The iPhone Siddur / Zmanim application is now officially approved by Apple. We got an email last night from Apple saying:

The status for the following application has changed to Ready for Sale.

But when I checked the iPhone App Store, it was no where to be found. So I logged into iTunes Connect and noticed that Apple said we are now "pending contract." Here is a screen capture:

iPhone Siddur Pending Contract

But I submitted the contracts on day one, over a week ago, on July 25th. They were all marked as a checkbox and green. Here is a screen capture:

iPhone Siddur Pending Contract

Everything looks good from that side. So I called Apple, they said I need to email the legal team. So I did that this AM.

There is an Apple support thread that has many others complaining that they are in the same status we are in. Pending Contract... One said that they spoke to Apple who said:

I contacted Apple, and yes, it is normal for the state to stay at "in process" for some time.

I am paraphrasing here: because part 2 of the contract setup and the App review are done manually, they can take several days/weeks depending on the volume of items in their queue.

Please bear in mind that I am answering this to the best of my knowledge as an external person and that I have no authority whatsoever on the subject. I'm just reporting what I was told.

So I hope it is not too much longer until it is pushed out to the Apple store. In fact, I hope to finish up the Sefarad Mizrachi text for prayers and we are also almost done adding a "Minyainim" database, which finds the closest Minyain (or shul).