Finally someone asking; 1st Submission on June 8th Rejection 1: June 11th - A subtle yet valid UX issue, fixed that day itself and resubmitted. Rejection 2: June 12th - 1st Guidelines 4.3(b) rejection. The app is nuanced, so there were 2 accounts attached in the reviewer note with concisely explained details so they understand the nuance while reviewing the app as a whole. The reviewer only logged into one account and rejected. I resubmitted the same day clarifying this and that they needed to login to the other account to fully understand. Rejection 3: June 24th - Guidelines 4.3(b) rejection again. The reviewer only logged into one account again and rejected it. At this point I heard about App Review Board and I thought that might be the way to do this because I clearly explained why previously but the reviewer still rejected. So I made a App Review Board appeal. 3 weeks passes by no response, that's when I made my initial forum post asking how long does this process take. At the same time, I booked a 1 on 1 session with Meet with Apple consultation. I explained the situation, he understood the nuance and I asked if it'd be clearer if "I make a 3rd account and use it as primary to show the initial state and then attach the other 2 accounts to show the 2 other state + update the note" so that the nuance is understood and he said yes, and so that's what I did. Resubmitted on July 21st. Rejection 4: August 6th - Guidelines 4.3(b) was cleared but 2 new issues were stated. Issue 1 was a simple clarification question. Issue 2 was a Apple's sandbox-side network error which had nothing todo with the app, just happening at an unfortunate time. Replied back within the hour with the clarification. No response for 12 days which now had me worried that I needed to "resubmit" the app to even trigger a review and not just a reply in the resolution center chat. Because there is no UI indication on what's going on, the only way I know a review will happen is when I resubmit and it shows "Waiting for Review". So I resubmitted on 18th August. Its August 28th now and it's still sitting on "Waiting for Review". It'll be almost 3 months soon. Like I said, I will not bash apple but I hold the right to form my own opinion from the experience I've gone thru.

Seems like there is a backlog they’re going thru, give it a week time at the very least. I understand the frustration but just give it time ig. (at least that’s what I’m saying to myself lol)

I feel for the reviewers, I’m sure their daily toll on dealing with so many apps must be quite draining, I understand. But, I have to agree with the OPs post, this whole experience of submitting for review as a Dev has been genuinely frustrating and more so disappointing. & It does seem like they ignore our clarifications or crucial explanations to give relevant context and The wait time is one thing which can be expected but both em combined is a genuinely horrible combination. If the team is understaffed please hire more people to take their load off. I am not sure how much of an initial apps submission can be automated but; this is not a hard problem to solve, you are Apple for crying out loud. I thought it was just me going thru this but seems like a lot of devs are facing this prevalently since June. The delay just to get a response from Apple is honestly unacceptable. It’s like you’re stuck in Limbo and I cannot put into words how frustrating this is. If it is an understaffing issue; solve it, if it’s spammers/scammers; increase the membership price, double or triple it. Improve communication with your devs (the most important). What matters to us is Reliability & Trust.