--- title: Apple won't let me show my app | daily.dev description: A developer shares frustration with Apple's App Store review process after their app Wiseday was rejected due to screenshots not showing the app "in use." The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-won-t-let-me-show-my-app-ipyt8m4hn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple won't let me show my app | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares frustration with Apple's App Store review process after their app Wiseday was rejected due to screenshots not showing the app "in use." The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-won-t-let-me-show-my-app-ipyt8m4hn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iPYt8M4hn.png og:image:alt: Apple won't let me show my app 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 won't let me show my app **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares frustration with Apple's App Store review process after their app Wiseday was rejected due to screenshots not showing the app "in use." The rejection highlights a contradiction in Apple's own guidelines: showing the app's core concept (a printed paper page) conflicts with the requirement to show the actual app UI. The post also contextualizes the broader issue — vibe coding has flooded the App Store with submissions, straining the review team and causing delays of a week or more even for major apps. The developer responded to the rejection arguing that the paper page is technically part of the app's UI, and is awaiting a decision. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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