Overview

You observed that your iOS app is listed as a category other than you expected. This article shows how you can change the category for your Apple app by updating your iOS app's information on the Publish menu of the CMS platform.

Diagnosis

Upon browsing on the Apple Store on your Apple device, you noticed that your iOS app has an incorrect app category listing. 

You can also confirm that by navigating on the Apple App Store Connect under the specific app's 'App Information' menu. 

Note: In the screenshots above, as an example, the Category is set to 'Business'. It can have other values too.

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Solution

• On the CMS platform, you will need to navigate to the 'Publish' Option, select 'iOS' on the top right-hand corner and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Locate the 'App Category' field and change setting the value you wish from the drop-down menu.
• Republish your app, as per the Updating/Republishing your app KB article.

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Testing

If you browse on the Apple Store, you will notice that the app category value is updated to the one you just set.

You can confirm that on the App Store Connect side, too.

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Related Articles

• Publishing iOS App
• Updating/Republishing your app