In FailClock v1.1 for iPhone and iPad, I added Engrish feeds. I’d previously had problems with Apple rejecting an application I made called Engrish Crock so I was wary about including the Engrish feeds, but I consulted with Apple and they agreed to approve the applications. “Success!” I thought.

In FailClock v1.1.1 for iPad, I made some minor update to the display of status messages. Apple approved it.

A week ago I packaged up FailClock v1.2 for iPhone and iPad. The only change made was to fix the 12 hour clock display – previously at midnight and noon it displayed 0:00 am and 0:00 pm instead of 12:00 am and 12:00 pm. Doh! A simple change that would get approved no bother, I thought. But yesterday I received the infamous “We are currently reviewing an app that you submitted for inclusion on the App Store, and want to let you know that the review process will require additional time” mail.

I hope the reason I received this is the same reason I received it for Cat Fun – because I have separate iPhone and iPad apps. Since Apple doesn’t provide any way to unify apps, I have to keep them as separate. That means they’ll approve the apps eventually.

However I fear that the mail is more sinister. After Apple allowing Engrish in FailClock, I fear that they might have forgotten they allowed it and I have to go through the whole vicious approval argument cycle again. I really hope not. I thought I was past all that.