{"id":46222,"date":"2024-12-19T16:06:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=46222"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:05:29","slug":"cascable-studio-rejected-from-the-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/19\/cascable-studio-rejected-from-the-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Cascable Studio Rejected From the App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Kennett<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I’ve been shipping apps to the App Store for well over fifteen years now, and although there are App Review horror stories aplenty, I’ve always hoped I’d never be in a position to write one myself.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

What you just scrolled past was the history of my (eventually successful) attempt to get the new Mac version of our app — Cascable Studio<\/a> — approved for the Mac App Store. The entire process took nearly a month, and we had to push an emergency build through in the middle there with some features stripped out to get something<\/em> approved for launch.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

We’re at version 7.0 now, and the iOS version of this app has been on the App Store since 2015. Indeed, most<\/em> of the app was fine — this ordeal was all about one particular feature.<\/p>

A feature that’d already been approved and on the App Store since 2019 in a different app of ours.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Anyway, I must’ve explained what Apple Events are to three separate people throughout this process. This did eventually<\/em> get to someone technical up at the appeals board, but nobody having any idea what an “Apple Event” is really cannot have helped.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

App Review doesn’t like apps that integrate with other apps, which is one of the best things about the Mac.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2024-12-20): Matthias Gansrigler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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If you’re wondering why there hasn’t been an update for \n@ScreenFloatApp\n recently…<\/p>\n

#reviewhell #securitytheater<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n