Comment to 'Mobile app recommendation '
  • Google may be different but Apple is cooperative. I have an existing app with over 4 million app installs since publishing a decade ago. I am intimately familiar with the Apple app store review process. It is my own personal experience as why I inquired. As long as the app does not provide unfettered web access, it stands a good chance of being approved by Apple. And based on our experience so far with the UNA modules, it appears you have safeguards in the coding restricting access outside the community. A tip of the hat to the developers for great insight.

    • It's a bit of a gamble. Apple used to be much better at accepting webview/hybrid apps, and I'm assuming that if you published some years ago, you wouldn't have as much risk. Now, however, sometimes they use "no benefit over web version" as a way to prevent apps from sneaking in features that they can't control. If you serve the app via webview, nothing really stops you from passing review with compliant features, and changing it any moment after.

      It's not really "fair", because native app often has exact same functionality as hybrid app, and still gets approved with less scrutiny.

      • All of this correct. We update the native app four times a year. Once you pass the rigors of initial app approval subsequent approvals are smooth.