<story><title>App Store doesn&apos;t accept “too simple” apps</title><url>https://notes.alinpanaitiu.com/Dealing%20with%20App%20Store%20rejections</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Jonovono</author><text>Yep, I got this rejection when I made this tipping app (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;apps.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;tip-69&amp;#x2F;id1460610078&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;apps.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;tip-69&amp;#x2F;id1460610078&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;I went on to add OCR detection for receipts so you don&amp;#x27;t have to type in the amount, I added more tipping modes, I added split bill functionality, and eventually added an entire social network with the ability to share your receipt for the world to see, like or comment on.&lt;p&gt;Must have spent months trying to get approved by Apple.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d rather no one ask me why.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CharlesW</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m honestly blown away that Apple approved an app to suggest &amp;quot;funny&amp;quot; tip amounts in a thread where we&amp;#x27;re complaining that that Apple&amp;#x27;s standards are too high.</text></comment>
<story><title>App Store doesn&apos;t accept “too simple” apps</title><url>https://notes.alinpanaitiu.com/Dealing%20with%20App%20Store%20rejections</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Jonovono</author><text>Yep, I got this rejection when I made this tipping app (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;apps.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;tip-69&amp;#x2F;id1460610078&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;apps.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;tip-69&amp;#x2F;id1460610078&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;I went on to add OCR detection for receipts so you don&amp;#x27;t have to type in the amount, I added more tipping modes, I added split bill functionality, and eventually added an entire social network with the ability to share your receipt for the world to see, like or comment on.&lt;p&gt;Must have spent months trying to get approved by Apple.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d rather no one ask me why.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jaywalk</author><text>I have no love for Apple&amp;#x27;s walled-garden, and I absolutely appreciate 69 jokes, but this app is stupid.</text></comment>