The Best Paragraph in My App Review Notes Was the First One I Deleted

Fingertips went on sale on 5 September on iPhone and iPad, and on 6 September on Mac. Here is the whole calendar, because the shape of it is the point:

12 Aug, 20:36 UTC

Submitted, both platforms, with review notes written to pre-empt two guidelines

20 Aug

macOS rejected: 2.3.7, 2.1(b), 2.4.5

27 Aug

Appeal on 2.4.5 upheld against me. Feature deleted

2 Sep

iOS rejected under 2.1(b), 21 days after first submission. Resubmitted the same evening

5 Sep

iOS approved, 3 days later. macOS resubmitted, 11:11 UTC, in review within 7 hours

6 Sep

macOS approved, one day after submission

10 Sep

1.2.0 submitted, both platforms - and the notes rewritten, see the postscript

Twenty-four days from first submission to first approval. One day for the last one.

What I wrote before anyone looked at it

I expected two guidelines to be a problem, so I wrote notes...

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