Vibe-Coded Apps Are Clogging Apple's App Store Review Pipeline
Developers report App Store review times stretching to multiple weeks as AI-generated app submissions flood the queue.
Apple's App Store review process is grinding to a crawl. Developers are reporting wait times ballooning to multiple weeks — a dramatic slowdown from the typically swift turnaround.
The culprit? A massive wave of vibe-coded apps. The App Store is seeing a surge in new submissions each month, and developers point to AI-assisted "vibe coding" as the driving force behind the flood. The technique lets people with minimal coding experience generate functional apps quickly, dramatically lowering the barrier to submission.
The bottleneck is hitting legitimate developers hard. Longer review cycles mean delayed updates, missed launch windows, and frustrated teams waiting in an ever-growing queue.
Apple hasn't publicly addressed the slowdown. But the math is simple: more apps pouring in, same review infrastructure. Something has to give — and right now, it's developer patience.