Our iOS app has the status "rejected" with a message telling us that Apple team need additional time to investigate. How can we succeed in this phase?

Hello to you,

I'm Mehdi Naciri, founder and CTMO chief technical & Marketing officer of Anouty

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anouty-le-ravitailleur-deau/id1617910658

Anouty is an e-commerce app, that lets you fill up in bundles of water to the door, regardless of the number of floors.

Our start-up, is looking forward to checking and releasing the IOS version so we can get started.

On other versions. It is already functional.

We have submitted 2 times :

1st time : ( after 8 hours ! )

Refusé Apple6 avr. 2022 à 16 h 13 

En cours de vérification Apple6 avr. 2022 à 15 h 30 

En attente de **** avr. 2022 à 08 h 03 

Prêt pour la ***** 6 avr. 2022 à 08 h 03

2nd time : ( after 4 days with weekend in ! )

Refusé Apple 12 avr. 2022 à 00 h 44

En cours de vérification Apple 12 avr. 2022 à 00 h 40   En attente de vérificationde **** 9 avr. 2022 à 07 h 39 

Prêt pour la vérification de **** 9 avr. 2022 à 07 h 37

and, unfortunately received the following error message has each tried despite our different adjustments. In order, to comply :

"We need additional time to evaluate your submission and Apple Developer Program account. Your submission status will appear as "Rejected" in App Store Connect while we investigate. However, we do not require a revised binary or additional information from you at this time. If we notice any issues that require your attention, we will let you know via App Store Connect. If we find no issues with your submission or account, the submission will be approved. If you have not heard back from us after 7 business days from the date you received this message and would like to inquire about the status of our review, you may file a request via the Apple Developer Contact Us page."

On our first try we waited a few days after receiving the error message. In order to have more explanation about the actions we have to take. However, during this second try. We got the same answer from Apple team.

We have tried to consult threads. But, we realize that this is a recent problem encountered by the APPLE developer community . Here are some threads on the subject. With, very little useful information :

https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/701777 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/702434

We have been careful to comply with all applicable GDPR regulations. We therefore respect European and French legislation in our opinion.

I noticed that the confidentiality and user data part was not well informed on our 2ch attempt. So, I updated the whole and have done another try

En attente de 12 avr. 2022 à 05 h 14 

Prêt pour la vérification 12 avr. 2022 à 05 h 14

that we hope positive or with useful information allowing to remove the ambiguity.and, start working on other aspects essential to the sustainability of our startup.

Can you help us correct that ? We’re looking forward to getting started.

Or, can you give us a real visibility of the conditions and constraints that we must govern ourselves. so that we can comply with your regulations as quickly as possible.

Sincerly

Answered by Claude31 in 710196022

Apple review message is pretty clear.

Good news is that you are NOT rejected, but under investigation.

And you have nothing to do but wait for the 7 days.

Maybe the reason is that you deliver food (drink in fact) ?

Accepted Answer

Apple review message is pretty clear.

Good news is that you are NOT rejected, but under investigation.

And you have nothing to do but wait for the 7 days.

Maybe the reason is that you deliver food (drink in fact) ?

I got the same reply yesterday after 2 days of ‘waiting for review’. If Apple need more time to review, why change the status from ‘In Review’ to ‘Rejected’? Just hope to get an answer from Apple before the Good Friday… :’( waiting make me depressed.

This has been happening to me since April 1, 2022. Multiple rejections, numerous appeals rejected, and the app and account is under investigation for the second time this month.

This is my only account which I've had since 2020 with several apps published. The one being rejected was doing well.

This is the new strategy of apple. If apple think that your app is harmful or "any of your account was closed in past and apple was aware of it" ,_ apple will close your developer account with no reason. If your application is just a hello word, no matter, your account will be closed

Our iOS app has the status "rejected" with a message telling us that Apple team need additional time to investigate. How can we succeed in this phase?
 
 
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