Apple’s iTunes App Store rejection process has been pretty controversial with the iPhone Facebook app developer quitting and even allegations of Apple telling developers they can’t say why their app was rejected. But now there’s a site that lets you know anyway…
AppRejections.com, created by UK-based iPhone developer Adam Martin, has set out to catalogue iTunes App Store rejections he considers “unusual” and “unfair”.
Martin says: “There are more than 100,000 iPhone applications in the iTunes App Store. However, Apple has a secret, undocumented, unquestionable, random process for deciding which applications to allow.”
Though Apple has reversed some app rejections, others like the high-profile removal of the Google Voice app are permanent.
Recent rejections catalogued on the AppRejections site include the Airfoil Speakers app (which fell foul of the rules for showing a Mac icon when connecting to Macs) and 3D Camera (which allegedly followed Apple’s rules but got binned anyhow).
If you’ve had an app rejected you can submit your own story to AppRejections via Twitter, just drop a message to @redglassesapps. And if you’re hankering for a new app that has been approved and can help you find great tech and great tech news, try the Electric Pig app.
Out now | £free | AppRejections
