9to5Mac’s article “Vibe coding could mark the end of the App Store review process as we know it”:
Summary
The rise of AI-powered “agentic coding” has overwhelmed Apple’s App Store review process, with developers reporting review times of 3+ days to a week instead of the traditional under-24-hour turnaround. The influx of fully AI-generated apps from new developers has created a bottleneck for human reviewers, making it unfair for established developers whose update submissions are delayed. To address this, the author suggests Apple could implement separate review queues for established developers or automate updates while maintaining human review only for new submissions, though it may ultimately become necessary to reduce or eliminate full human review.
I don’t see the current review process at Apple as sustainable. I can imagine parts of the current workflow being automated (like finding instances of private API usage in application binaries). But, just for vibe coding, reviewing app submissions should be human-gated. An AI agent could even run the app in a simulator for testing.