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Five years ago (IIRC) their reviews took 3-7 days. Someone made a really useful website where people would self-report the review time, and it estimated the cur

Five years ago (IIRC) their reviews took 3-7 days. Someone made a really useful website where people would self-report the review time, and it estimated the current average. This completely pulled down Apple's pants, which silently fixed their review process so it took less than a day. It was so effective the website became irrelevant, but it seems like the wheels are turning around. Edit: this is the website https://appreviewtimes.com https://appreviewtimes.com, and it seems like the review time has been stable at 1-2 days for a while.

solarkraft 5y ago
Any idea how it got them to improve themselves here? Rather highlighting the issue to turn or them fearing embarrassment from the number being clearly available?
- ASalazarMX 5y ago
  It doesn't say because Apple being Apple, it never acknowledged it had a problem, but this is the gist: > In 2016 Phil Schiller took over the App Store group inside Apple and pretty quickly review times reduced from weeks to “about a day” across all of the stores and review times have now been consistent for about three years. In my mind this problem is totally solved. Whole story here: https://daveverwer.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-app-review-times/ https://daveverwer.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-app-review-tim...
iudqnolq 5y ago
That website seems a little strange. For example, they link to a page gushing over online casinos on their homepage. It feels almost like a recipe site in that there are out-of-place overly detailed facts combined with slightly irrelevant prose. > In-depth Look at Online Casino Apps In Michigan ... Golden Nugget > Download Size > You can download this app on iOS or Android. It’s 33.6 MB for iPhones and just over 5MB for Android phones. > What Can You Bet On? > Golden Nugget has a ton of interesting games, including 320+ slots... Keep in mind that most of these games are original, so you can’t play them anywhere else... > Interesting Features > Aside from the live dealer games, Golden Nugget offers an excellent rewards program. You can earn points by playing or entering promotions, and you can get cash prizes. It’s similar to a sweepstakes program without the complex currency exchanges. https://appreviewtimes.com/michigan/casinos/ https://appreviewtimes.com/michigan/casinos/
- ASalazarMX 5y ago
  I guess it still drives some traffic worth profiting from ads, but you can read the whole story here: https://daveverwer.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-app-review-times https://daveverwer.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-app-review-tim...

solarkraft 5y ago

Any idea how it got them to improve themselves here? Rather highlighting the issue to turn or them fearing embarrassment from the number being clearly available?

ASalazarMX 5y ago
It doesn't say because Apple being Apple, it never acknowledged it had a problem, but this is the gist: > In 2016 Phil Schiller took over the App Store group inside Apple and pretty quickly review times reduced from weeks to “about a day” across all of the stores and review times have now been consistent for about three years. In my mind this problem is totally solved. Whole story here: https://daveverwer.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-app-review-times/ https://daveverwer.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-app-review-tim...

iudqnolq 5y ago

That website seems a little strange. For example, they link to a page gushing over online casinos on their homepage. It feels almost like a recipe site in that there are out-of-place overly detailed facts combined with slightly irrelevant prose. > In-depth Look at Online Casino Apps In Michigan ... Golden Nugget > Download Size > You can download this app on iOS or Android. It’s 33.6 MB for iPhones and just over 5MB for Android phones. > What Can You Bet On? > Golden Nugget has a ton of interesting games, including 320+ slots... Keep in mind that most of these games are original, so you can’t play them anywhere else... > Interesting Features > Aside from the live dealer games, Golden Nugget offers an excellent rewards program. You can earn points by playing or entering promotions, and you can get cash prizes. It’s similar to a sweepstakes program without the complex currency exchanges. https://appreviewtimes.com/michigan/casinos/ https://appreviewtimes.com/michigan/casinos/

ASalazarMX 5y ago
I guess it still drives some traffic worth profiting from ads, but you can read the whole story here: https://daveverwer.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-app-review-times https://daveverwer.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-app-review-tim...