The Apple Developer Program isn’t a one-time purchase — it’s an annual membership, currently priced at $99 a year for individuals and organizations alike. Miss the renewal and the consequences show up fast: your apps disappear from the App Store within days, and you lose the ability to ship updates or touch your certificates until …
You submitted your build, watched the status change to “Waiting for Review,” and then… nothing. A day passes. Then three. Then a week. If you’re refreshing App Store Connect wondering whether something’s actually wrong or you’re just being impatient, you’re not alone — this is one of the most common sources of anxiety for indie …
Switching who builds your app is one of the riskiest moments in a product’s life. Do it wrong and you can lose your source code, your App Store or Google Play listing, your reviews, or even the app itself if a former developer holds the only login. Do it right and users never notice a …
A one-star review notification lands and the instinct is either to fire back defensively or to ignore it and hope it sinks. Both reactions cost you more than the review itself, because your reply isn’t just for that one user — it’s a public, permanent post that every future visitor to your app’s listing will …
Submitting your app is the easy part. The week it actually goes live is when small oversights turn into 1-star reviews, and when a missed crash alert can quietly tank your rankings before you even notice. A launch-week plan keeps you watching the right signals instead of just refreshing your download count. This checklist walks …