Reader and multiplatform rules — how not to talk yourself into a rejection | Faceless AI - Dataspheres AI

Qualify honestly Reader-app status is for apps whose primary purpose is consuming previously purchased content or an existing subscription. If your app is ...

Qualify honestly Reader-app status is for apps whose primary purpose is consuming previously purchased content or an existing subscription. If your app is genuinely a reader — a video, music, reading, or cloud-storage client — apply for the External Link Account entitlement and enjoy the clean 0%. If it is not, do not pretend; misclassifying yourself invites rejection and, worse, removal. The multiplatform guideline Apple's multiplatform rule lets an app grant access to content a user bought elsewhere — but the classic version of that rule expects the content to also be available via in-app purchase. Read the current guideline text carefully, because the reader entitlement and the post-Epic changes interact with it, and the safe reading changes as Apple updates its terms. The quiet-app principle The lowest-risk reader posture is to say as little as possible inside the app about buying. Let the user log into an account they already have. Drive subscriptions through your website and your marketing, not through in-app pitches that a reviewer might read as steering. You give up some in-app conversion, but you gain a durable 0% that does not depend on any court. Educational material, not legal or tax advice. App-store rules and the underlying court cases are changing month to month in 2026 — always confirm the current terms in Apple's and Google's own developer documentation before you ship, and get professional advice for your jurisdiction.