The JAX FRONTIER SERIES is a collection of visual spectral AudioUnits combined with a multimedia user experience. All apps include the AUv3 AudioUnit, three exclusively produced songs, and a video, all by JAX MUSIC. They were conceived as a tribute to the launch of WWDC 2026. We exclusively used Apple’s advanced development frameworks for their latest technologies, exclusively on Apple platforms.
However, the start of the series and thus the complete release ist actively stalled by Apple Review Teams.
Apple has launched a nightmare of rejection practices. In fact, they regularly boycott everything from us (even updates) to prevent releases and harm especially small business on regular basis.
Resulting appeals then obviously always end up with the same person who is carrying out this boycott. The reasons given for their rejections are always fabricated and false. They literally apply the entire range of so-called “guideline issues” to us by arbitrarily changing the rules of that game and selecting items from their catalog randomly.
Not to mention that, even as pioneers of Vision Pro app development, we were never once mentioned or featured in the AppStore over 7 years with more than 50 universal app releases in that entire time. This is apparently Apple’s strategy to kick small developers out of the business and lump them in with spammers and AI clickbaiters.
But we are totally dependent on Apple on the other side, because the products are mostly that kind of specially designed and would not even run on any other device or platform.
This is a full time job. They actually ask for additional money for this luxury each single year (to get continuously beaten and rejected). Yes, it’s true that we still have to pay for the ‘service’ of humiliation, hindering and damage. The immense amount of money we small developers are spending on their hardware in all these years is not even counting here. Thousands of independent developers did left this ship each year or did not even get entering it. And very few of them intend to distribute whoopee cushion apps here.
A little anecdote: This year we weren’t able to raise the annual fee of €99 on time because our App Store revenue barely covered the monthly hardware costs. As a result, all our products were removed from sale, and we had no revenue at all for 10 days.
Would you work full-time as a developer for 10 Euros (a day!)? Then become a developer for Apple platforms. Humiliation and gauntlet included. But to do that, you at first would need to get at least a handful of apps through the Gatekeeper Gate. If users can find you in that AppStore then, you may reach that goal.
Here is an interesting char with A.I., which unleashes some interesting aspects of the questionable Apple – developers relationship. ^^