” to the App Store banning guns in-app screenshots (but not swords, bows, and arrows, or baseball bats as weapons), developers are facing increasingly complicated loops with less and less information available to them. The App Store has a bit of a history with their guidelines. How to Navigate Some App Store Guidelines ![]()
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