Provenance Rejected From the App Store
Around 4 hours ago developer posted that the app was once again rejected by Apple for weird reasons regarding adding games during testing.
They later posted that they submitted another appeal.
And shortly after this (see image) thread of two tweets mentions they have seemingly ran out of money due to Apple’s decision making and that unless the appeal works out, this “may be the end of Provenance for a while”.
Via Craig Grannell:
App review, as ever, is inconsistent. It still feels like Apple has it in for emulators, even if Consoles got approved (well, on one platform – last I saw, all non-iOS versions weren’t out despite the iOS one being live). What a mess.
Previously:
- PPSSPP Emulator Stuck in App Review
- Mini vMac for iOS Rejected via Notarization
- UTM SE Now in the App Store
- Delta 1.6 Rejected From the App Store
- iDOS 3 Rejected From the App Store
- UTM Blocked Outside App Store via Notarization
- iOS Retro Console Game Emulators
- Allowing iOS Game Emulators and Mini Apps
- Emulation on iPhone
Update (2025-01-08): Mike Rockwell:
I used Provenance extensively back when I first started tinkering with sideloading. It would be great to have it available in the App Store — I’d put it alongside RetroArch as one of the best emulators on the platform.
The Provenance emulator finally made its way through app review. (The IAP is entirely optional, note. Almost all features are free.)
As far as I'm aware, Mini vMac remains banned and MAME4iOS is still in limbo, despite a name change to ArcadeMania.
Turns out Apple’s latest rejection of MAME4iOS/ArcadeMania was because the app should “only run ROMs owned by the developer”. I don’t even. This must be so frustrating for the creator. App review, as ever is either broken or working as intended. Neither of those is good.
