#app-store

A U.S. appeals court denied Apple’s effort to keep a stay in place, meaning developers can continue linking to external payments without Apple charging fees while the Epic case moves toward the Supreme Court.

Candidate metadata indicates Apple has officially enabled developers to set up and test monthly subscriptions tied to a 12-month commitment on the App Store, creating a new hybrid pricing structure.

Apple warned Grok’s developers that the app could be removed from the App Store after complaints over nonconsensual sexual deepfakes, showing how platform moderation failures are colliding with app-store governance.

Apple removed a fake Ledger app and the rewards app Freecash after reports tied one to major cryptocurrency theft and the other to sensitive data collection, intensifying scrutiny of how App Store review handles fast-ris

What began as a hardware comeback story has turned into a broad legal and political challenge to Apple’s control over mobile software, payments, and distribution.

Apple's iOS 26.4 RC resolves one of Family Sharing's longest-standing limitations, finally letting family members use their own payment methods for purchases.

A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit from music app Musi against Apple, ruling that Apple has an unconditional right to remove apps from the App Store at any time — a decision that may set precedent for developer-platform disputes.

Apple researchers ran an A/B test using AI-generated relevance labels to improve App Store search results, revealing measurable changes in download patterns.

Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude has rocketed to the second position on Apple's free apps chart in the United States. The surge follows public denunciation of Anthropic by President Trump, who called the company's leadership 'leftwing nut jobs,' in what appears to be a textbook case of the Streisand effect.