Wait since App Submitted: 29 Days Wait since contract Sign-up: 43 days
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UPDATE- Mar 18, 2009: Finally, my app got Approved !!!! Got an email from Apple saying my app is ready for sale. Although, it took approx 4-5 hours for the same status to be reflected in iTunes Connect.
UPDATE- Mar 13, 2009: After sending Appstore, 1 email everyday, they finally responded saying that they encountered a problem while testing my app, and that I should resubmit the binary. So, I have resubmitted the binary now…..
UPDATE- Mar 11, 2009: I plan to send an email to Appstore every day till I hear from them about a resolution. Today, I read an article about how an application called “Peep” was rejected for the wrong reasons too. (See article)
And this is the best part. GOOGLE openly admitted (See Article) that they have used an Undocumented API but they were allowed in the AppStore. And to think of it…my app does not even use an undocumented API.
UPDATE – Mar 10, 2009 : App rejected again for the following reason :
“3.3.1 Applications may only use Published APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any unpublished or private APIs. “
There is no published API which allows airplane mode to be disabled from within an application.
Now, this is not even funny. All my app does is allows you to click on someone and call them. I am totally confused why they thought my app disables airplane mode. The worst part about all this is, that you cannot call Apple customer service to resolve this and they read your emails in 7-10 days. So frustrating !!!!
UPDATE – Feb 27, 2009: My application was rejected yesterday after 1 week of waiting.
Reason 1:, Apple thinks that I used their copyright picture for my app’s logo image. All I had done was take a screenshot of my application’s main screen and put it as the logo.
Reason 2: Apple says that my main logo (512 * 512 pic) does not match the app icon (47 *47 pic). This can be confusing to the users. Man! These guys are picky…well since I have no say here…all I can do is bend my head down and say “yes sir” “yes sir”. Thats what I am doing. So, I updated my pics and re-submitted my app. Now, its anyone’s guess how long will I have to wait before someone looks (or rejects) at it again.
Ok guys, I know there are a lot of people frustrated with iTunesConnect. And I am just writing this blog entry to join y’all.
I am a Microsoft Windows developer. I spent 3 weeks learning XCode and Objective C to write an application for the iPhone. It tested fine, everything looked great…but now App Store says it is reviewing my application. And it is stuck there for last 6 days.
It is so frustrating after paying $100 registration fee especially for a 1 person shop like me. I don’t have the muscle of a Venture Capitalist funding my operation. So, every dollar stings. But the least I expect is for Apple to put my application out there.
On the flip side, selling a Windows Mobile app is such a breeze. You submit the application and in a few hours it shows up in all stores out there. Plus, I simply sell it on my blog using Paypal. NO APPLE sucking 30% of my revenues after I paid them $100. How greedy and ridiculous can you be ? Seriously ?