But then again, after the $99 is paid to Apple, you can publish what you make to the App Store (yeah yeah, we are all aware that restrictions apply here). From

But then again, after the $99 is paid to Apple, you can publish what you make to the App Store (yeah yeah, we are all aware that restrictions apply here). From what I gather, after paying $100 to Steam/Child's Play, you have a _chance_ of having your game/app have a speedier approval process.