My First App - How Long Is Review Lately?

peachpellen

Hey all.

I have completed my first app, which I submitting this afternoon. (If you got to http://gemmatyndall.com you can see a screenshot - top two pics. I also know the site is awful, it's a two minute iWeb job so I had a support URL.)

I am very, very excited about it, I think it plays well

Anyway, what I'd like to know is roughly how long people have been waiting lately for iPhone app approval? Last I heard it was around 10 days, but that was at least two months ago now.

Thank you!
Peach.

PS - I hope I can count on some of US Devs to take a promo code and leave me a review when the times comes :P

Riffel

I sent Tigerfish last 27, the status remains the same: "wainting for review"

design219

It's been a little over a week lately.

Oh the waiting is sooooo hard, especially for your first app. I feel for you.

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HOLY NOSE JOB!: Nesen Probe: Is this the single most unappealing game in the history of GameSalad? I can't seem to give it away! Anywhere. But if anyone want's to try it out, codes are still available! http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=8097

butterbean

Yay congrats to you!

For me the average wait time between submitting the app and approval is about 7-8 days

Usually 7 days until they put it "in review" and then another day for approval

Your game looks really cool!! You should put the word "Doodle" in the title, and you'd certainly get a lot of attention.

For some reason games that start with Doodle or have that name in there attract attention

Either way, good luck with the title!

EDIT: Never mind, I just saw that your title was "Castle Climber" that's an excellent title, so forget what I said

I'll be sure to post a review 4 you when it comes out.

JamesZeppelin

Grats on your first app... waiting is a beotch to say the least.

I have had a couple apps approved in the last couple weeks
All were 7+ days but once in review they were all approved within 1 day

well......except the one they had to actually call me about since it had "poop" in it.
it can be found here...
http://gamesalad.com/game/play/48407
personally i dont find writing one's name in poop and adding corn and eyeballs offensive. But that's just me I guess

BarkBarkCo

You could call it "Chocolate Pudding" and just say somewhere in the description or in the game that we all know what it really is... ;-)

@Peach, If you're certain that all necessary troubleshooting has been carried out and you want it to get into review quicker, ask them to expedite. It's in the "Contact Us" section on iTunes Connect

peachpellen

@Riffel - Thanks for the info, I hope you get bumped along shortly!

@design - Thank you. I will be getting drunk for my 21st, so that will mean a day or two less spent refreshing like a mad woman; I had hoped to line it up this way, hehe ^-^;

@butterbean - Thanks I have been considering making a doodle game at some stage; all hand drawn art with a few photos thrown in, hehe. We'll see what happens. The title was just the most basic thing I could think of that was free, yet descriptive. Thanks for the kind words, I was worried how it would look to other devs.

@James - They called you about a poop game? I have a poop game I was hoping to submit after I made it a bit neater; maybe I should reconsider?

@BarkBark - Thanks, but I'll save my luck on expedite for my next game - it's going to be freaking FANTASTIC if I can make it work. I have high, high hopes. (It's a shooter.)

Thanks again all, man, I hope it does it before too, too long - I'll be happy if I can get just 1 download a day! Lol.

BarkBarkCo

What's your price point, $999?

design219

So you're awake, it must be morning. What time does Poly wake up?

BarkBarkCo

*peach rolls over*..."POLY, wake up..."

I knew it!

Sorry, that was totallyuncalledfor... :-(

Riffel

I just talk here and status change to "in Review" :-P

dijster

I submitted an app on July 23rd and it took exactly 30mins, less than a week to go into review

July 30, 2010 16:29 Apple Ready for Sale
July 30, 2010 16:26 Apple Processing for App Store
July 30, 2010 08:36 Apple In Review
July 23, 2010 09:06 Apple Waiting For Review
July 23, 2010 08:59 Apple Upload Received

quantumsheep

peachpellen said:
Thanks, but I'll save my luck on expedite for my next game - it's going to be freaking FANTASTIC if I can make it work. I have high, high hopes. (It's a shooter.)

Yay! \o/

Wortek

Hi there, congrats with first game!
I have uploaded my first game "Magic Well" on 27 too and still waiting for review.
Hope it's gonna change soon.
I've already started to make a new game.
Keep us informed thx.

firemaplegames

Congrats! That's great!

I updated two games last week and that took 8 days...

butterbean

@Joe: when are you uploading Grisly Manor?? Hmmmm!

@Peach: Can't wait to see your shootemup!!

Riffel

butterbean said:
@Joe: when are you uploading Grisly Manor?? Hmmmm!

@Peach: Can't wait to see your shootemup!!

Dont wanna play Tigerfish? :-(

Wortek

My first game status just changed to In Review, and considering the fact that Riffel's game was submited on 27 too and just changed it's status too, it seems 7 days is the number for app to get from waiting to in review.

peachpellen

@Barkbark - tier 1 :P I'm not confident enough to say it's worth 2nd tier, yet. As to rolling over onto Poly, nice guy, but not my type :P

@design - it was like 5:30 AM when I posted. Lol. I'm nocturnal.

@QS and butterbean - I'm glad you are both keen to see the shooter; let's just hope that I can work out the damn graphics inside of a month, hehe.

AfterBurnett

peachpellen said:
@Barkbark - tier 1 :P I'm not confident enough to say it's worth 2nd tier, yet. As to rolling over onto Poly, nice guy, but not my type :P

What? WHY? WHHHYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?!?!