The ongoing Epic Games v. Apple trial continues to provide insight into Apple’s App Store processes, with documents today offering up details on the number of apps submitted to the App Store and rejected by Apple’s review processes.
Apple’s documentation suggests that the App Store sees 100,000 App Store submissions per week, which are dealt with by 500 human experts that Apple has on hand. Prior to getting to a human review, apps are analyzed by Apple-designed tools to check for malware and policy violations.
A testing tool called Mercury runs through static and dynamic analysis processes, with the tool allowing Apple to see inside apps to check for hidden code or abuse, and there are other review tools that Apple has nicknamed “Magellan” and “Columbus.” After automated testing, apps receive human oversight.
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