The Submission Review Agent is in early development (15% complete) and not yet available. The content below describes planned functionality.

Submission Review Agent

The Submission Review Agent analyzes your app build before you submit to App Review, checking for common rejection reasons, compliance issues, and guideline violations. Think of it as a pre-flight checklist that catches problems before Apple or Google sees them.

Status: In development (15% complete)

What it will do

The agent will perform automated compliance checking across multiple areas:

Privacy & data handling

• Privacy manifest validation — verifies required privacy disclosures are present and accurate
• Data collection transparency — ensures you've declared all data types collected
• Third-party SDK tracking — identifies SDKs that require privacy nutrition labels
• Permission usage descriptions — checks that all Info.plist usage strings are clear and non-generic

Technical compliance

• Deprecated API detection — scans for use of APIs marked for removal by Apple
• Private framework usage — flags any non-public frameworks that will trigger rejection
• SDK compliance — checks for outdated or policy-violating third-party SDKs
• Binary validation — ensures the build meets size and architecture requirements

Metadata & visual assets

• Screenshot compliance — validates that screenshots follow App Store guidelines (no white borders, no overlays claiming #1)
• App preview video rules — checks video length, aspect ratio, and content guidelines
• Age rating accuracy — compares your selected rating to your app's actual content
• Promotional text — scans for prohibited claims (e.g., "best app", price comparisons)

Guideline adherence

• Minimum functionality — flags apps that are too simple or just web wrappers
• Business model clarity — ensures in-app purchases and subscriptions are properly disclosed
• Spam detection — checks for duplicate functionality or low-quality content patterns
• Guideline 4.3 violations — identifies patterns that trigger the "spam" clause

Common rejection patterns

The agent will learn from historical rejection data to flag issues like:

• Generic app descriptions
• Placeholder content in screenshots
• Missing account credentials for review
• Broken features in the review build
• Inconsistent branding between app and listing

How it will work

1. Connect your App Store Connect account — grant Fload access to your builds and metadata
2. Select the build you're planning to submit
3. Run the Submission Review Agent — it analyzes your binary, metadata, and store listing
4. Review the report — see flagged issues categorized by severity (blocker, warning, suggestion)
5. Fix issues before submitting — address blockers and warnings to reduce rejection risk
6. Submit with confidence — knowing you've caught the common pitfalls

Report structure

The agent will generate a detailed report with:

Risk score

• Overall likelihood of rejection — Low, Medium, or High
• Category breakdown — which areas are most at risk (privacy, technical, metadata, etc.)

Issue list

Each issue will include:

• Severity — Blocker (will cause rejection), Warning (might cause rejection), Suggestion (best practice)
• Guideline reference — link to the specific App Store Review Guideline
• Detected problem — what the agent found
• Recommended fix — how to resolve it
• Effort estimate — how long it will take to fix (quick, moderate, significant)

Example issues

Blocker:

• "Privacy manifest missing required 'NSPrivacyTrackingDomains' key. Your app uses third-party analytics but doesn't declare tracking domains. This will cause rejection."
• Fix: Add tracking domains to PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy

Warning:

• "Screenshot #2 contains a device frame. While not always rejected, Apple's guidelines discourage device frames in screenshots."
• Fix: Replace with edge-to-edge screenshots

Suggestion:

• "App description is only 85 characters. Consider expanding to 150+ to improve conversion and provide more context for reviewers."
• Fix: Expand description with feature highlights

Supported platforms

• iOS — full support (privacy manifests, App Store guidelines, technical compliance)
• Android — coming later (Google Play compliance checking)

Limitations (planned)

• Static analysis only — the agent can't test your app's runtime behavior
• No account credentials — you still need to provide test credentials in App Store Connect
• Guideline interpretation — some guidelines are subjective; the agent flags patterns, not guarantees
• New guidelines — there's a lag between Apple announcing new rules and the agent learning them

Use cases

Pre-submission checklist

Before every submission:

• Run the agent on your build
• Fix all blockers and warnings
• Submit knowing you've reduced rejection risk by 70%+

CI/CD integration (future)

Automatically run the agent on every build:

• Fail the build if blockers are detected
• Alert your team to new warnings
• Track compliance over time

First-time submissions

If you've never submitted an app before:

• The agent teaches you what to look for
• Reduces the learning curve
• Prevents common first-timer mistakes

Major updates

When adding new features (especially privacy-sensitive ones):

• Verify new permissions are properly disclosed
• Ensure new SDKs don't introduce compliance issues
• Catch metadata inconsistencies before submission

Development roadmap

Pricing (when it launches)

The Submission Review Agent will be available on:

• Pro plan — 20 scans/month included
• Startup plan — 5 scans/month included
• Overage — $2/scan

Want early access?

Book a demo to get early access when it launches. We're looking for beta testers to help shape the feature.