① Archived & uploaded to Apple (Xcode Organizer)

Xcode Organizer shows PlayGoKids　1.0.20260627 (5) archived and uploaded at 11:31 PM on Jun 29 — App upload complete, PlayGoKids 1.0.20260627 (5) uploaded.

② Selected the build (App Store Connect · Add Build)

App Store Connect's Add Build lists several builds; the latest build 5 (1.0.20260627) was attached as the build for this submission.

③ Attached & ready to submit (App Store Connect)

App Store Connect shows iOS App 1.0.20260627 (5) as an Item Ready to Submit, sent for review together with the iOS version.

The four questions Apple asked

The review team listed four questions requiring complete, detailed answers:

• Does the app include third-party analytics? If so, what data is collected?
• Does the app include third-party advertising? If so, provide the ad network's public kids-app policies.
• Will data be shared with any third parties? If so, for what purposes and stored where?
• Is any user or device data collected beyond analytics/advertising? If so, explain every planned use.

Our reply

Answered each question in the Resolution Center: no third-party analytics, no third-party advertising, no data shared with any third party, and no user or device data collected — everything runs on-device — and asked Apple to continue the review.

Issue description

The Age Rating content description indicated In-App Controls, but no Parental Controls or Age Assurance mechanism could be found during review.

The fix

Per Apple's guidance, updated the Age Rating selections on App Information to match the app — set both Parental Controls and Age Assurance to "None" so the rating metadata reflects the actual features, then replied and resubmitted for review.

1. Coach Mochi is finally on the board

The store description had promised "Coach Mochi throws confetti / gives a pat" since launch, but the app only had a placeholder cat on the home screen. This version delivers it all: animal stones (a black cat vs a white shiba), confetti on captures, a pat when you're caught, a nervous sweat in danger, bouncing stones, captured stones floating off as bubbles, confetti when you win. The whole board was retuned toward a softer, Ghibli-like palette — markers became watercolour dots that no longer steal a child's attention.

2. A full set of teaching tools

See the liberties: tap a stone and a cloud appears over each liberty ("liberties are breathing room", so clouds, not bubbles). A daily quest built from the child's most common mistake; a shape codex to collect tiger's mouths, bamboo joints and ponnuki; guess the coach's move; puzzles grow to 20 in five kinds (new: ladders, making eyes); and something to keep when you lose — against a strong AI, the results screen is the only positive feedback. The advanced KataGo opponent got stronger, and Kata teacher review turns a real-game mistake into a puzzle.

3. Parent zone and in-app purchases

The parental gate moved from three levels deep (Settings → Parents → Parent Center) to the gear icon itself — the real fix for the launch's 2.3.6 rejection, where the reviewer couldn't find the parental controls. Three "buy the developer a coffee" tips were added, only behind the parental gate, unlocking nothing; the parent zone also gains trusted progress (same level and board size only, no verdict until there's enough data) and an MIT license credit for the bundled KataGo network.

4. Two submission details

First-time IAPs can't be submitted via the API (Apple returns FIRST_CONSUMABLE_MUST_BE_SUBMITTED_ON_VERSION) — each product had to be added for review in the web UI into the same draft basket, confirmed at 4 items before submitting; the app family had stepped on this four times before. The Review Notes also state plainly that "the app's only network use is Apple's own StoreKit"; privacy stays Data Not Collected.

1. Puzzle Quest: tapping a level did nothing, going back showed a blank screen

A pushed sub-page declared its own navigation destination; iOS 26 decided it was "already declared closer to the root" and dropped it, so tapping had nothing to push and the back button broke too. The destination now lives directly in each link.

2. Kata teacher review: empty-board puzzles

When KataGo flagged the very first move for review, the saved position was an empty board. Saving now requires at least one stone, old empty-board puzzles are cleared on update, and after two misses the coach's star lights up to help the child find the answer.