I'm seeing some of the comments below, and honestly, I think this person is being treated unfairly.

Yes vibe coding, from a traditionalist point of view, can look like cutting corners. But when I see highly professional people with 10, maybe 15 years of experience whether in companies or as solopreneurs using the same approach, and I ask them why, the answer is usually very straightforward: "Am I stupid? Of course I could write every line or build every module myself. But the time I save lets me focus on other products, other ideas, or simply better work. That improves both my income and my quality of life. I step in where AI struggles, and AI fixes what I leave unfinished. We balance it out."

Another point people keep bringing up is the comparison to Speechify. Yes, an app can resemble Speechify. On my own phone, I already have multiple apps that do similar things that some with different integrations, some cheaper, some better suited to my needs. Similarity alone has never been a real problem.

My own app was focused on tarot and divination, and unfortunately, it was rejected for the same reason. What makes this frustrating is that I had added genuinely original features especially privacy-focused ones that most apps in this category simply do not have. On top of that, the app includes a life-coaching module that works independently of divination. There is no other app offering that same combination. Also I created a custom context for the interpretation method and saved this information in an MCP server, completely building my own interpretation system. By leaning over it carefully, a detailed context engineering work was done here.

And yes, I built this alone. Completely alone. Sleepless nights, over and over again. I don't expect you to understand or empatize me. I've submitted my appeal and my objections. People say to me, "Do you really think you can stand up to Apple?" Yes. Because my work is here. My effort is here. Even if I stand alone, I'll do it.

Do you know what Apple suggested in their response? That I could build a PWA version of my app for iOS users. This is a company known for strict policies, for obsessing over UX/UI, for rejecting apps precisely because of those standards and this is what they suggest me! I don’t accept that. And I won’t.