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App Store review
known risks and how to prepare.
Apps that wrap third-party websites get extra attention in App Review. Nobody can promise approval. This page lists the guidelines that usually come up and what you can do about each.
01Guidelines that may come up
| Guideline | The risk | What helps |
|---|---|---|
| 4.2 Minimum functionality | A reviewer may see "a website in a wrapper". | Explain the native parts in the notes: Screen Time lock with two extensions, per-filter settings, statistics, onboarding. Show them in screenshots. |
| 5.2.2 Third-party sites and services | The app shows and modifies content of services you do not own. Apple may ask whether you are allowed to. | Be honest in the notes: the user signs in to their own account on the site's own page; the app hides parts of the page on the device only; it does not download, store or redistribute content. Read the sites' terms yourself (Limitations). |
| 5.2.1 Intellectual property, trademarks | Site names or logos in your app name, icon or screenshots. | See Name, icon and screenshots. |
| 4.3 Spam | The category has many similar apps, and many buyers of this item may submit similar builds. | Give your app its own name, icon, colours, texts and store description. Do not reuse the package's texts or screenshots unchanged. |
| Family Controls | The entitlement must be approved before upload. | Request it early. |
02Name, icon and screenshots
- Do not put a site's or its owner's trademark in your app name, subtitle or icon (for example "… for Instagram"). Use a name of your own.
- Do not use the sites' logos anywhere. The package uses SF Symbols for the tabs; keep that.
- In store screenshots, prefer the Lock, Settings and onboarding screens. If you show a site tab, use your own test account and content you have the rights to, and no third-party faces or posts.
- Keep the disclaimer in the Settings footer ("not affiliated with …") and add the same sentence to your store description.
03Example review notes
Adapt this text; do not paste it unchanged.
This app lets a person use the mobile websites of three social networks
without short-video feeds and recommendations, and lock the native apps
with Screen Time.
- The user signs in on each website's own login page. We have no
server and no account system; nothing is sent to us.
- Filters hide parts of the page on the device only (CSS and page
script). No content is downloaded, stored or redistributed.
- Lock tab: FamilyControls (individual authorization), ManagedSettings
shield and a DeviceActivity monitor for timed locks and quiet hours.
The Family Controls distribution entitlement was approved for all
three bundle IDs.
- The app is not affiliated with the websites it opens.
To test: open the Lock tab on a device with Screen Time enabled,
allow access, choose an app, tap "15 min", then open that app.If the reviewer needs a site account to see the tabs, provide a test account you own in the App Review Information fields.