If all my apps (number in hundreds) are similar but each for different purpose, can I get banned from submitting apps to Apple app store?

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Created Sep ’17

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I am a freelancer, and I am planning to create apps for events like different conferences, large fests, etc. All my apps will look very similar (although the names will be different) and will have pretty much same features (map of venue of event, sub-events lists, feature to set reminder for a specific sub-event, event managers' contacts etc. None of the apps will get more than a few hundred downloads.

Example: ABC Company Hackathon 2017, XYZ University Fest, International Conference on XYZ Science 2017

I plan to submit all my clients' (organizers of different events) apps to the app store using my account. Is there a limit to the number of apps I can upload? I read somewhere that if apps of a developer are similar, her account can get banned. Does this apply to my case?

I was planning to create one single app and allow clients to create "Events" on it to which several users can subscribe, but that wouldn't look very good as each client would like to see their own official app for their event.

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KMT OP

Sep ’17

Do those hundreds of apps all come from the same template(s), or app generator?

>each client would like to see their own official app for their event.

If they want their own app, they should have their own dev program account, in that case, but I suspect you'd still get pushback from Apple to use a 'container' app instead.

Be sure to review the ASRGs - example 4.3 Spam

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cblaze22 OP

Sep ’17

This won't fly after a few apps. They will start rejecting it so you will need to think of a new business plan. Disappointing as it is, I do the same thing offering event apps that run through an API that have similar features that clients can turn off or on but Apple basically says you can't reuse code but build totally independently with brand new code base. Crazy even when it's for a specific customer.

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