A first app approved after a month
The author built his first app in Replit, with ChatGPT for the planning. The build took less than a week. Approval took a month.
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What was done
On 21 February 2026 the author writes in r/replit that his first app was approved on the App Store. He used Replit to build it and ChatGPT heavily for the plan and the architecture. The build took less than a week. Approval took a month. The time went to the Apple Developer account, certificates and provisioning, metadata issues, rejected screenshots, subscription wording fixes and waiting ~5 days between each review. He writes that the App Store process was 5x harder than building the app. He learned more in 30 days of submitting, being rejected, fixing and resubmitting than in months of learning to code. He is now trying Claude Code alongside Replit.
How it went
The app is approved. He resubmitted after rejections of the screenshots and of the subscription wording.
Worth knowing
The post does not say what the app does, or what it cost. ~5 days is the wait he states between reviews. He writes that the money disappears fast, with no amount.
How to do it
- Let the planning step write a plan. Let Replit build a draft you can run.
- Read the metadata, the screenshots and the subscription wording before you submit for review.
- Do not submit, and do not deploy, until you say yes. Fix the rejection and submit it yourself.
Try it with Replit
Build a draft of [app] from [plan]. Do not submit it to the App Store, and do not deploy, until I say yes. List the metadata and the subscription wording first.
Replace text in brackets with your own.
Done when. You have read the metadata and the subscription wording, and the app has not been submitted unless you said yes.
Safety rule. Nothing is submitted for review or deployed until you say yes.
Read the original
Read the original · u/Adventurous-Win-1489 on Reddit ·