When did your app last ship?

Apple moved its upload requirement on 28 April 2026: a binary has to be built with Xcode 26 now, and App Store Connect turns away anything else at the upload step. Google moved on 31 August 2026 to target API 36. Both of those happen before review, so the error you get says nothing about guidelines and looks for all the world like your build broke.

Paste a link and I will ask Apple for the date your app last shipped. Nothing is stored, and there is no email field on this page.

For example https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6801629280 or 6801629280

How it works, and where it is weak

One call to Apple's public lookup endpoint, which hands back currentVersionReleaseDate: the day the version currently on the store went live. I hold that against two dates Apple announced in advance.

Now the weakness, because you should know it before you rely on any of this. A release date tells you nothing directly about which SDK produced the binary, and Apple publishes no field that does. Xcode 26 shipped months ahead of the deadline, so plenty of apps released in early 2026 are already compliant and this page will still flag them.

So take the flag as a question rather than a diagnosis. If an app has shipped nothing since 28 April 2026, nobody has yet run a build of it against the rule Apple enforces today. Teams usually find that out on day one of a two-week update.

Play, which I do not check here

Since 31 August 2026, updates on Google Play have to target Android 16, API level 36, or the release page refuses the bundle. There is an extension available to 1 November 2026 if you request one. Nothing public returns an app's target API, so I look at that side by hand — send the package name and I will tell you where it sits.

Sources: Apple, upcoming requirements · Google, target API level requirements. Read those rather than take my word.

I am Han Kim, a sole proprietor in Quebec. I take finished builds through App Store and Play review for a flat CA$1,500, paid once the app is approved: handled.tools/ship. The checker is free whether you hire me or not. It costs me one HTTP request.