Behind the Design: Endling
Endling is all about survival in a changed world — and it’s a powerful mix of medium and message. The game is a gorgeous adventure in which you play as a fox navigating a land charred by environmental disaster and…
Behind the Design: Railbound
For a creative guy, Luke Spierewka, founder of the Poland-based game studio Afterburn, is certainly a fan of limitations. “We make comfy puzzle games that convey an idea quickly,” he says, “but they’re all about using a limited amount of…
Behind the Design: SwingVision
When Swupnil Sahai started creating SwingVision, he had no app-building experience — but he’d played a lot of tennis. “The initial idea was, ‘Maybe we can use the accelerometer and gyroscope on Apple Watch to figure out how fast I’m…
Behind the Design: Afterplace
At first glance, Evan Kice’s Afterplace appears to have time-traveled from the late 1980s. It’s a 2D top-down pixelated adventure game full of blocky characters, blippy music, and retro typefaces. If you were ever into the games of the era…
Behind the Design: MARVEL SNAP
MARVEL SNAP reboots the entire collectible card game universe. The game is stacked with incredible visuals, a multiverse of gameplay variations, and a “snap” mechanic — a double-or-nothing bet — that’s as simple as it is revolutionary. It’s got an…
Providing safe app experiences for families
The App Store was created to be a safe and trusted place for users to get apps, and a great business opportunity for developers. Apple platforms and the apps you build have become important to many families, as children use our…
Meet with App Store experts
Join us for online sessions August 1 through 24 to learn about the latest App Store features and get your questions answered. Live presentations with Q&A are being held in multiple time zones and languages. Explore App Store pricing upgrades, including enhanced…
List of APIs that require declared reasons now available
Apple is committed to protecting user privacy on our platforms. We know that there are a small set of APIs that can be misused to collect data about users’ devices through fingerprinting, which is prohibited by our Developer Program License…
Helping customers resolve billing issues without leaving your app
As announced in April, your customers will soon be able to resolve payment issues without leaving your app, making it easier for them to stay subscribed to your content, services, and premium features. Starting August 14, 2023, if an auto-renewable…
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, macOS 14.1, tvOS 17.1, and watchOS 10.1 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take advantage of the advancements in the…