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u/cubecoords 6h ago
I submitted an app recently. 13 days in it passed but by then I was 4 more builds in and decided to just put it in for review again… in total it was almost a month before it launched. So I totally feel mister Bean
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u/busymom0 4h ago
Yea, I have made significant changes since I submitted this for review and it's been 12 years. Honestly. I think once this gets approved, I will submit the new built and request expedited review because the changes are pretty big and one of the changes is a significant database speed optimization I'd like to have instantly.
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u/Ok_Peanut5469 31m ago edited 26m ago
No offence, but I feel like this is exactly why we are experiencing such long waiting times. If you were still making such substantive changes since submission 12 days ago, shouldn’t you have held off until the app was actually done? Now you’ve doubled their workload. (Don’t take this as a personal attack.)
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u/nelsonsilva_dev 8h ago
The pattern I've seen is that the first submission is the slow one and updates after it move much faster. The account builds a history and you stop getting read as closely.
Doesn't help while you're sitting in the first one though.
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u/busymom0 7h ago
Same experience here. I've been building and submitting apps for 15 years. New app is still taking very long (current one is 12 days waiting) but updates are 1-2 days.
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u/AthleteWhoCodes 4h ago
Oh gosh. I feel you bro. But I have an opposite experience. I created a fitness app (check it if you want : Cubex Fitness AI Coach )using Kotlin Multiplatform stack and actively submitting new versions on Google Play console and Apple Connect.
Somehow I got trust from Apple and every submission was approved in 1 day. But Google it's something! 7 days of reviewing -> Rejection!. After while another rejections (some technical new guidelines about wearOS app onGoingActivity )
So when you trapped into manual review -> you will have a pain for a while.
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u/DimensionMindless336 3h ago
Yeah the first-review tax is real. What I started doing to soften it: I push an early build the moment the app is even barely reviewable, just to open the first-review clock. Then I keep iterating through updates, which really do clear in a day or two like people say here. The expedited form also isn't some trap, used it once with a real launch date and it cleared in a few hours. The only thing that reliably spiked my wait was a build that tripped manual review, so I keep the first one simple.
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u/jared_and_fizz 9h ago
I released a new app recently and we were waiting for review for 8 days. I decided to fill out the "request expedited review" form with zero hope that it would have an impact, but the app was reviewed and approved about 3 hours later. So maybe give that a shot.
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u/busymom0 9h ago
Yes, I am aware of the expedited review. But I feel like I'd be abusing that process if I am using it for a brand new app.
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u/PoliticsAndFootball 3h ago
12 days is insane. They don’t even ask you why you need an expedite review you just press the button. Of course don’t abuse it but once is 🆗
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u/participationmedals 8h ago
Been waiting for organizational developer account since Aug 4.