Knowledge base
Glossary
Key terms for bulk app publishers, white-label studios, and mobile agencies using apporig for code uniqueness analysis.
- App Store Guideline 4.3
Definition of App Store Guideline 4.3 (Design: Spam) and how code similarity relates to rejections for bulk publishers.
- COPY, RELATED, and OK
What COPY, RELATED, and OK mean in apporig similarity reports for bulk app publishers.
- Structural similarity
AST-based structural similarity detects refactored clones when class names change but architecture stays the same.
- White-label publishing
White-label publishing means many app variants from one template — with unique code requirements for app stores.
- Bulk app publishing
Bulk (stream) app publishing means releasing many apps per month from shared templates — with high moderation risk.
- Portfolio spam
Portfolio spam is when Apple flags an entire developer account for publishing too many similar apps.
- AST fingerprinting
AST fingerprinting hashes parsed source structure to detect clones across renamed code.
- Gradle product flavors
Android product flavors build many apps from one repo — shared source sets cause duplicate detection.