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The Apple App Review Guidelines are the rulebook every app is checked against before it goes live, and knowing the handful of rules that trip up first-time builders is the difference between approval and a rejection you cannot decode.
Read explainerGoogle Play requires newer personal developer accounts to run a closed test - 14 days with at least 12 testers - before an app can be promoted to production, and clearing that wall is one of the most practical early skills for a new Android publisher.
Read explainerA well-set-up subscription runs through the stores' own in-app purchase systems, is wired with a tool like RevenueCat, and is priced and placed so a user sees clear value and subscribes instead of bouncing.
Read explainerThe app ideas worth building are the ones a real group of people already want, in a space where store search shows demand and the existing apps left an obvious gap.
Read explainerThe Apple App Store has stricter review and a higher-spending audience, while Google Play is faster to publish with a larger install base - and with Expo you build once and ship to both, so the real answer is usually both.
Read explainerApp Store Launch Club costs $9 per month for the full build-and-ship course, the copy-paste build prompts, the teaching diagrams, and the community.
Read explainerJoin App Store Launch Club for $9/month and turn what you learn into a real app you ship.
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