The App Review Guidelines at 4.3) Spam states: the App Store has enough ... dating apps. We will reject these apps unless they provide a unique, high-quality experience.
Does the App Store accept any new dating apps at all? How high is the bar set for the definition of unique high-quality experience? I'd hate to invest time and money into creating an iOS app just to have it rejected.
I'll try to ask this question on October 17th in the App Store Slack channel they've created but I'm just wondering what you all think here.
My guess is that this in response to the X,000,000 dating sites that are all owned by the same companies and are minimal rebrands with identical shared content in order to capture SEO clicks, and the inevitable webview wrapper dating apps for them.
Does the App Store accept any new dating apps at all? How high is the bar set for the definition of unique high-quality experience? I'd hate to invest time and money into creating an iOS app just to have it rejected.
I'll try to ask this question on October 17th in the App Store Slack channel they've created but I'm just wondering what you all think here.