{"id":48669,"date":"2025-07-28T14:11:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=48669"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:11:30","slug":"updated-age-ratings-in-app-store-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/updated-age-ratings-in-app-store-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Age Ratings in App Store Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=ks775ehf\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/07\/25\/apple-overhauls-app-store-age-ratings\/\">MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=ks775ehf\">\n<p>The age rating system for apps and games has been updated in order to provide people with more granular age ratings. We&rsquo;ve also introduced new age rating questions to help identify sensitive content in your app and added the ability to set a higher rating to reflect your app&rsquo;s minimum age requirement.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ve introduced a new set of required questions to the ratings questionnaire for all apps.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Please provide responses to the updated age rating questions for each of your apps by January 31, 2026, to avoid an interruption when submitting your app updates in App Store Connect.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>When I log into App Store Connect, it shows a banner that says, &ldquo;Age Ratings Are Changing,&rdquo; but there seems to be <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@lapcatsoftware\/114910832989755955\">no way<\/a> to actually answer the questions for my apps. Maybe you have the opportunity to do this <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@betamagic\/114913483375144057\">when submitting a new version<\/a>, but Apple&rsquo;s guidance above implies that they want you to answer the questions before that.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/23\/tim-cook-opposes-app-store-age-verification-bill\/\">Tim Cook Opposes App Store Age Verification Bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/12\/papers-please-and-app-content-ratings\/\">Papers, Please and App Content Ratings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (MacRumors): The age rating system for apps and games has been updated in order to provide people with more granular age ratings. We&rsquo;ve also introduced new age rating questions to help identify sensitive content in your app and added the ability to set a higher rating to reflect your app&rsquo;s minimum age requirement. 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