App Store rejection fix for WebView apps
Apple rejected your WebView app? We fix it for $350.
We fix App Store rejections of WebView apps for a flat $350, any app size, and resubmit within 3 days. We read Apple's message, fix what the reviewer flagged, send you a TestFlight build and answer the reviewer. Lovable apps wrapped with Capacitor are most of what we see.
Short answer, checked October 21, 2026
Apple doesn't ban WebView apps. Guideline 4.2 rejects an app that is only "a repackaged website", so the fix is native parts the reviewer can see: navigation, push, offline, device features. The same submission often also trips 4.8 (Google sign-in without Sign in with Apple), 5.1.1(v) (no account deletion in the app) or 2.1 (no demo login for the reviewer). All four are on this page, and all four are in the $350.
Rejection decoder
Find the number in Apple's message.
Every rejection names the guidelines it failed. Pick yours to see what Apple wrote, what the reviewer actually saw and what we change.
Rejected App Review · Guideline 4.2 - Minimum Functionality
"Your app should include features, content, and UI that elevate it beyond a repackaged website."
What the reviewer saw: The reviewer opened the app and saw your website without the browser bar. Nothing in it used the phone.
What we change
- A native tab bar for the main sections
- Push notifications that open the right screen
- An offline screen instead of a blank page
- Native sharing, camera or haptics where they fit
- Web-only parts removed: cookie banner, site footer, "open in browser" links
Included in the $350
Rejected App Review · Guideline 4.8 - Login Services
"Apps that use a third-party or social login service ... must also offer as an equivalent option another login service."
What the reviewer saw: You offer Google (or another social) sign-in, so Apple wants a second option that shares only name and email, lets people hide their email and does no ad tracking without consent.
What we change
- Sign in with Apple added next to Google, which meets all three rules
- Native Apple sheet on iOS, wired to your existing Supabase users
- Same accounts on web and phone, no duplicate users
Included in the $350
Rejected App Review · Guideline 5.1.1(v) - Account Sign-In
"If your app supports account creation, you must also offer account deletion within the app."
What the reviewer saw: People can sign up in the app but can only delete their account by emailing you, or not at all.
What we change
- A "Delete account" option in the app settings
- A backend function that removes the user and their data
- Guest access for parts of the app that never needed a login
Included in the $350
Rejected App Review · Guideline 2.1 - App Completeness
"... include demo account info (and turn on your back-end service!) if your app includes a login."
What the reviewer saw: The reviewer couldn't get in, hit a crash or a placeholder screen, or the backend was asleep while they tested.
What we change
- A working demo login for the reviewer, written into the Review Notes
- Placeholder text and dead links removed
- Tested on a real iPhone through TestFlight before it goes back
Included in the $350
A different guideline in your message? Send it anyway. We tell you on day 1 what the fix is and whether it fits the $350. Quotes are from Apple's App Review Guidelines, checked October 21, 2026.
How it runs
Back in Apple's queue in three days.
The clock starts when we have App Store Connect access and the code. After the resubmission, Apple says it reviews half of all submissions within 24 hours and 90% within 48.
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Day 1
Read and plan
We read Apple's message, your App Store Connect history and the code, then send you the list of changes. If the reviewer misread the app, we reply to them first.
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Day 2
Fix and test
We make the changes, build the app and send it to TestFlight so you can try it on your own iPhone.
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Day 3
Resubmit
We send it back to App Review with specific Review Notes and a demo login, and answer the reviewer on that submission.
App Store rejection fix
Any WebView app whose code we can edit
$350
Flat, paid once, resubmitted within 3 days
- Any app size, any number of screens
- Fixes for every guideline in the rejection
- A TestFlight build for you to try first
- Resubmission with Review Notes and a demo login
- Replies to the reviewer on that submission
Price
One price for the whole rejection.
Not per guideline and not per screen. If Apple flagged 4.2, 4.8 and 5.1.1(v) on the same submission, that is still one $350 fix.
