PlayReview — store review wait tracker

Track app store review delays and generate a public pressure page for indie developers

Problem

A developer's Android app sat in Google Play review for over a week and only moved after a public tweet to Google leadership, raising the question of whether Play review is still a rules-based system. Indie developers without big-company contacts or public reach have no way to know if they are being treated differently.

Solution

A lightweight review-wait tracker: developers log their app and submission time, the tool computes elapsed days and generates a shareable 'waiting card'; past a threshold it offers appeal email templates, and optionally publishes an anonymized waiting page as a visible community signal.

Users

Small teams and solo developers stuck in App Store or Google Play review limbo.

MVP

Manual entry of app name, platform, submission time, and status; automatic days-waiting counter and shareable card; appeal email templates; an anonymized public waiting wall; no store API integration.

Revenue

Free tier plus a Pro subscription for multi-app tracking, custom-domain appeal pages, and exportable history.

Why now

Large companies get unblocked by a single tweet while ordinary developers have no such channel; turning that inequity into a lightweight tracking and visibility tool is a fast launch that can spread through developer communities.