App 'in review' for 4 days. Normal?

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  1. Mastersoft

    Mastersoft Well-Known Member

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    My very simple app has been 'in review' for 4 days so far. Is that normal? There is not much to it and I doubt it would take more than an hour to test it (at most).
     
  2. da shiz wiz 19

    da shiz wiz 19 Well-Known Member

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    From what I've heard I think its normal. It should be past review soon, maybe a day or two?
     
  3. Flickitty

    Flickitty Well-Known Member

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    4 days isn't normal, but it is getting closer to Dec 24th. They have a lot of apps to test before that date.
     
  4. #4 shen, Dec 14, 2009
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    Being in review for 4 days fits with my experience.
     
  5. My last two submissions were "In Review" for 7 days and 5 days. The second one was a simple bug fix with no functionality changes.
     
  6. bomber

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    Our new game GraalOnline Classic was 10 days "In Review", got approved after 13 days and 23 hours after submission :D (seems like Apple wants to keep that 14 days record)
     
  7. qwiboo

    qwiboo Well-Known Member

    4 days is normal ;)
     
  8. Flickitty

    Flickitty Well-Known Member

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    Wow, okay I guess my experience is way off. Our normal 'In Review' is about 2 days. From submission to approval usually takes between 1.5 to 2 weeks.

    I've heard of submissions taking 4+ weeks to be approved, even for some well known titles by well known developers.
     
  9. Mastersoft

    Mastersoft Well-Known Member

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    Ah well I guess I had better be patient!
     
  10. I had a 4 day "in review" after a pair of 2-day durations. Seems normal.
     
  11. GamerOutfit

    GamerOutfit Well-Known Member

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    My experience over the past year or so:

    WallZ was reviewed in 4 days.

    War3100 took 60 days.

    Zenflation took 12 days.

    I think the more involved the game is, the longer it takes to review. War3100 has tons of contents compared to the other two (although Zenflation by far has the most unique gameplay.)
     
  12. GregH

    GregH Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, 4 days is fast IMHO.
     
  13. Mastersoft

    Mastersoft Well-Known Member

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    60 days !?! You must have been pulling your hair out!
     
  14. Nijo

    Nijo Well-Known Member

    There's a difference between "in review" and "waiting for review".
    My last two submits have taken 1 week in waiting, then 2 days in review.

    A previous app, a long time ago, took 30+ days and was eventually rejected. That's annoying when they reject you for something that can be fixed in 5 minutes.
     
  15. Flickitty

    Flickitty Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, that is just stupid. I don't know about anyone else, but as soon as I submit to Apple, I immediately start working on an update within a couple days. You could have at least 2-3 updates in that 60 days.

    I wonder how long the updates took to be approved.
     
  16. tukun

    tukun Well-Known Member

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    what was it, a game crashing bug or what? jsut curious
     
  17. I think Apple is trying to discourage this sort of behavior with their recent changes that no longer highlight updated apps.

    They are pushing developers towards "Finish then release" and away from "release then finish".
     
  18. Nijo

    Nijo Well-Known Member

    The large icon was not similar enough to the small icon.

    That was in the early days - I was young and naïve and hadn't read the instructions closely enough. :rolleyes:
     
  19. Mastersoft

    Mastersoft Well-Known Member

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    Yep, mine is actually 'in review'. Maybe there is a problem as it is almost 5 days now and really is a simple app.
     
  20. Sinecure Industries

    Sinecure Industries Well-Known Member

    Our latest app has been "in review" for 7 days tomorrow. Normally our apps are "waiting for review" for a week or so and then "in review" for barely a day. I guess Apple is a little backlogged.
     

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