# Will the App Store accept apps made with Thunkable?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [May 20, 2017, 6:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695 "2017-05-20T06:43:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Italo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Italo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 6:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/1 "2017-05-20T06:43:35Z")
I have a less than basic knowledge of how Apple products work, and for the little I have tried those I can’t get to like the way everything works in iOS. “Not my cup of tea” I must say.
But I still have some questions that I would like to ask. Is it true that the App Store doesn’t approve apps that don’t reach a quality standard? In that case, what would be the right way to distribute an app made by users who are beginners with Thunkable, since most of the times the quality/usefulness of those apps is nearly 0? Are there or will be side stores or galleries where users can upload/download amateur apps?
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### Author:  [@JARRKKKD](https://community.thunkable.com/u/JARRKKKD)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/2 "2017-05-20T07:28:48Z")
I haven’t personally used this, but [iPhoneCake](https://www.iphonecake.com/) seems promising.
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### Author:  [@Kevin](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Kevin)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/3 "2017-05-20T09:16:00Z")
I don’t think soo Apple won’t allow a app to be on AppStore as Users pay 100$ to create a developer account! I am sure they won’t allow app which goes against their guidelines like
1: Sending music to downloads
2: Downloading Youtube videos
3: Hacked or cracked apps
4: Cracked ipa store, etc
Otherwise it will be accepted 👍
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### Author:  [@Sander0542](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Sander0542)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/4 "2017-05-20T10:21:46Z")
Why would they not accept Thunkable App? If you make a ‘normal’ app that users like Apple is happy that you made and published the app
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### Author:  [@Italo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Italo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/5 "2017-05-20T13:24:50Z")
I’m talking about the general group of apps produced by Thunkable users, not the occasional one or two that actually makes something of superior quality. Currently, anybody can upload their app to the Google Play Store or Amazon, no matter how good or bad it is. I think it’s not going to be the same with Apple. Is that right?
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### Author:  [@Helios](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Helios)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/6 "2017-05-20T14:52:01Z")
As far as my knowledge extends, Apple cannot simply reject your app for dubious reasons. Superior or inferior quality is decided by the users, not by Apple. If the app receives too many flags, then it may be pulled down. Same goes for the Play Store.
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### Author:  [@Italo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Italo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/7 "2017-05-20T15:58:41Z")
Well, that’s not what Apple thinks…
[https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/)
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### Author:  [@Italo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Italo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/8 "2017-05-20T16:11:00Z")
This is not you regular everyday Google Play Store, kid! (joking)
And I’m not even taking in consideration the $99 annually, you need to pay to Apple, against the one single $25 payment for life for the Play Store developer account.
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### Author:  [@ILoveThunkable](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ILoveThunkable)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/9 "2017-05-20T16:57:20Z")
You don’t need to pay 100$ for Developer account, you can make it for free. But if you want to upload apps to the App Store you have to pay 100$/year (like for Google Play Store, only 25$/lifetime) for Developer Membership.
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### Author:  [@Italo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Italo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/10 "2017-05-20T17:27:36Z")
Well, the initial question was about PUBLISHING the apps, not just making them. I know anybody can make an iOS app for free, for you or your friends. But in case you want to make it public, there’s going to be a lot to do to have Apple approving it (way more than what you need to do to put it on the Google Play Store). That’s what the thread is about.
And that’s something the regular Thunkable/App Inventor 2 user is not used to, and frankly most of the users lack a sense of style and/or graphics design skills to make it even look professional.
So, in the path of being “proactive” (I hate that word), how about implementing a basic GUI design course initially for iOS Thunkable developers, to help mitigate the heartache tsunami I predict will come when everybody and their cousin’s dog start sending their app to App Store and being rejected?
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### Author:  [@pavi2410](https://community.thunkable.com/u/pavi2410)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/11 "2017-05-20T17:30:00Z")
A well-designed template should solve the problem.
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### Author:  [@ILoveThunkable](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ILoveThunkable)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/12 "2017-05-20T17:37:45Z")
Your app has to be well design as @pavi2410 said, but also it needs to have functionality. Pretty much it has to be useful.
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### Author:  [@Italo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Italo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/13 "2017-05-20T17:41:36Z")
Well, isn’t that what I marked in yellow in Apple’s guidelines? 😕 I never said the contrary.
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### Author:  [@Italo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Italo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/14 "2017-05-20T18:54:57Z")
Wow! A “TEMPLATE”! So most of the iOS apps made with Thunkable will end up looking the same but in different colors? Wonderful!
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### Author:  [@pavi2410](https://community.thunkable.com/u/pavi2410)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/15 "2017-05-20T19:09:20Z")
ok! Let me get out of ios 😝
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### Author:  [@Sander0542](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Sander0542)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/16 "2017-05-20T20:32:45Z")
Many of you can get a free apple dev account to upload
read @domhnallohanlon’s post here
> [@iOS for Thunkable](http://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-for-thunkable/56/76):
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> There are a lot of good points there Colin, I might move this to its own topic though, because I imagine lots of people will have an opinion on this. In fact many of you will be eligible for free developer accounts through the University program: Given the recent announcement of Swift Playgrounds, the proliferation of iPads in schools and Apple finally embracing open code I wouldn’t be surprised to see a similar initiative for high schools in the not too distant future. You can legitimate…
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### Author:  [@Italo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Italo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/17 "2017-05-20T20:44:09Z")
👇
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### Author:  [@Helios](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Helios)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/18 "2017-05-21T04:56:18Z")
That’s Apple for ya. Where they lose in efficient algorithms for displaying search results in the app store (unlike Google Play), they make up by blocking spam apps altogether.
I guess the only guarantee is to make a top notch app whose design principles are similar, but not exactly the same as that of top apps.
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### Author:  [@pavi2410](https://community.thunkable.com/u/pavi2410)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/19 "2017-05-21T05:10:19Z")
Good news and bad news! Both!
Google will also follow the same trend
> **[Google’s new punishment for poorly-made apps in the Play Store](https://www.androidauthority.com/googles-new-punishment-poorly-made-apps-774032/)**
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> For those apps that perform poorly in terms of stability and power efficiency, Google may reduce their visibility in the Play Store.
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### Author:  [@Helios](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Helios)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/will-the-app-store-accept-apps-made-with-thunkable/3695/20 "2017-05-21T06:03:10Z")
> [@pavi2410](#):
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> Google may reduce their visibility in the Play Store.
This has always been the case with all of Google’s products. Bad SEO, bad design or spammed links lead to a lower PageRank. Same goes for apps on the Play Store. Though they can push your app down on the results page, they cannot remove it from the store unless it violates any of their T&C, which is quite rare.
It is for the same reason that the Play Store has the most number of apps than the App Store or Microsoft’s store, but at the same time, only the best apps show up.
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