Some iOS developers say the App Store review process is taking significantly longer, up to multiple weeks, with an influx of vibe-coded apps as the likely cause
- Apple's App Store is seeing an influx of new apps each month. — Developers say the flood of apps is increasing wait times.
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Discussion
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@jazzychad
Chad Etzel
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The App Store review queue must be massive :/ We're headed back to the good ol days of 2 week waits
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@nikitabier
Nikita Bier
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iOS developers: How long is App Review taking for everyone these days? It is now taking longer to get our app approved than it is to build the actual features.
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@noahpinion
Noah Smith
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Buahahahaha DIE INTERNET DIE DIE uh I mean sure, we can solve this by getting AI agents to do the reviews, no biggie
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@michael_kove
@michael_kove
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@shiri_shh Apple store should be pay-to-play for EACH published paid app. $50-100/per app. This will quickly cleanup the slop. Proportional to the cost of the app.
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@themaran
Maran
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@shiri_shh everyone trying reach $10000 mrr by literally vibe coding dog shi apps stripe implemented apps are not allowed in iOS right? mark this app store will ban ai apps in few months
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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iOS App Review delays are getting ridiculous
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@paularambles
@paularambles
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vibe coding and its consequences have been a disaster for the app review team
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@austen
Austen Allred
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App Store review is one of the first columns of the software ecosystem to just completely buckle under the weight of AI. It almost makes building apps not worth it until Apple gets its stuff in order.
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@flyosity
Mike Rundle
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@nikitabier it's extremely slow these days, lotta iOS devs on here been complaining as well
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@_eseidel
Eric Seidel
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All the largest apps (TikTok, FaceBook, YouTube, etc.) use “code push” / OTA to self update. And now there is one more reason — your real business shouldn't be stuck behind the slop-pileup. Thankfully Flutter apps now have a great solution with @shorebirddev
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@quinnypig.com
Corey Quinn
on bluesky
I do not give a toot what the cause is; for 30% of gross sales Apple can figure it the hell out. [embedded post]
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r/appledevelopers
r
on reddit
5 days Apple review? I mean wtf Apple
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r/iOSProgramming
r
on reddit
Is the app review process just massively backlogged or something?
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r/appledevelopers
r
on reddit
did apple lower down its review process speed by a huge margin or it is only for me ?
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@eleanor.lockhart.contact
Ellie Lockhart
on bluesky
put another way, “there will finally be some interesting apps on the app store, which has been effectively dead and lacked innovation for a decade” [embedded post]