Handing Over an App — What an App Store Transfer Carries, and What You Rebuild
A practical look at App Store Connect app transfers when selling or moving an app: the eligibility criteria, what carries over (ratings, subscribers, iCloud data), what you rebuild (TestFlight, APNs, merchant IDs), and the three places users actually feel the change.
Sunsetting an App Well — Designing the Path from Update Freeze to Full Shutdown
What to do with an app whose revenue no longer covers its server bill. A three-stage decision table, a CDN-based sunset flag with TypeScript implementation, a data export path, and the practical order for winding down auto-renewable subscriptions.
When Rork Max's Two-Click Submit Stalls, Tell Which Layer Broke
Rork Max's one-click install and two-click submit fold the complexity of iOS shipping into four hidden layers. When the abstraction leaks and your submission stalls, this map helps you tell which layer failed and fix it yourself.
Walk Through an App Store Submission Without Writing Code — Sticker Packs as a Dress Rehearsal
An iMessage sticker pack is one of the few things you can ship to the App Store with zero code. It cannot make money — and that constraint is exactly what makes it a clean rehearsal for the submission process.
Killing the Export Compliance Prompt in Rork Builds for Good
Every Rork and Rork Max build lands in App Store Connect with a Missing Compliance warning. Here is how to decide whether you qualify for the exemption, and how to set it once in app.json or Info.plist so the question never returns.
Lower Store Fees by Their Structure, Not Their Rate — Apple SBP and Google Play's June 2026 Pricing
A working breakdown of Apple's Small Business Program and Google Play's new fee model that started June 30, 2026, framed as fee design for indie developers, with code to compute your effective rate and a break-even table.
Will Your Real Name Appear on the App Store? Deciding on a Developer Identity Before You Publish
What Apple and Google actually publish about you as an indie developer — seller names, address disclosure, EU trader rules — and practical ways to limit exposure before you ship.
You Only Need to Capture the 6.9-inch iPhone for App Store Screenshots
App Store Connect only requires two screenshot sizes: the 6.9-inch iPhone and the 13-inch iPad. Building on Apple auto-downscaling for smaller devices, here is how I use fastlane snapshot and frameit to cut the screenshot count for a multi-language app.
When In-App Review Prompts Fire but Your Ratings Never Move — Field Notes on Measuring Display Opportunities and Timing
You wired expo-store-review into your Rork app, yet the star count won't grow. The OS silently suppresses the dialog, so calling it doesn't mean it shows. These are field notes on measuring display opportunities and redesigning timing.
How far Rork Companion's free device testing goes — and when to pay the $99 Apple Developer Program
Rork Companion lets you test on a real device without a paid Apple Developer account. Here is exactly where the free path stops, the concrete triggers for paying the $99, and what to stage before your first signed build — from running six apps as an indie developer.
Keep Your Rork App's Review From Stalling on a Privacy Manifest Gap
Handle PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy and Required Reason APIs in a Rork Expo app — a common cause of App Store review stalls — with the app.config.ts setup and a step-by-step check of third-party SDKs.
The App Privacy Section That Grows the Moment You Add Ads and Subscriptions — Notes on What I Actually Checked
How I filled out App Store Connect's App Privacy section for a Rork (Expo) app with AdMob, RevenueCat, and Crashlytics — including the tracking-to-ATT chain, written up as field notes from running six apps.