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> Even if your App is built in accordance to every policy, Apple can still reject it. I think we reached this conclusion a while back. While many developers ma

> Even if your App is built in accordance to every policy, Apple can still reject it. I think we reached this conclusion a while back. While many developers may consider it unfair, I should point out that I have never seen a non-gimmicky, high-quality, and polished app face this same predicament of arbitrarily getting rejected. These types of things just don't happen to those stellar apps that have been through a long development process (unlike the one mentioned in this article). The truth is that arbitrary rejections aren't so arbitrary. You won't see an app like Doodle Jump be rejected, but you may see it happen to a fart app. While Apple doesn't necessarily point out the particular reasons of a rejection every time, most of us can agree that there is a clear distinction between those that are arbitrarily rejected and those that aren't. This goes to show that there is some reasoning behind Apple's decisions. People need to realize this and understand that there is probably a pretty good reason why their app got rejected - even if Apple doesn't point it out for them.

terinjokes 16y ago
> I should point out that I have never seen a non-gimmicky, high-quality, and polished app face this same predicament of arbitrarily getting rejected. Walk over here with me, and I can introduce you to the fine folks at a small company called "Sony"
- xuki 16y ago
  Dude, their app violates App Store's policies.
- ghshephard 16y ago
  "arbitrarily" - Anybody like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, WSJ realizes that selling content on the iPad platform (now that the platform is popular) is going to require them to play ball with Apple.
- solipsist 16y ago
  I had predicted ahead of time that someone would try to argue with that bold statement of mine. However, you have looked over that key word, "arbitrarily". Apple has justification for the rejection. Hence, it is not arbitrary. If someone finds a high-quality and useful app that was rejected with no explanation whatsoever, let me know.
kbutler 16y ago
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/03/developer-inves/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/03/developer-inves/ "FreedomVoice has so far invested $600,000 and more than half a year in the app." http://www.mynewber.com/ http://www.mynewber.com/ - they waited 465 days for approval from Apple, no communication, finally gave up. "It’s an app that effectively turns your iPhone into a second phone line by utilizing the handset’s geographic awareness to move calls between devices" This is much longer & much more invested and a more serious app than my own first experience (almost 8 months of silence, then rejected because they "weren't accepting any apps with political content" http://handyapp.com/2009/12/and-the-verdict-is/ http://handyapp.com/2009/12/and-the-verdict-is/ http://handyapp.com/askobama/ http://handyapp.com/askobama/). I have since had better experiences in the AppStore, including an astonishing under 24 hour approval...followed by a couple-of-week approval (http://handyapp.com/merit-badges/ http://handyapp.com/merit-badges/) kb
gte910h 16y ago
4 months in queue with repeated changes on how to get in compliance then apple backtracking and banning the app's core functionality in all apps in the store and rejecting it. I have seen it. Moderate 5 figures.

terinjokes 16y ago

> I should point out that I have never seen a non-gimmicky, high-quality, and polished app face this same predicament of arbitrarily getting rejected. Walk over here with me, and I can introduce you to the fine folks at a small company called "Sony"

xuki 16y ago
Dude, their app violates App Store's policies.
ghshephard 16y ago
"arbitrarily" - Anybody like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, WSJ realizes that selling content on the iPad platform (now that the platform is popular) is going to require them to play ball with Apple.
solipsist 16y ago
I had predicted ahead of time that someone would try to argue with that bold statement of mine. However, you have looked over that key word, "arbitrarily". Apple has justification for the rejection. Hence, it is not arbitrary. If someone finds a high-quality and useful app that was rejected with no explanation whatsoever, let me know.

kbutler 16y ago

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/03/developer-inves/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/03/developer-inves/ "FreedomVoice has so far invested $600,000 and more than half a year in the app." http://www.mynewber.com/ http://www.mynewber.com/ - they waited 465 days for approval from Apple, no communication, finally gave up. "It’s an app that effectively turns your iPhone into a second phone line by utilizing the handset’s geographic awareness to move calls between devices" This is much longer & much more invested and a more serious app than my own first experience (almost 8 months of silence, then rejected because they "weren't accepting any apps with political content" http://handyapp.com/2009/12/and-the-verdict-is/ http://handyapp.com/2009/12/and-the-verdict-is/ http://handyapp.com/askobama/ http://handyapp.com/askobama/). I have since had better experiences in the AppStore, including an astonishing under 24 hour approval...followed by a couple-of-week approval (http://handyapp.com/merit-badges/ http://handyapp.com/merit-badges/) kb

gte910h 16y ago

4 months in queue with repeated changes on how to get in compliance then apple backtracking and banning the app's core functionality in all apps in the store and rejecting it. I have seen it. Moderate 5 figures.