StoreShip app store submission assistant

Help indie developers cut the app store submission process from months to days

Problem

A Reddit post complained that coding the app took two days but publishing it took two months of waiting, fixing, and jumping through hoops. First-time indie developers often get rejected repeatedly due to unfamiliar review rules and material prep.

Solution

An interactive checklist tool that guides users through preparing screenshots, privacy policies, metadata, and review notes per platform (iOS/Android), with built-in common rejection reasons and remediation tips, and submission status tracking.

Users

First-time mobile app indie developers, small studios, web founders going mobile

MVP

Step-by-step checklist per platform (screenshot sizes, privacy manifest, permission descriptions); a library of common rejection reasons with fix examples; material package export; submission status board

Revenue

Free basic checklist; one-time purchase or subscription for advanced templates, rejection case library, and human Q&A

Why now

App store review is stricter and rules change often, while AI increases the number of solo developers, making submission friction a new bottleneck; low barrier to tooling