An indie developer's honest App Store submission log
LetAbacus is a soroban (abacus) app for young children, built solo from scratch to submission. This page logs every milestone of its Apple App Store journey, shared for fellow indie developers on the same path.
2026 · 08 · 01🚀 First Submission · iPhone + iPad
LetAbacus v1.0.20260801 was archived in Xcode and uploaded to the App Store just past 11 PM. A real bead-flicking abacus, glow-guided lessons, Number Sense Island, look-and-listen calculation challenges, and collectible bead skins — completely free, zero ads, no data collected, and the learning content works fully offline. A project that started with a single bead takes its first step into Apple review.
App: LetAbacus · iOS App (iPhone + iPad)
Version: 1.0.20260801 (1)
Uploaded: Aug 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Status: ⬆️ Uploaded to Apple
① Xcode archive uploaded & accepted
The Xcode Organizer Archives list shows 1.0.20260801 (1) with Status Uploaded to Apple, and the completion dialog reads LetAbacus 1.0.20260801 (1) uploaded — the build is in App Store Connect.
Xcode Archives — 1.0.20260801 (1) Uploaded to Apple (click to enlarge)
2026 · 08 · 02⏳ In Submission · Waiting on Apple
The next morning, the submission was confirmed in App Store Connect: iOS App 1.0.20260801 is an Item Ready to Submit, with build (2) attached. Now it's the waiting game — Kids Category reviews tend to be more thorough — and the outcome will be posted on this page.
The Submission page reads Items added below will be reviewed together with iOS version 1.0.20260801, and the Item Ready to Submit block lists iOS App 1.0.20260801 (2) — everything is in place.
App Store Connect — iOS App 1.0.20260801 (2) Ready to Submit (click to enlarge)
The review outcome — approval or rejection — and every update after launch will be logged here as it happens.
