Real-World Cases

Guideline 4.2 - Your app is essentially a repackaged version of your website displayed in a WebView with no native iOS functionality.

Fix: Rebuilt the ordering flow natively with SwiftUI. Added Apple Pay integration, native location-based restaurant suggestions, Siri Shortcuts for reordering, and a home screen widget showing order status...

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Your app wraps a restaurant ordering website in a WebView without sufficient native features.

Fix: Added native features: Apple Pay checkout, table reservation with MapKit, loyalty card with NFC, menu favorites stored locally, calorie tracking, and dietary filter preferences using native UI.

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Your LMS app provides the same experience as visiting the learning management system website in Safari.

Fix: Added offline course content downloads, native calendar integration with assignment due dates, grade push notifications, native file submission from Files app, and Apple Pencil annotation for PDF assi...

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. We noticed your app is primarily a repackaged website with limited native iOS features.

Fix: Added native product search, push notifications for order updates, Apple Pay integration, wishlist using CoreData, and biometric login. Took 3 weeks to rebuild properly.

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. The app does not provide enough native iOS functionality.

Fix: Implemented native product search, added Apple Pay integration, native cart with haptic feedback, Face ID for checkout, and widget for tracking orders. These native features made the difference.

Guideline 4.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. We continue to find that your app does not provide enough native iOS functionality. Previous rejection reasons have not been adequately addressed.

Fix: After third rejection, requested a phone call with App Review. They specified exactly what they needed: native product search with filters, Apple Pay, Siri shortcuts, and widget. Implemented all four...

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Your app is essentially a repackaged website. The app uses a webview or browser with hardly any other native functionality.

Fix: Added native push notifications, offline mode with CoreData caching, native map integration, and a widget. Restructured navigation to feel native. Approved after 3 attempts.

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Your banking app loads the mobile banking website in a WKWebView without native features.

Fix: Added Face ID/Touch ID for login, native push notifications for transactions, Apple Pay integration, Siri shortcuts for balance check, widget showing account balance, and native check deposit using ca...

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Your app is a web clipping and does not provide native functionality beyond browsing.

Fix: Added native push notifications, offline data caching, biometric authentication, native file picker for uploads, share extension, and widget. At least 30-40% of user interactions are now native.

Guideline 4.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Specifically, most of the app functionality is web-based. The app does not provide enough native iOS functionality.

Fix: Added native share sheet, Spotlight search integration, home screen widgets for latest news, and offline reading with native animations. Finally approved.

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. We noticed that your app is primarily a webview or browser with hardly any other native functionality.

Fix: Added native navigation, offline download capability for lessons, progress tracking stored locally, haptic feedback, and iPad multitasking support. Kept WebView for content rendering but wrapped in na...

Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Your app is a simple website bundled as an app. We encourage you to build a native app that takes advantage of iOS features.

Fix: Rebuilt with native SwiftUI views for menu display, added CoreLocation for nearest restaurant, native booking form, and migrated from UIWebView to WKWebView for remaining web content.

Guideline 4.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Your app is a repackaged website with limited native iOS functionality.

Fix: Added native features: push notifications, offline caching, biometric login, native share sheet, and a native settings screen. Made sure at least 40% of functionality was native.

Guideline 4.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Your Capacitor app provides the same experience as visiting your mobile website.

Fix: Added Capacitor plugins for native features: Health Kit integration, local notifications, haptic feedback, biometric auth, and camera for food photo logging. These native integrations justified the na...

Guideline 4.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality. Specifically, most of the app experience is delivered via web content.

Fix: Added native features: local notifications for breaking news, offline reading mode, native share extensions, Siri shortcuts integration. Apple approved after adding these native-only features.