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App Store Review Times Are Failing to Meet the AI-Driven Influx of Submissions

App Store review times are failing to keep up with an AI-driven influx of submissions, according to developer Joe Fabisevich, whose Plinky 6.0.4 was approved for macOS in 4 hours but remained unreviewed for iOS after a week. Fabisevich's experience reflects broader complaints from App Store developers about inconsistent review delays.

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Joe Fabisevich, on Mastodon:

I submitted Plinky 6.0.4 for review last week. The macOS app was approved in 4 hours, the iOS app is still waiting for review. Sure do love to distribute software distribution this way.

He’s not an outlier; I see comments like this from App Store developers everywhere I look.

(Plinky, by the way, is an intriguing link-bookmarking app that syncs across iOS and MacOS. It’s not for me, but the nature of my work is such that I have very unusual bookmarking needs. Plinky offers a bunch of convenient ways to stash new bookmarks with low friction. It’s a labor of love — it’s totally obvious that Fabisevich himself is the number one user of Plinky, and that’s almost always true of the very best apps.)

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