Can anyone elaborate on Apple's approval process 'update' that we've all been hearing about? I've heard 9 hours, 20 hours, 3 days... I'd love it if people can share their latest experiences in the past 2 weeks.
Got Heat? approved within 3 days Got Heat? was submitted on the 8th and approved on the 11th. It's a simple app from a review standpoint, so your results may vary. Our HodgePodge update was submitted the 11th and is still in review. It is quite a bit more complicated, so I would expect it to take longer.
3 hrs. January 07, 2010 17:35 Ready for Sale January 07, 2010 14:20 In Review January 07, 2010 14:10 Waiting For Review 7 hrs. January 07, 2010 19:43 Ready for Sale January 07, 2010 13:20 In Review January 07, 2010 12:17 Waiting For Review January 07, 2010 11:29 Waiting For Upload A couple of days* January 12, 2010 10:47 Ready for Sale January 12, 2010 08:42 In Review January 11, 2010 15:15 Rejected January 11, 2010 08:33 In Review January 09, 2010 10:46 Waiting For Review January 09, 2010 09:24 Waiting For Upload *But 1/9 was a Saturday and you can see they picked it up first thing Monday morning on the 11th. Turn around time has vastly improved.
Not seeing measured-in-hours turn arounds myself - I submitted an update early Tuesday (Jan. 12 at around 1 am) and it's still "Waiting For Review".
well, we had 2 updates to our app lately, first took 20 hours, second just 10 I think what makes me wonder - why is it that much faster ? are the rules greatly loosened ? do they just decompile the code and look for bad words and similar stuff ? do they have more people working on that ? at beginning I thought that's a result of not showing updates in new releases, but I dont think this is the case. I actually see more updates to apps I have than before... so besides time - what has changed ? anyone has any idea on that ?
Apple's approval process confuses me. Not only about how long they take, but the apps that they approve and don't.
From what I understand an ex-marine started running (January 04) the app review division of iTunes. Drastic changes have been made and the process is very efficient. The staff is highly motivated (happy) since they have a sense of direction and leadership. Apps are" in review" by the general staff within a few hours, if no problems are present the app is approved quickly. Problem apps are dealt with by specific reviewers that deal with "only" a specific issue. Everyone wins including developers. Time is money. I submitted 1 to 25 Lite yesterday hope to see it up and running today. ( unless I get punished for leaking information)
Hi Josh. The Horrible Vikings was approved within 20 hours of submission. That was back on January 6th (ready for sale by January 7th). Did you see Little White Bear's tweet? I think he said 3 days very recently.
Thanks yes it seems Apple must have hired some more staff to do approvals... Thats good news for everybody.
Classic+ has been approved in 2 days (40 hours), the update for Classic Free is still waiting though but it's nice to see that it's faster now. Either Apple hired more people for the Christmas rush and those are now bored because less stuff gets submitted, or they have really changed something.
I guess I was too fast, the app has been approved but is still not available in the app store. Previously it was taking max 2 hours to appear in the search.
My 1.0.2 update to Battle for Vesta took four hours. 1.0.3 sat for two days this week with no progress and I pulled it today and replaced with an even better one. I was hopig that four hours would become standard...
I should note that pulling hasn't helped at all that I can see. I am still stuck at waiting for review and now I am at the back of the line.
