Apple highlights Brazilian study on domestic App Store performance

Post by mrguyorama » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #10

azinman2 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> there were already enough apps of that kind on their App Store I’d love to see that. I’ve never heard of denial for that reason, and the App Store is certainly crowded in every category.

Apple reserves the right to evaporate your startup if your app is deemed to be in a "category that is already saturated". https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#spa... > (b) Also avoid piling on to a category that is already saturated; the App Store has enough fart, burp, flashlight, fortune telling, dating, drinking games, and Kama Sutra apps, etc. already. We will reject these apps unless they pro…

>dating

OMFG dating is "saturated"? The entire dating app market is one company with bumble picking up scraps!

Post by loganwedwards » Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 12:20 AM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #8

xutopia wrote: post #4

It's horrible how much Apple controls the market. I know of one startup who got shut out of the market because Apple considered there were already enough apps of that kind on their App Store. In many instances if you can't have a mobile app your startup is dead before it started.

> there were already enough apps of that kind on their App Store I’d love to see that. I’ve never heard of denial for that reason, and the App Store is certainly crowded in every category.

True story. I sub contracted with another agency for a new startup and we wanted to have a pre-release for a small audience and the app was outright rejected by Apple for this same reason. My final milestone for said agency was tied to releasing the app to the store… still salty (and wiser) about that.

Re: Apple highlights Brazilian study on domestic App Store performance

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