Apple has confirmed it pulled the controversial Hottest Girls app from its App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch because the developer added nude pictures after the app was approved.
Developer Allan Leung had claimed he pulled the app Thursday because his servers were being overloaded by demand for the pictures. The images are pulled and updated from Leung’s servers.
“Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content,” an Apple spokesperson said. “The developer of this application added inappropriate content directly from their server after the application had been approved and distributed, and after the developer had subsequently been asked to remove some offensive content. This was a direct violation of the terms of the iPhone Developer Program. The application is no longer available on the App Store.”
Reportedly, the Hottest Girls app was submitted with the maximum rating of 17+ and featuring girls in underwear. Topless pictures were added to the servers after approval. And that’s how the first porn app got approved for the App Store — but not for long.
Apparently Apple will continue its censorship on the App Store rather than rely on the iPhone OS 3.0 parental controls. Hottest Girls had been offered for $1.99.
Other apps by Leung appear to have been removed from the store as well, including Hottest Guys. The developer’s Web site, http://www.allenthegeek.com/index.html, now only shows his e-mail address.