App Review Guidelines add a creative assets rule and merge music streaming link terms
Apple's October 16 revision adds guideline 2.3.14 and reworks 3.1.1(a).
Apple's App Review Guidelines, revised on October 16, 2026, add guideline 2.3.14, a new rule covering Creative Assets.
Guideline 3.1.1(a) drops its separate bullet on Music Streaming Services Entitlements, which is now incorporated in the bullet on StoreKit External Purchase Link Entitlements. That bullet also clarifies that links may be provided to a permitted destination.
Section 5 now states that apps found to facilitate human trafficking or the exploitation of children will be removed from the App Store and blocked from alternative distribution.
Apple's summary does not quote the text of 2.3.14, so read the guideline itself before submitting creative assets. Translations of the updated guidelines will be available within one month.
Sources
- Updated App Review Guidelines are now available Primary Apple Developer News
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