Similar situation. First time app, macOS and iOS versions, no login, no account, no server - just plain SwiftData, CloudKit, and one in-app purchase to unlock lifetime access. TestFlight: macOS build: submitted Feb 09, 2026 -> approved Feb 11, 2026 iOS build: submitted Feb 09, 2026 -> waiting -> re-submitted by incrementing build number Feb 18, 2026 -> still waiting, status on Mar 12, 2026: 'Waiting for Review' In-app purchase: didn't require submission I got enough feedback from my macOS beta testing that I decided to go ahead with the final app approval submission. Production: macOS build: submitted Mar 06, 2026 -> approved Mar 09, 2026 iOS build: submitted Mar 06, 2026 -> still waiting, status on Mar 12, 2026: 'Waiting for Review' In-app purchase: status on Mar 12, 2026: 'In Review' Without the IAP approval, it doesn't even make sense to announce my macOS release to my network because the app will just lock up after 14 days if they're unable to purchase. Why are things happening in such a fragmented manner, moving like molasses, one trickle at a time? I don't know. Seems to have started in February. The good news is that it seems to affect everybody. Old app, new app, established business, first time indie developers, simple app, complex app. It's very non-discriminatory in that sense haha. Hopefully a temporary situation, which is now one month old and counting.

Things that give me hope: The response from Apple  above says the word 'both', which is different from other responses on other threads, so it's a human being answering, not a bot Received new developer agreement email from Apple  - something something China something something, so they're alive and well, they must know that we're having this issue The daily barrage of developers raising concerns on this forum about the delays The delay also seems to signify that it's humans reviewing apps, which I much prefer over any 100% automated review system I know a lot of us are waiting, me included, for the fruits of our labor and creativity to be unleashed into the world, and to hopefully earn some money from it. Hold on tight guys, I'm sure it will happen. I know some of us are actually losing money because of this delay. But since we have no other leverage, stay patient. I tell myself a month is nothing in the large scheme of things, right? Right?