Inkwell for iOS stuck in Apple review process for nearly a month despite multiple resubmissions and an appeal
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Summary
Manton Reece details the frustrating experience of trying to get his iOS app Inkwell approved by Apple. Submitted on April 21st, the app has faced multiple rejections, code changes, resubmissions, a phone call, and an appeal to the review board—all with no resolution. Reece breaks down the issues according to Apple's App Review Guideline sections, expressing growing discouragement after weeks of waiting.
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· 3 pulledI submitted Inkwell for iOS to Apple for review on April 21st.
It has gone through numerous rejections, code changes, resubmissions, clarifications, one phone call, and one appeal to the review board, which I'm still waiting to hear back on.
I'm getting discouraged, though, so it's time to lay out the problems here, organized by App Review Guideline section numbers.
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