App Store 4.5.1 rejection: Scraping Apple sites
By The Draftbit team · Updated
Sources checked
This guide is for iPhone and iPad apps collecting information from Apple websites or building rankings from that information.
A publicly visible Apple page isn’t automatically an allowed data feed. Guideline 4.5.1 allows approved Apple RSS feeds but prohibits scraping Apple sites and creating rankings from the scraped information.
Trace the source of your data
Check your backend jobs and suppliers as well as the app. Where do the listings, prices, rankings, or account details come from? We’d ask for the actual endpoint and collection method; calling a scraper an API doesn’t change what it does.
Replace the collection method
Remove the scraped data pipeline and rankings based on it. Use an approved feed where it genuinely supports the feature, or redesign around another properly authorized source. Verify any permission rather than inferring it from public access.
Test the app after removing the old feed and check cached data, scheduled jobs, and fallback sources. Tell Apple which source was replaced and how the revised feature obtains its information. If Apple misidentified an approved feed, supply its URL and the way your app uses it.
Messages this guide can help with
App Store 4.5.1 rejection; app store 4.5.1 denial; Guideline 4.5.1; Scraping Apple sites
Official sources
We checked these instructions against the sources below. The console layout may change, and your review decision may call for different steps.
- Apple App Review guideline 4.5.1 Checked 22 September 2026