Does it make sense to present an unfinished iOS application to the Apple Store for initial feedback from Apple?

Question

I am developing an iOS application and I am not sure that some of the things I have done will be approved by Apple. Sometimes the reasons for the deviation are very difficult to predict, and I would like to know if something is wrong before.

Does it make sense to present an incomplete Apple Store application with a release date of a couple of months in the future in order to get valuable feedback from Apple? I'm sure they will reject such an application because they do not allow beta versions to be sent to the Apple Store. But will they give me valuable feedback that some parts of the application or implementation need to be changed for the application, which will be approved after its completion? Or will they simply refuse it because it is not finished and will not give any feedback on the parts already implemented?

Thanks Michal

Answer 1

Tricky In my experience, if they reject it, they will give up the first problem that they find. They will not give you a list of reasons. They will not fully examine it as soon as they see the reason to say no.

So, as long as I see no harm in this, there is no guarantee that you will be rejected in such a way as to provide useful feedback. Most likely, they will pick you up at a simple point, and you will not be wiser.

Update

Also, remember that the review system is not completely consistent. I only had applications accepted by one reviewer the next time they were rejected, because a later reviewer is more thorough. You could accept your alpha application only to see the polished version postponed after months of work.

A better approach might be to discuss a specific rule that you might violate on the Apple Dev forum.

Answer 2

Pre-approval of an application or application type does not set a precedent for future application approvals. The developers submitted bug fix updates and rejected this application update for violating some rules or rules of the application store that are not completely related to the changes.

However, rejecting the app will give you valuable feedback. Therefore, if you think that your application is on the verge of acceptability, failure can provide useful information about the risk of further development.

For any presentation, you need to make sure that the application will not be completely rejected for errors or crashes or other reasons not related to the feedback you are looking for.

And if you are a representative of a high profile or a well-known developer, Apple may contact you for feedback on your developed applications.

Answer 3

he almost never checked for critical errors, he checked the use of private APIs, violation of license agreements, etc.