iOS starts cleaning up the App Store: is your app updated?

Chengdu billion Science and Technology small series from the Beijing business newspaper learned that for the development of app applications to note, iOS to start the App Store cleaning: Your app updated?

Recently, developers at the Apple App Store sent e-mails saying they would implement an ongoing assessment app action to remove apps that no longer work as expected, are not compliant with current audit guidelines, or are obsolete.

It is understood that Apple's move is mainly to ensure the quality of content in the App Store, Apple iOS system and Android system is the biggest difference between the experience and application quality, if the application gradually fall down quality, then the advantage of Apple iOS will be lost. There are a lot of "zombie" apps in the app store that even use Apple's exploits to launch illegal applications and non-compliant applications.

In Apple's clean-up direction, the category is an app that has not been updated for a long time, an app that can't be compatible with the latest iphone and ipad products, or an app that doesn't follow the updated App Store guidelines. The so-called "zombie" app refers to apps that haven't been updated in the App Store for a long time.

According to ASO100 statistics, as of September 26, the App Store (China) online app amounted to 1,962,173, of which more than 6 months have not updated the number of apps up to 1,193,170, more than 12 months have not updated the number of apps is 890,846 , the number of apps that haven't been updated for more than 18 months is 688,600.

Apple once again updated the APP Store review guide. In contrast to previous versions, the modifications and improvements involved not only new iOS features such as the Sirikit (Siri Development Kit), stickers (stickers), but also additional content related to app titles, imessage extensions, Safari extensions, subscription patterns, and more. In addition, the prohibition of inducing users to comment and steal user privacy and other provisions have been reiterated. So for the company engaged in the development of the app should also pay attention to, pay attention to regularly update their shelves app app Yo!

iOS starts cleaning up the App Store: is your app updated?