App rejection for tinder-like feature

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Phets OP

Created Sep ’15

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Hi,

We are developing a dating app and there is a feature like Tinder where you can "rate" users in order to match with them and start

Our app has been available in the AppStore with this feature for more than one year.

With our last update for iOS9, our app has been rejected because it does not comply with point 14.1 of Apple guidelines: “Any App that is defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited, or likely to place the targeted individual or group in harm's way will be rejected”. Apple judges that this feature rates other users and can result in offensive or mean-spirited content.

I sent a couple of messages to explain that this feature allows users to match and that users who have been “disliked” are not notified nor aware of it, but the app is still rejected. When I asked Apple what I could modify in order to comply with the guidelines, they answered with some App Review, Human interface guidelines and Licence Agreement. This feature exist in so many other dating apps like Tinder, Lovoo, Badoo, etc, I really don’t understand why mine has been rejected.

Can somebody help me solving this crucial issue?

Thanks guys

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Answer 1

Smithers OP

Sep ’15

You're raising it in the wrong place. Raise it with Apple's Review team (as you did) - only a second time. They also have an Appeals link where you can reason with them. I would suggest you drop the feature and this app and work on a new game for tvOS.

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Answer 2

lb1r OP

May ’16

Did you happen to resolve this issue? My team is having the same problem and we are at a loss of how to appeal when they seem to only just get back to us with the same generic response each time.

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