Rejected Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

QuickPick update in limbo for Lion similarities

by Dana Franklin (Apr 8th, 2011)

On Wednesday, QuickPick 2.0.3 was apparently ejected from the Mac App Store, according to a tweet from developer Seth Willits. A day later, Seth tweeted that the app is still in the store -- as of this writing that's the case -- but update 2.0.3 had been rejected, increasing his confusion. ...

Apple rejects Readability due to subscription policy -- where will it end?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 21st, 2011)

Readability simplifies websites for easier reading. It's a service which strips online articles of annoying jiggly-belly ads and other distractions, puts that content into a very readable format, and delivers it to you in Safari or on mobile browsers. Readability was so loved by someone at Apple ...

Apple rejects iPad app for pinch-to-expand

by Mike Schramm (Apr 7th, 2010)

We've heard all kinds of reasons for rejected apps on the App Store, but this one seems new to us. An iPad app called Web Albums HD has reportedly been rejected from the App Store for including a pinch-to-expand feature in its Picasa albums viewing functionality, as reported on Apple Insider. The ...

App Store Rejections: Apple rejects iKaraoke app, patent filed published for a karaoke player

by Michael Jones (Jul 2nd, 2009)

As if the waters surrounding the App Store approval process weren't murky enough, one developer has just hit an unprecedented wall. Apple rejected his app, iKaraoke, citing that it duplicated functionality of the iPod application. Of course, the "duplicate functionality" reason is nothing new, but ...