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QuickPick Kicked out of the App Store

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Seth Willits / @sethwillits:

QuickPick is being kicked out of the App Store.

It doesn’t matter that QuickPick existed years before Launchpad.

Rejected.

Period.

QuickPick is Seth’s application and document launcher. Apple has apparently decided to remove/retroactively-reject QuickPick as being too similar to 10.7’s Launchpad.

At least it’s an Mac app, and therefore he can revert to a more traditional sales channel such as selling it via his website. If it were an iOS app however, he’d be shit out of luck.

App Store Submissions Process - an Analogy

Here’s a fun game for you to play:

Think of a number
7

(2 weeks later) Wrong. Think of a number.
23

(2 weeks later) Wrong. Think of a number.
erm. Can I have a clue ?

Sometimes, this is exactly what it feels like trying to submit an iPhone app to the App Store.

You can submit your app, and after a wait of two weeks or more, find that it’s been rejected because of a problem with the metadata - for instance, the keywords. Your only option is to alter the metadata and re-submit, starting the review process again. From scratch. With absolutely no idea if you’ve got the answer right or not this time.

It’s madness.