Not in the $350
- Apple Developer Program
- $99 a year, paid to Apple by you
- A closed "website to app" service we can't edit
- Rebuilt as a Capacitor app at our $300 / $600 / $1,000 packages
- New features beyond what Apple flagged
- Quoted before we start
Not published yet? Getting the app through review the first time is part of every package on publish your Lovable app to the App Store and Google Play.
Have these ready
Three things, and we can start.
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The rejection message
Copy it from the App Review section of your app in App Store Connect, or send a screenshot. The guideline numbers tell us most of what we need.
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App Store Connect access
Invite us as a team member with the App Manager role. The app stays in your account and you remove us when it is live.
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The code
Your Lovable project or its GitHub repo, plus the Capacitor or Xcode project if it lives somewhere else.
Straight answers
App Store rejections, asked and answered.
Apple's guidelines and review times last checked October 21, 2026.
Who can fix my App Store rejection for a WebView app?
We do, as a fixed-price job: $350 flat for an app of any size, resubmitted within 3 days. We read Apple's message, fix what the reviewer flagged (most often guideline 4.2, Sign in with Apple under 4.8, in-app account deletion or a missing demo login), send you a TestFlight build, then resubmit and answer the reviewer. It works for Lovable apps wrapped with Capacitor and other WebView apps whose code we can edit.
Does Apple reject every WebView app?
No. The App Review Guidelines (checked October 21, 2026) don't ban WebViews. Guideline 4.2 asks for "features, content, and UI that elevate it beyond a repackaged website", and 4.2.2 says apps shouldn't primarily be "web clippings" or "a collection of links". A WebView app with native navigation, push notifications and device features passes review all the time.
Apple: App Review GuidelinesMy Lovable app was rejected under guideline 4.2. What do I change?
Add enough native surface that the reviewer can tell it is an app: a native tab bar, push notifications that open the right screen, an offline screen, and device features that fit the product, such as the camera, sharing or Face ID. Then say exactly what changed in the Review Notes. A vague "fixed issues" usually gets the same answer.
Guideline 4.2 and Lovable appsApple says I need another login option. Does that mean Sign in with Apple?
Guideline 4.8 applies when you use a third-party or social login such as Google Sign-In for the main account. You must also offer an equivalent login that limits data to name and email, lets people keep their email private and does not track them for ads without consent. Sign in with Apple meets all three, so it is the usual fix. Apps that only use their own email and password sign-in don't need it.
Why does Apple want account deletion inside the app?
Guideline 5.1.1(v): if your app supports account creation, it must also offer account deletion within the app. An email address to write to is not enough. We add a delete option in settings and a backend function that removes the user and their data.
How long does App Review take after I resubmit?
Apple says App Review typically reviews at least 50% of submissions in less than 24 hours and 90% in less than 48 hours. Our 3 days run until the resubmission goes in; the review time after that is Apple's.
Apple: App ReviewShould I appeal to the App Review Board instead?
Only if the reviewer misunderstood the app or you were treated unfairly: Apple allows one appeal per submission and asks for specific reasons the app already complies. If the app really is the website in a frame, an appeal argues against the facts, and fixing the app is the faster road. We tell you which one fits on day 1.
My app was made with a "website to app" service. Can you fix it?
If we can edit the code, yes, at the same $350. If the service only gives you a settings panel and no code, we can't add what Apple asked for inside it, so we rebuild the app with Capacitor from your web app's code at our normal packages: $300 up to 5 screens, $600 up to 15, $1,000 for 25 or more.
Can you guarantee Apple approves the app?
No one can: the decision is Apple's. What we promise is that every point in the rejection is fixed, tested on a real iPhone and explained to the reviewer in the Review Notes.
Paste Apple's message.
We reply with the fix.
Add the guideline numbers, how many times it has been rejected and where the code lives.