u/ButterflyDue1831

Subscriptions stuck in "Waiting for Review" after multiple app version approvals

Hoping someone has dealt with this before.

I have two auto-renewable subscriptions on my iOS app that have been stuck in "Waiting for Review" for weeks. Every time I submit a new app version, the app gets approved and goes live, but the subscriptions just sit there and never get reviewed.

What I've tried:

  • Added screenshots and notes for the reviewer to check the subscriptions and paywall
  • All localization fields filled in
  • Build attached to every submission
  • Clicked "Submit for Review" on each subscription individually between submissions
  • Submitted 4 separate app versions hoping they'd be reviewed together

The weird part: The "In-App Purchases and Subscriptions" section that Apple's documentation says should appear on the version page doesn't exist in my App Store Connect. So I have no way to explicitly attach them to a submission.

App details:

  • Capacitor-based iOS app
  • 2 auto-renewable subscriptions in one subscription group
  • Both show all required info complete

Is this a known bug with the current App Store Connect UI? Has anyone found a workaround? I've been unable to monetize my app for weeks because of this.

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u/ButterflyDue1831 — 4 days ago

Subscriptions stuck in "Waiting for Review" after multiple app version approvals

Hoping someone has dealt with this before.

I have two auto-renewable subscriptions on my iOS app that have been stuck in "Waiting for Review" for weeks. Every time I submit a new app version, the app gets approved and goes live, but the subscriptions just sit there and never get reviewed.

What I've tried:

  • Added screenshots and notes for the reviewer to check the subscriptions and paywall
  • All localization fields filled in
  • Build attached to every submission
  • Clicked "Submit for Review" on each subscription individually between submissions
  • Submitted 4 separate app versions hoping they'd be reviewed together

The weird part: The "In-App Purchases and Subscriptions" section that Apple's documentation says should appear on the version page doesn't exist in my App Store Connect. So I have no way to explicitly attach them to a submission.

App details:

  • Capacitor-based iOS app
  • 2 auto-renewable subscriptions in one subscription group
  • Both show all required info complete

Is this a known bug with the current App Store Connect UI? Has anyone found a workaround? I've been unable to monetize my app for weeks because of this.

reddit.com
u/ButterflyDue1831 — 4 days ago

I neeeeeed helllllppppp

I genuinely feel like I am ONE tiny step away from launching my first app and this last part has taken me days and sleepless nights 😭

My first version of the app already got approved on the Apple App Store with no subscriptions.

Now I’ve upgraded the same app to include subscriptions using RevenueCat and suddenly I feel like I’ve entered an entirely different world of pain lol.

Current issues:

RevenueCat paywall not showing on iOS

Seeing a fallback HTML paywall instead

RevenueCat Error 23 / empty offerings

Apple products imported into RevenueCat but prices not showing

Trying to test from Xcode on my iPad

2 days left of Google Play closed testing before I can even add Android subscriptions

The app itself works. The onboarding works. The branding/UI/content is all done. I feel SO close that it’s driving me insane because this feels like it should be one small fix.

I’ve spent months building this app and somehow this subscription/paywall step has become the hardest part of the entire process.

The updated version I’m trying to submit will include subscriptions.

Has anyone else gone through this with RevenueCat + App Store Connect? Did it end up being something simple in the end?

reddit.com
u/ButterflyDue1831 — 10 days ago

I'm ready to throw my computer against the wall

I genuinely feel like I am ONE tiny step away from launching my first app and this last part has taken me days and sleepless nights 😭

My first version of the app already got approved on the Apple App Store with no subscriptions.

Now I’ve upgraded the same app to include subscriptions using RevenueCat and suddenly I feel like I’ve entered an entirely different world of pain lol.

Current issues:

RevenueCat paywall not showing on iOS

Seeing a fallback HTML paywall instead

RevenueCat Error 23 / empty offerings

Apple products imported into RevenueCat but prices not showing

Trying to test from Xcode on my iPad

2 days left of Google Play closed testing before I can even add Android subscriptions

The app itself works. The onboarding works. The branding/UI/content is all done. I feel SO close that it’s driving me insane because this feels like it should be one small fix.

I’ve spent months building this app and somehow this subscription/paywall step has become the hardest part of the entire process.

The updated version I’m trying to submit will include subscriptions.

Has anyone else gone through this with RevenueCat + App Store Connect? Did it end up being something simple in the end?

reddit.com
u/ButterflyDue1831 — 10 days ago