However, my app has unique mechanical features that do not exist on any other dating app on the App Store How do you know that? You have downloaded and tested every single dating app? The App Review Board also upheld the rejection (Appeal Ticket APL411770). You have reached the end of the rope. So you should accept a defeat and move on to a next project. One option you have is to buy out an existing iOS app and install additional features in it. If I were you, I would choose to stop the bleeding instead of pouring more time and resources in the losing battle.

I can see your frustration except that I have received 9+ rejections I have never had a single software title rejected that many times although I have had about 300 titles listed at App Store and Mac App Store in the past 15 years + 1.5 months. Detailed technical responses in Resolution Center — ignored Two App Review Board appeals — no meaningful response Contact Us support requests — automated replies Provided ROM files, video walkthroughs, and thorough App Review Notes — none of it acknowledged Reading your topic, I have a hard time understanding who is doing what to whom. An English sentence strictly requires the subject. Omitting it makes it an imperative form for making a command to get somebody to do something. If that's how you respond to your reviewers, you are also responsible for causing repeated rounds of rejection. Every single rejection message is word-for-word identical — the same copy-pasted text, every time. None of my detailed technical responses have ever been acknowledged or addressed. What do you expect? You only pay a $99 membership fee. You could get a more meaning response if you paid $999. But not many people would sign up with that high fee. You should not get them into your head. I have abandoned at least one software title after rejection. There may be another one or two. You should draw a line as to whether to continue for just a single software title or find a better meaning for your life. I almost went crazy 15 years ago and quit and switch to Windows but decided to come back one year later. You may want to look around and read other topics. They frequently mention something about directly addressing an issue to a reviewer on a weekly basis, which never existed 15 years ago.

I'm shock to find out that it's not Xcode 26.2 that has caused the IAP fiasco for macOS applications. I ran the latest Mac App Store app that I have submitted with Xcode 16.4. I get the same purchase error.

It depends on the features of your software titles. Yet, I would comply with their request if I were you. I often give them one or more screen-capture videos voluntarily since I release cross-platform software titles at the same time. You should reply and say, "Sure. I'll be happy to comply." I wonder if I can submit an appeal or replace that reviewer somehow. I guarantee that your appeal will be rejected.

Premium feature is the only way in (with 7 day free trial). Gives you access to everything It sounds to me that your implementation of the premium feature is DOA. What happens to the app and its features after the user decides not to cancel auto renewal?

That's hard to say. The following is a list of possible reasons. The IAP sheet or whatever is hard for the user to locate or reach. The description is different from what the app is actually capable of doing. The premium feature that the IAP promises is not suitable for subscription plans.

the "Export button" which should trigger the file export doesn't react. Where is the button? And what is it supposed to do? Show the content of your plist? If not, why are showing it?

Unless you show a screenshot from every step of the way from Distribution through individual subscription plans, nobody can probably tell what the problem is that you are facing. I have 2 or 3 new iOS apps with subscription plans that have been approved this year alone. So I haven't faced an issue.

Filed an App Review Board appeal (waiting for response) The Appeal Board often sides with the reviewer unless the latter has made a totally wrong call. Also, the Appeal Board can make a mistake. If they rule against you, that may be the end of your app submission. So that's probably a wrong path to take. If I were you, I would look for an app under similar circumstances at the App Store. Instead of saying to them "Hey, there already exists an app under the same circumstances. Why is it okay for them but it's not for us?," I would rather download and examine it to see their secret. Amazon, Inc. has a subsidiary (Amazon Mobile LLC ) that develops their mobile apps. Although one can make purchases at their store, the App Store still allows their app(s). There must be some features that are not available through the web browser.

I have had close to 10 back-and forth messages with Apple review, trying to ask which parts are the issue (or whether it's the whole concept of the game) They won't tell you how you should make changes so that the game will be admitted into the store. For reference, the same app was recently approved and published on Google Play without any copycat concerns. Why is that important? Is Apple's App Store run or supervised by Google? So you started out by including 'Wordle' as one of the keywords, right? If that's the case, then it's already in the file no matter how you deny your game's association with Wordle. It seems that your only option is nuclear. Bomb and destroy it. And start over from scratch with your own ideas like creating an adventure game to search for secret words. So Changed the letter elements to be different from Wordle (circles, not squares) is not going help AT ALL. A copycat is a copycat, whether you change colors or physical forms.

How do I appeal a review? What will be an appeal for? It's quite obvious that you will be rejected. If they don't see your subscription plans because subscription plans are loaded when a store page appears? because you don't load subscriptions with right product identifiers? There are some more possibilities.

Well, then, try creating a new subscription group with new plans and with new product identifiers.

You have already attached a subscription group with sub plans to the current software version, which has been rejected. If that's the case, why do you need to attach the same subscription group to your submission again? Or what do I miss in your story?

Guideline 4.2 says the following. If your app is not particularly useful, unique, or “app-like,” it doesn’t belong on the App Store. You should have spent the last two weeks enhancing the fictionality of your app with unique features that you don't see with other apps. The appeal board often sides with reviewers. Additionally, there is no promise as to when they take your case. So you should have had Plan B and Plan C before taking your case to the appeal board.

After a user successfully completes a purchase and later requests a refund, how long does it typically take for the refund to be processed and take effect? What does the App Store app tell you about requesting a refund? In cases where users may abuse the refund system (e.g., frequent or malicious refund requests), is there any way for developers to prevent or intervene in the refund process? There are cheaters wherever you go. It's not just app users. There are software developers who abuse the system with fake 5-star ratings and bogus last-minute discount price claims. You are simply better off staying away from these people and concentrating on development instead. I wouldn't waste a minute of my valuable time becoming a cat to chase mice.