Are things improving over in App Store Review land? I submitted the iOS build on Friday, and it was approved and launched this morning.
I was very much ready for it to take some back and forth. Since this release is mostly an AUv3, the wrapper app is a simple user manual viewer and notice about the audio unit being installed. Looking through my plugin collection on my iPad, I’ve seen plenty of this style of app. I’d also heard many horror stories of developers getting rejected for apps that don’t do much. I fully expected some tighter restrictions and pushback, even on an audio plugin.
I feel like this kind of wrapper approach is a last-resort sort of thing. For Super Serrated I released it as a standalone synth and AUv3. It made sense, even if I had to spend extra time making an in-app keyboard to interact with the synth. For Gaussian Blur, the standalone version didn’t make that much sense. In theory you could use it as an effects pedal? But you’d need to connect an audio interface to make that useful. Without external gear you’re stuck with the built-in mic and speakers, and you quickly end up with a feedback loop! If you’re savvy enough to have an external interface, you’ll be savvy enough to have one of the myriad mobile DAWs that support AUv3.
Well I hope you’re a savvy user, and check out the iOS version of Gaussian Blur, compatible with iPhone and iPad, iOS 18.6+, for $3.99. The desktop VST3 and AU are of course still available, with a 20% intro discount!