As already promised makes a time, Apple has started with the purges of applications outdated and that barely are visible in the App Store. They would have begun to send emails to the developers whose applications have been so long without receiving an update and that would do the main objective of this clean from the app store.
For to keep them applications in the App Store, them developers affected must launch a update for Apple it check and decide if it maintains or not within your store. Otherwise, the application will disappear. Apple letter reads as follows:
Dear developer,
September 1, 2016, we announced that we were going to implement a process of evaluation and deletion of apps that do not work as they should, do not follow the review policies or are outdated.
We have detected queu your app has not been updated in a long time.
Next steps
To keep the application in the App Store, lance a new version for review that meets the requirements in 30 days. If it is impossible to launch an update in 30 days, your application will be deleted from the App Store until you send an update and be revised.
If delete your App
Is remain fully functional for those users that already the have. They will not suffer an interruption in your services, they will continue to work in-app purchases and may return to download it if you have to restore. However, we recommend that you update the app as soon as possible to relaunch it in the App Store and ensure that it remains functional for new users.
Can continue using the name of your app, because not has been erased of his has.
In addition, Apple now does not accept updates or new apps with names that exceed 50 characters as they have detected that many developers employed long names to have more influence on the search engines.
Surely this is a good news for users, who will have a cleaner App Store and can be downloaded only neat apps and have updates.
