--- title: Apple banned my app. Here is why | daily.dev description: An indie developer shares the story of having their AI girlfriend app removed from the App Store after it grew to represent 90% of downloads and 75% of revenue... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-banned-my-app-here-is-why-pgovoay6d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple banned my app. Here is why | daily.dev og:description: An indie developer shares the story of having their AI girlfriend app removed from the App Store after it grew to represent 90% of downloads and 75% of revenue... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-banned-my-app-here-is-why-pgovoay6d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PgOvOay6d.png og:image:alt: Apple banned my app. Here is why og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple banned my app. Here is why **[notJust.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/notjustdev)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An indie developer shares the story of having their AI girlfriend app removed from the App Store after it grew to represent 90% of downloads and 75% of revenue across a 12-app portfolio. The ban came under Apple's 1.1 safety/objectionable content guideline despite the app using safe pre-generated images and Anthropic's guarded models. Key lessons include: avoid over-reliance on a single app, treat every app as a transferable learning experiment, and strictly follow platform rules especially in sensitive categories. The developer views the ban as a mixed outcome — painful financially but a relief given personal discomfort with the app's concept. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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