Comment on One App Developer Responsible for 47,000 Apps in BlackBerry World?parentComments−Someone13yThat is a tricky line, indeed. Assuming http://photos.appleinsider.com/App%20Store%20Review%20Guidel... is the real deal, Apple tries to do it with the following rules:2.20: Developers "spamming" the App Store with many versions of similar apps will be removed from the iOS Developer Program12.4: Apps that are simply web clippings, content aggregators, or a collection of links, may be rejectedNotice the 'may' in that last clause.−Aqua_Geek13ySadly, I don't think Apple enforces these guidelines very much — the top three (by number of apps) developers in the iOS App Store are [1]:* Libriance Inc (2,100 apps): http://itunes.apple.com/artist/libriance-inc/id336845065?uo=...* NTT Solmare (1,600 apps): http://itunes.apple.com/artist/ntt-solmare/id291585690?uo=5* Tobit.Software (1,300 apps): http://itunes.apple.com/artist/tobit.software/id284971906?uo...A lot of the apps for each of these companies are very similar or are basic web clips.1 — Source: iTunes Enterprise Partner Feed dump from a month or so ago.
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That is a tricky line, indeed. Assuming http://photos.appleinsider.com/App%20Store%20Review%20Guidel... is the real deal, Apple tries to do it with the following rules:
2.20: Developers "spamming" the App Store with many versions of similar apps will be removed from the iOS Developer Program
12.4: Apps that are simply web clippings, content aggregators, or a collection of links, may be rejected
Notice the 'may' in that last clause.
Sadly, I don't think Apple enforces these guidelines very much — the top three (by number of apps) developers in the iOS App Store are [1]:
* Libriance Inc (2,100 apps): http://itunes.apple.com/artist/libriance-inc/id336845065?uo=...
* NTT Solmare (1,600 apps): http://itunes.apple.com/artist/ntt-solmare/id291585690?uo=5
* Tobit.Software (1,300 apps): http://itunes.apple.com/artist/tobit.software/id284971906?uo...
A lot of the apps for each of these companies are very similar or are basic web clips.
1 — Source: iTunes Enterprise Partner Feed dump from a month or so ago.