News Summary

• The MyFitnessPal-owned Cal AI food-logging app was briefly removed from the App Store last week.
• Apple said that the app had attempted to skirt its in-app purchase guidelines and had also employed manipulative tactics.
• The developer has since addressed the issues, and the app has returned to Apple’s App Store.
• The episode shows that Apple is still actively policing how developers implement web payments, even though the Epic ruling had loosened some earlier restrictions.
• It would not be surprising if Cal AI had wanted to test the waters to see how actively Apple's app review team was enforcing its rules.