The App Store Blues

We have submitted the Gruveo iOS app to App Store almost a month ago, and, frankly, we expected it to be live for a while by now.

Well, things haven’t quite worked out that way. To start with, the approval process for that first version took full 21 days, which is extraordinary even by the App Store standards.

And then, our app got rejected because of a tiny crash that we had overlooked.

Fortunately, our beta testers made us aware of the crash ahead of Apple so we lost minimal time fixing the bug and resubmitting the app. We resubmitted last week and are now anxiously awaiting that “Ready for Sale” status! (Don’t worry, the app will be free, it’s just how Apple puts it.)

On the Bright Side…

On the bright side of things, the App Store approval delay gave us enough time to make sure that Gruveo works perfectly on the new iOS 8 and looks just as great on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

We have also spent some time improving our web app. In particular, there was a pesky bug with camera muting under certain conditions in a call between Chrome and Firefox. It’s fixed now.

Finally, Gruveo got its first mention on Forbes last week, which makes us super-excited!

We hope to be able to share more good news very soon 😉 Thank you for using Gruveo and stay tuned!