Second App Approved

Apple finally approved my original, clean app. It only took them a month. Here is a link to the clean one, it has about 200 bumper stickers versus the 600 the mature one has. Let me know what you think.

itms://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=321314997&mt=8&ign-mscache=1

Getting some good sales

Thank you to everyone who is buying the app. I am getting some good sales, but not too many good ideas for bumperstickers. Please send me some so I can update with some of your suggestions. I am working on the next update now, so I will let everyone know when it is submitted.

Approved

Okay, so Apple finally approved one of my applications. They approved the Mature Bumper Sticker Wisdom one. Which I personally think is the better one, as it is much more amusing. So, go out and get it, tell all of your friends about it. It can be found here:

Mature Bumper Sticker Wisdom

Also, one you get it, let me know what you think. I am open to making changes and to making it better. I also can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for their own, especially since this is the mature one, people can go crazy.

Update

Okay so I have resubmitted both of the apps and here is where things stand. For the regular app, it got rejected again because they said I didn't rate it high enough, due to "crude humor". So I went ahead and up'ed the crude humor tab to it's highest rating, but that didn't change the rating from 12+. So I also up'ed the "mature" tab to get it to 17+ which should be enough. So, hopefully, they will pass it and it will be live soon.

As for the mature app, well I resubmitted it and got a letter from Apple saying they need more time to review everything. From what I have read, this means they are going to kill the app by not accepting it, nor declining it. Oh well, at least it looks like one of the two will be live.

I think I am going to start my next app tomorrow. I think this one will be much easier to get through, and I think I will try to incorporate some new things into it. It should be fun.

Time to move on?

Well, I have submitted the fixed applications to Apple and I haven't heard anything yet. I am thinking it might be time to move on to the next application. I have some ideas on how to update the bumper sticker apps, but until I know they will be available, I am going to wait on the updates.

I have some ideas for my next application, and I think they will be a little more Apple friendly, but let's see what happens.

Apps Rejected

Okay, so I got an email from Apple today stating that both apps have been rejected. I was not surprised by the mature one being so, but the normal one too? The email stated that I was in violation of their obscene/objectionable content clauses and they sent screen shots of the objectionable content.

It would seem that the only thing Apple had a problem with was the Religious button. Of all of the examples given, they all had either the words, God or Jesus in them. Some examples, "My God can beat up your God," and "Jesus loves everybody you hate." Needless to say I was a bit shocked. So, I went ahead and removed the religious button and put in a "Submitted" button. This is where all of the user submitted entries will go.

I then resubmitted both of them and let's see what happens now....

Still Waiting....

Well, it's been over a week and nothing from Apple. This has to be the hardest part about the App process, the waiting. If you think about it, it is kind of a rip off since you only get a year in the program and you have to wait almost 3 weeks (the longest I have heard), to get your app out there. Updates take the same amount of time, so it is really hard to fix things right away.

I just want to get the apps out there and see what people do with them. I want to start getting email submissions from people so that I can do more updates and get more feedback. I think people are going to have fun with the apps but I need them out there.

Oh well, just keep waiting. I am also hoping that they will approve both apps, but we'll see.