We work hard to ensure that the apps on the App Store are in compliance and we try to identify any apps currently on the App Store that may not be. In Apple’s reply to the developer, the company said: “We found that your app provides access to external mechanisms for purchases or subscriptions to be used in the app…Specifically, this app contains a link that takes the user to Dropbox via Safari.”Īpple added: “To be in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines, it would be appropriate to remove the access to these mechanisms – including fully qualified links to your site that indirectly provide access to these mechanisms, such as links to web pages for support, FAQ, product or program details, etc.”Īpple further explained: “On occasion, there may be apps on the App Store tha don’t appear to be in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.

“11.13 Apps that link to external mechanisms for purchases or subscriptions to be used in the app, such as a ‘buy’ button that goes to a web site to purchase a digital book, will be rejected.” In a post from PandoDaily, the developer shared a screenshot of Apple’s reply when they rejected his app.Īpple said the app violated rule 11.13 in Apple’s terms for apps on its stores. The app touts its ability to “upload directly to your Dropbox.” In a thread in the Dropbox forums, user Goran Daemon P said that Apple has just rejected his app named CamBox. The Cambox app is one of the apps rejected by Apple for using the Dropbox SDK.

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