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0 pointsduskwuff9y ago0 comments

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple also followed this up with some more manual vetting of app names. I'm not sure if this part of the review guidelines is new, but it seems relevant:

> 2.3.7 Choose a unique app name, assign keywords that accurately describe your app, and don’t try to pack any of your metadata with trademarked terms, popular app names, or other irrelevant phrases just to game the system. App names must be limited to 50 characters and should not include terms or descriptions that are not the name of the app. Apple may modify inappropriate keywords at any time.

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MBCook9y ago

This is one of those rules that has had basically zero enforcement for years. I hope it changes with the rest of this.

The app store, if you follow all the rules, could be such a great place. But they haven't bothered to enforce so many of their rules (except in capricious cases where they wanted to get rid of something) that there is a TON of junk in there and the store is almost unusable.

lstamour9y ago

The 50 character limit is new. To quote an email from Apple about 9 hours ago: "App names you submit in iTunes Connect for new apps and updates will now be limited to no longer than 50 characters."

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