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App Store search auto-corrects "Prontus" to "Patronus" instead of showing our app
Hi all, We're seeing an odd search behavior on the iOS App Store app. When users search for "Prontus" (the exact, correctly-spelled name of our published app), the App Store auto-corrects it to "Patronus" and shows unrelated apps in the results, with only a small "Search for Prontus instead?" link to reach our actual listing. App affected: Prontus - https://apps.apple.com/br/app/prontus/id6760715818 Region observed: Brazil (App Store, pt-BR), iOS App Store app, iPhone Steps to reproduce: Open the App Store app on iOS. Tap the Search tab. Type "Prontus" (no typos). The App Store shows "Mostrando resultados para patronus" and unrelated apps instead of ours. Users have to notice and tap the small "Ao inves disso, buscar Prontus?" link to reach our app. Interestingly, this does not happen on the App Store web listing (apps.apple.com) - searching "Prontus" there correctly returns our app as the first result. So it seems specific to the App Store app's search/autocorrect behavior on iOS. Since "Prontus" is spelled correctly and is a live, unique name in the catalog, I'd expect search to surface it directly rather than auto-correct to an unrelated, more popular term ("Patronus"). This is hurting our discoverability. I've also filed this through Feedback Assistant (FB24071198) and Contact Us (case 20000123768847). Has anyone else run into App Store search auto-correcting a correctly-spelled app name to something unrelated? Any known fix or workaround would be very welcome. Thanks!
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App Store search auto-corrects "Prontus" to "Patronus" instead of showing our app
Hi all, We're seeing an odd search behavior on the iOS App Store app. When users search for "Prontus" (the exact, correctly-spelled name of our published app), the App Store auto-corrects it to "Patronus" and shows unrelated apps in the results, with only a small "Search for Prontus instead?" link to reach our actual listing. App affected: Prontus - https://apps.apple.com/br/app/prontus/id6760715818 Region observed: Brazil (App Store, pt-BR), iOS App Store app, iPhone Steps to reproduce: Open the App Store app on iOS. Tap the Search tab. Type "Prontus" (no typos). The App Store shows "Mostrando resultados para patronus" and unrelated apps instead of ours. Users have to notice and tap the small "Ao inves disso, buscar Prontus?" link to reach our app. Interestingly, this does not happen on the App Store web listing (apps.apple.com) - searching "Prontus" there correctly returns our app as the first result. So it seems specific to the App Store app's search/autocorrect behavior on iOS. Since "Prontus" is spelled correctly and is a live, unique name in the catalog, I'd expect search to surface it directly rather than auto-correct to an unrelated, more popular term ("Patronus"). This is hurting our discoverability. I've also filed this through Feedback Assistant (FB24071198) and Contact Us (case 20000123768847). Has anyone else run into App Store search auto-correcting a correctly-spelled app name to something unrelated? Any known fix or workaround would be very welcome. Thanks!
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