App Store

Update: 11:00 p.m. ET: In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said:

“We briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after our review found content that violates our strict guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material. The app was subsequently restored after the developer promptly removed the content and banned the user who posted it.”

Update, August 4, 9:43 a.m. ET: In a statement to 9to5Mac, Telegram said:

Apple reported one user sharing CSAM that was immediately banned. Telegram has removed more than 337,900 groups and channels related to CSAM in 2026.

The original story follows below.

Messaging platform Telegram appears to have been removed from the App Store in multiple countries, although the reason for its apparent removal remains unclear.

Apple is once again being sued over a scam cryptocurrency app that allegedly slipped through App Store review and cost users nearly $2 million. Here are the details.

As vibecoding becomes more accessible, new App Store releases are surging, doubling in the first half of 2026, while downloads increased by just 2%. Here are the details.

Update, July 20, 7:10 p.m. ET: Apple has provided a statement to 9to5Mac, which can be found below.

An investigation by 9to5Mac reveals dozens of apps that disguise gambling platforms as simple games and utilities. Here are the details.

Update, 4:29 p.m. ET: Apple reached out to 9to5Mac with more information, which you can find below the original post.

San Francisco city attorney David Chiu has sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google, demanding that they remove several “nudify” apps from their app stores. Here are the details.

Apple has responded to Epic’s opposition to its request to pause lower-court proceedings over App Store commissions while the Supreme Court reviews part of the case. Here’s what that means.

Epic has submitted its opposition to Apple’s latest request to pause lower-court App Store commission proceedings while the Supreme Court reviews part of the case. Here are the details.

Apple must continue to carry out age verification of iPhone users in Texas after the Supreme Court denied a request to pause enforcement of the law.

The iPhone maker strongly opposed the law, with Tim Cook going as far as to personally lobby state Governor Greg Abbott …

Apple and Epic Games have agreed to ask the court to temporarily postpone key deadlines in their long-running App Store dispute while Apple seeks to pause the proceedings until the Supreme Court rules on its appeal. Here are the details.

Britain’s antitrust regulator has proposed forcing Apple to allow developers to link to third-party payment options to purchase apps and subscriptions outside of the App Store.

The proposal would specifically ban Apple from using the same forms of “malicious compliance” it has tried in both the US and EU …

Following the removal of several apps developed by state-controlled tech company VK from the App Store, the Kremlin is now demanding an explanation from Apple. Here are the details.

A group of 48 Chinese developers is asking regulators to investigate Apple over what it describes as unfairly high App Store fees and restrictive distribution rules. Here are the details.

Following Apple’s announcement that developers will be able to distribute apps through alternative marketplaces and use alternative payment methods in Brazil, Epic Games and the Coalition for App Fairness criticized the company’s new terms. Here are the details.

Starting today, app developers will be able to distribute apps through alternative app marketplaces in Brazil, as part of a broader set of changes to the app distribution and payment rules in the country. Here are all the details.

Apple recently introduced Personalized Collections in the App Store, which provides users with individually tailored recommendations for new apps they might enjoy.

Two security researchers have highlighted the extremely extensive analytics data the company is capturing in order to compile these recommendations, logging every tap you make …

A Brazilian court has ordered Apple and several other companies to pay nearly $60 million over loot boxes in games accessible to minors. Here are the details.

Vibe coding has shaken the App Store. As stated at WWDC, over 1000 apps are being submitted every hour. Apps can be built substantially faster now – creating a flood of submissions. This is a bit of an issue when there’s only one true method of distributing apps on iPhone, at least in most of the world.

Apple recently introduced a higher review bar for App Store submissions, and while that’s certainly a step in the right direction – I don’t think it’s a full solution.

Apple has updated its App Store Review Guidelines with new language targeting apps that it says “do not add value to the App Store.” Here are the details.

Earlier this year, Apple launched a new subscription option on the App Store: monthly plans with 12-month commitments. Now this week at WWDC, Apple has introduced another new subscription option: bundles for app subscriptions from multiple developers.

Update: The app appears to have been removed two hours after our story was published.

The third most popular free iPhone app in the U.S. App Store today is a mysterious productivity app that’s only available in Russian. That’s a pretty obvious red flag that something isn’t quite what it seems.

Apple has just published a new study from economists at Analysis Group that says $1.4 trillion in developer billings and sales was generated by the App Store ecosystem in 2025. Here are the details.