Post

Replies

Boosts

Views

Activity

Apple Removed Every App My Software Company Has Ever Shipped. Can App Review Explain Why?
Yesterday I posted here after receiving 66 separate, identical Guideline 4.3 removal notices. I received no explanation or response, so I am asking again, more simply. Apple has removed the full extent of my software company from the App Store. 66 applications. Years of work. Thousands of development hours. Previously reviewed and approved apps. Different products with different purposes, functionality, designs, and users. Every single one received the same statement saying it shares a similar “binary, metadata, and/or concept” with other apps. But Apple has not told me: What binary? What metadata? What concept? What apps are supposedly similar? I am not asking Apple to waive Guideline 4.3. I am asking for enough information to understand what I allegedly did wrong. When an enforcement action removes 100% of a developer’s software portfolio, I believe the developer should at minimum be able to understand the factual basis for that decision. Can someone from App Review please answer one question: What specifically caused all 66 independently developed applications in my account to be classified as spam simultaneously? I want to comply. I want to correct anything that genuinely violates the guidelines. But I cannot correct an unidentified issue. I am asking for an explanation.
0
0
162
Sep ’26
All 66 of My Previously Approved Apps Are Being Removed Under Guideline 4.3
Today I received 66 separate, identical App Review notices, one for every live app in my developer account, stating that each app will be removed from the App Store under Guideline 4.3. These apps were previously reviewed, approved, and live. They are not 66 versions of one product. They span substantially different concepts and functionality, including games, utilities, productivity tools, social tools, and video tools. Every notice says the app shares a similar “binary, metadata, and/or concept” with apps submitted by other developers, but does not identify what specifically triggered the finding. Because all 66 notices arrived together with identical language, this appears to be a portfolio-level re-evaluation. Could someone from App Review please clarify: Is there a way to request a review of the developer portfolio as a whole rather than appealing 66 identical decisions individually? Can App Review identify whether the finding is based primarily on binary/source similarity, metadata, concepts, or another factor? What is the correct appeal path when every previously approved app in an account is affected simultaneously? I want to comply fully with Guideline 4.3. I am holding off on new submissions because I do not want to guess at the cause or inadvertently make the situation worse. Any guidance from App Review or developers who have experienced a comparable account-wide action would be greatly appreciated.
0
0
232
Sep ’26
Apple Removed Every App My Software Company Has Ever Shipped. Can App Review Explain Why?
Yesterday I posted here after receiving 66 separate, identical Guideline 4.3 removal notices. I received no explanation or response, so I am asking again, more simply. Apple has removed the full extent of my software company from the App Store. 66 applications. Years of work. Thousands of development hours. Previously reviewed and approved apps. Different products with different purposes, functionality, designs, and users. Every single one received the same statement saying it shares a similar “binary, metadata, and/or concept” with other apps. But Apple has not told me: What binary? What metadata? What concept? What apps are supposedly similar? I am not asking Apple to waive Guideline 4.3. I am asking for enough information to understand what I allegedly did wrong. When an enforcement action removes 100% of a developer’s software portfolio, I believe the developer should at minimum be able to understand the factual basis for that decision. Can someone from App Review please answer one question: What specifically caused all 66 independently developed applications in my account to be classified as spam simultaneously? I want to comply. I want to correct anything that genuinely violates the guidelines. But I cannot correct an unidentified issue. I am asking for an explanation.
Replies
0
Boosts
0
Views
162
Activity
Sep ’26
All 66 of My Previously Approved Apps Are Being Removed Under Guideline 4.3
Today I received 66 separate, identical App Review notices, one for every live app in my developer account, stating that each app will be removed from the App Store under Guideline 4.3. These apps were previously reviewed, approved, and live. They are not 66 versions of one product. They span substantially different concepts and functionality, including games, utilities, productivity tools, social tools, and video tools. Every notice says the app shares a similar “binary, metadata, and/or concept” with apps submitted by other developers, but does not identify what specifically triggered the finding. Because all 66 notices arrived together with identical language, this appears to be a portfolio-level re-evaluation. Could someone from App Review please clarify: Is there a way to request a review of the developer portfolio as a whole rather than appealing 66 identical decisions individually? Can App Review identify whether the finding is based primarily on binary/source similarity, metadata, concepts, or another factor? What is the correct appeal path when every previously approved app in an account is affected simultaneously? I want to comply fully with Guideline 4.3. I am holding off on new submissions because I do not want to guess at the cause or inadvertently make the situation worse. Any guidance from App Review or developers who have experienced a comparable account-wide action would be greatly appreciated.
Replies
0
Boosts
0
Views
232
Activity
Sep ’26