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I heard from Apple’s developer relations personnel today and finally got a response regarding Taposé’s status. Apple pivoted from the appeal board decision and again decided that Taposé was in violation of rule 10.4. However, this time Apple was much more helpful in vocalizing what areas concerned them, which will help get Taposé altered quickly.

Although there were no specifics mentioned, and exactly the right questions had to be asked to get a good answer, but I am confident the issue has been accurately determined. Apple’s 10.4 rule regarding widgets is very subjective, and even the reviewers could not  all agree whether Taposé was violating this rule or not. Hence the reason for Apple’s LONG review time. Apple’s management finally stepped in and indicated that the Calendar and Reminders sections of Taposé’s Control Hub were clearly widgets and could not be approved with these present. Putting myself in Apple’s shoes, I can’t say that I disagree.

Since Taposé has been in Apple’s hands for over two months, and of all the bad news that could have been delivered, these are pretty minor fixes.  The Calendar and Reminders merely read directly from Apple’s apps, and our team was not “in love” with them anyways.  So removing these functions is not as bad as removing other functionality would have been.  The change may actually make Taposé more visually appealing.   The new Control Hub can be seen below.

Apple has agreed to provide Team Taposé with a quick yes/no/maybe once resubmitted, although the formal approval will likely go through management since the previous review was escalated to such a high level.   Hopefully these changes satisfy Apple’s review team and managers so that Tapose can get into users hands.  Additionally, our team has not yet been able to improve Taposé as planned due to being in limbo.  The team is excited to start on further updates as soon as possible.

Let us know what you think of the fix and feel free to provide alternatives.