Question

I know that apple made the app store to, among other things, discourage web apps and control an unfair 30% cut of app transactions. Luckily for me, my rev comes from companies that are listed on the app, not users.

However, I want an app that does nothing but immediately open default browser and navigate to my webapp page. There is not even intermediary screen – See app icon/name on phone desktop, click, browser with webapp url launches.

Will this have problems getting approved by apple? If so what are the issues that I need to circumvent/overcome, and suggestions to do so? Thanks.

Answer 1

App Store Review Guidelines, 2.12:

Apps that are not very useful, are simply web sites bundled as apps, or do not provide any lasting entertainment value may be rejected

You can essentially do this using the apple-mobile-web-app-capable and apple-touch-icon attributes supported by Safari, and you’ll save the $99 fee.