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Apple App Store Submission Checklist

The only guide you will ever need to get your app approved on the App Store.

Reviewers stop at the first missing requirement. One small issue = rejection.
Fix it, resubmit, wait again. Repeat that 3-5 times and you've lost weeks, sometimes a month.

This checklist exists to help you not waste weeks of your life.

Your checklist is meant to be revisited. Check items as you go, come back later, continue where you left off.

The fastest way to get rejected

Use this as a 30-second scan before you hit "Submit for Review".

  • ✗Your app has placeholder screens ("coming soon", fake flows, broken buttons)
  • ✗Missing Privacy Policy URL in App Store Connect(Apple Developer)
  • ✗Missing Terms of Service link (public URL) inside the app and on the listing
  • ✗Subscriptions aren't set up cleanly (missing IAP metadata, unclear pricing, no restore)
  • ✗Login required but no test account / unclear reviewer instructions
  • ✗Account creation exists but there's no in-app account deletion(Apple Developer)

Checklist

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