Question

Hi guys I need some help with Apple App Store.
I’ve an application that is localized in several languages and I want to release a different bundle for each language (to reduce the app size).

Can I use the same app name?

Thx,
SL3

Answer 1

Localizing an app in various languages should not require that much more size to make you think about splitting it in different bundles.

By the way, it’s a bad idea thinking of publishing different applications for different localizations, for a couple of reasons:

1. You will have to handle n different development/release/review streams, with great problems when you need to update the app (Apple will have to review n versions instead of one)
2. A user will not be able to switch languages if he likes to. Think about a Spanish person that lives in Italy. Which version should he download?
3. If you use dedicate developer profiles under Xcode, you should create and import a different one (or a different group of them) for each localized version.
4. Also, you will split all the number of downloads, reviews and so on between the apps. If your app is downloaded by 10.000 people its great! But if you split it in 10 pieces, you will have only 1.000 downloads each (mean value). This will greatly affect the scoring in the App Store … and that’s not what you want!

If you built the app in a clean way, adding a localization should result in adding a simple text file, and that is not so heavy.