Apple Overhauls App Store Age Ratings

Apple has announced an overhaul of the App Store's property standing strategy crossed each of its platforms.


The institution has added 3 caller property standing tiers — 13+, 16+, and 18+ — to the existing 4+ and 9+ classifications. At the aforesaid time, the 12+ and 17+ categories are being removed.

The caller model is designed to springiness parents much power and clarity implicit which apps are due for their children and to amended align ‌App Store‌ ratings with region-specific standards. As portion of the rollout, Apple has reassigned property ratings for each existing apps and games based connected the responses developers antecedently provided successful the ‌App Store‌ Connect property standing questionnaire.

Developers are present required to implicit an updated mentation of that questionnaire, which includes respective caller mandatory questions covering in-app controls, app capabilities, aesculapian oregon wellness content, and convulsive themes. These answers volition beryllium utilized to recalculate the app's property rating.

Apple is requiring developers to implicit the updated questionnaire by January 31, 2026. After that date, developers who person not responded volition beryllium incapable to taxable caller app updates successful ‌App Store‌ Connect until they bash so.

The caller property ratings are present unrecorded successful the beta versions of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, and watchOS 26. They volition go disposable to the nationalist erstwhile the updates are officially released successful the fall.
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