Apple clarifies criteria for app store improvement process

 Apple removing old apps from IPhone app store

Several app creators have gotten an App Store Improvement Notice from Apple in the last week. If developers do not submit an update for review, their programme will be withdrawn from the Apple App Store, according to the warning. Several developers, on the other hand, resorted to social media to express their dissatisfaction with Apple's inconsistent app removal policy. For example, Kosa Eleftheriou, the creator of FlickType Apple Watch Keyboard, points out that while Pocket God, an app that hasn't been updated since 2015, is still available on the App Store, one of her apps was removed.

Apple has issued a new press release explaining its position on the removal of apps from the App Store. "As part of the App Store Improvements," the page says.

Several app creators have gotten an App Store Improvement Notice from Apple in the last week. If developers do not submit an update for review, their programme will be withdrawn from the Apple App Store, according to the warning. Several developers, on the other hand, resorted to social media to express their dissatisfaction with Apple's inconsistent app removal policy. For example, Kosa Eleftheriou, the creator of FlickType Apple Watch Keyboard, points out that while Pocket God, an app that hasn't been updated since 2015, is still available on the App Store, one of her apps was removed.

This means that Apple considers the number of times an app has been downloaded. It means that an old app with a large number of downloads will be kept.