I just ran into something I didn’t even know was possible in App Store Connect and I’m trying to understand what happened.
I had an app with auto-renewable subscriptions and in-app purchases. Both the app version and the subscriptions were submitted together, and initially everything was in “Ready to Submit”.
The app got rejected for an unrelated reason. I fixed it and resubmitted a new version.
Here’s the weird part:
- The app got approved and is now live on the App Store
- But my subscriptions got rejected separately
- Result: the app is live, but in-app purchases don’t work at all
I always thought Apple required the first subscription to be approved together with the binary. Apparently not?
Now I’m stuck with:
- A live app
- Broken purchase flow
- Subscriptions in rejected state
So I have some questions:
How is it even possible for Apple to approve the app but reject the subscriptions tied to it?
Is this expected behavior or just reviewer inconsistency?
What’s the cleanest fix here — just resubmit the subscriptions alone, or do I need to push another app version?
The app's name is Acheli: Voyage check it on appstore.