- Apps may be submitted to App Review multiple times before they are approved for release on the App Store. ↩
- App submissions may be rejected for noncompliance with one or more guidelines. ↩
- The Design category includes guidelines that prohibit copycat apps, apps with minimum functionality, and spam. ↩
- Apps may be removed from the App Store for a number of reasons, including violations of local law, repeated violations of App Store policy, fraud, and demands by regulators. ↩
- Complete data showing apps removed from the App Store by all app categories and by country or region is included in the supplemental CSV file, available at https://www.apple.com/legal/app-store/transparency/. ↩
- Complete data showing apps removed from the App Store by guideline or DPLA provision violated and by country or region is included in the supplemental CSV file, available at https://www.apple.com/legal/app-store/transparency/. ↩
- This removal is the result of ongoing cleanup for outdated apps. ↩
- Complete data showing takedown demands by government entity and law cited is included in the supplemental CSV file, available at https://www.apple.com/legal/app-store/transparency/. ↩
- Apps are required to follow the law in each country or region in which they operate. When subject to a government takedown demand, they are removed only from the country or region in which the entity demanding removal has jurisdiction, and they remain available everywhere else. ↩
- This number represents the 39 ByteDance apps that Apple was prevented from distributing in the United States storefront of the App Store in order to comply with the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, 15 U.S.C. § 9901. These apps were restored to the United States storefront on February 13, 2025 pursuant to Executive Order No. 14166 ↩
- Complete data showing appeals of app removals by country or region is included in the supplemental CSV file, available at https://www. apple.com/legal/app-store/transparency/. ↩
- Most app removals that are appealed are removed from the App Store due to illegality or fraud. Consequently, most appeals from developers of such apps are rejected. ↩
- Complete data showing restorations after appeals of app removals by country or region is included in the supplemental CSV file, available at https://www.apple.com/legal/app-store/transparency/. ↩
- Most developer account terminations that are appealed are removed from the App Store due to fraud. Consequently, most appeals from such terminations are rejected. ↩
- On iPhone and iPad, apps that customers download from the App Store are automatically updated by default. ↩
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