The App Store is designed to be a safe and trusted place for all ages, including children. The age rating system for apps and games has been updated to give people more granular age ratings. We’ve also introduced new age rating questions to help identify sensitive content in your app and added the ability to set a higher rating to reflect your app’s minimum age requirement. Ratings for all apps and games in the App Store have been automatically updated to align with this new system and are reflected on Apple devices running beta versions of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, and watchOS 26.
The updated age rating system adds 13+, 16+, and 18+ to the existing 4+ and 9+ ratings. Age ratings are assigned to each country or region and may vary based on region-specific eligibility standards.
We have introduced a new set of required questions on the review questionnaire for all apps. These new questions cover:
- In-app controls.
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- Medical or wellness issues.
- Violent themes in your app or game.
Your answers to these questions help Apple better calculate a rating and help provide you with an age-appropriate experience.
If your app has a policy that requires a higher minimum user age than the rating assigned by Apple, you can set a higher age rating after answering the age rating questions. You can view the age rating for all your apps under the updated system and answer the new questions for each app in the App Information section in App Store Connect.
As a reminder, you need to consider how all app features, including AI assistants and chatbot functionality, affect the frequency of sensitive content appearing in your app to ensure it receives the appropriate rating. All apps are subject to the App Review guidelines, such as the safety guidelines regarding unnecessary content or user-generated content, and must comply with all applicable local laws and regulations, such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), and the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
Please provide answers to the updated age rating questions for all of your apps by January 31, 2026, to avoid an interruption when you submit your app updates in App Store Connect.
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