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"Your app is misusing background location for purposes other than location-related features and functionality." > It would seem Apple are directly telling you that this aspect is m…

Exactly this. It seems some here maybe confused that location in the app is being used surreptitiously, or ScreenTime measured surreptitiously. In fact, it is explicitly requested,…

Unfortunately, this is from a phone call with Apple. Supposedly why there are multiple other apps currently in the store, accepted by apple, the do precisely the same approach for …

Please re-read the guidelines and the use. No API has been used that wasn't explicitly allowed to be used for said purposes. Location provided location. The public signal that indi…

#1 Does not violate TOS. At least the rep spoken to said it does not. It is permitted to apps to known when the screen is on / screen off, via the built-in notification it provides…

It is not recommended to enable this capability on iPhone 6 generation and older. Devices after that have on chip acceleration that makes it a minimal drain... it was one of the bi…

No other data issue has been cited... There is no other data available on iOS to use for productivity tracking anyway. The app is best used as an out-of-band console / intervention…

It is of note in this case that "misuse" is perfectly arbitrary. The RescueTime app did use location, only locally on the device, to enrich the information provided to users. It al…

The endless "hours matter" debate. For me, it's been a revolution at RescueTime. I had a 5 year old and new born when I started. You structure your day right, you should be able to…

What is the compared-to "real social network". Facebook or other online networks? Or derived from studying meatspace communities? I imagine the numbers are very different between t…