Woot app for iOS: "Conditions of Use" and "Privacy Notice" links on an Amazon Sign-In screen lead to an error page

 iOS 18.5

Woot app for iOS (version 5.6.0)

06/15/2025

Description:

Two links to Amazon's "Conditions of Use" and "Privacy Notice" do not work inside of the Woot app for iOS. 

These links take the user to a page that looks like this:

With this URL:

https://na.account.amazon.com/ap/lwa-consent-apa-conditions-of-use-url

Please take a look at the screenshots below for additional information. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the Woot app for iOS (version 5.6.0)

2. Select "Account"

3. From the "Account" screen select "Log in to Woot"

4. From the Woot Sign-in screen, select "Create your Amazon account"

5. From the Amazon Sign-In screen, select either "Conditions of Use" or "Privacy Notice"

Result: the "Conditions of Use" and "Privacy Notice" links accessible from inside of the Woot app on an Amazon Sign-in screen do NOT take the user to valid conditions of use or privacy notices 

Expected: all "Conditions of Use" and "Privacy Notice" links accessible from inside of the Woot app should always be working links that lead to valid conditions of us and privacy notices 

Launch the Woot app...

Enter into the app...

Select the "Account" option...

Select the "Log in to Woot" option...

Select the "Create your Amazon account" option...

Select either the "Conditions of Use" or "Privacy Notice" links...

User lands here. 

Le Chat by Mistral AI app for iOS: Cancelling out of Facebook Messenger pop-up results in a successfully shared message

 iOS 18.5

Le Chat by Mistral AI app for iOS (version 1.0.17)

05/26/2025

Description:

The Le Chat by Mistral AI app has a common problem. If the user cancels out of the Facebook Messenger prompt (without sharing a link to a Le Chat generated thread) then the app still displays a message that the chat was successfully shared. 

You will receive a "Link shared successfully" message even if the user has not shared anything. 

This problem has happened before with other apps. I believe that this is a problem with the Facebook Share SDK. 

This is easier to show than to describe, so please see the screenshots below. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the Le Chat by Mistral AI app for iOS

2.  Select the "Sign in" option 

3. Select "Sign in with Apple" and log in with a valid account 

4. Select "Ask le Chat" and enter in any prompt (Example: "Prompt: tell me the history of the Fourth Republic of France."

5. Choose the drop down menu from the top of the screen

6. Select the "Share" option

7. Select "Share Link" from the "Share your conversation" pop-up

8. From the iOS share menu, select "Messenger"

9. From the Messenger menu select "Done" without selecting another user

10. Return to Le Chat app via back arrow

Result: A "Link shared successfully" message is displayed (even after nothing has been shared) inside of the Le Chat iOS app after the user exits Facebook Messenger and returns to the Le Chat iOS app

Expected: A "Link shared successfully" message should not be displayed if the user has NOT shared links using Facebook Messenger 

Ask Le Chat a question to generate a shareable link. Select the share option to activate the iOS share UI. Select the Facebook Messenger option...

Do NOT shared anything (user has second doubts about sharing) use the done to exit out of sharing menu, and return to the app...

The Le Chat app displays a success message ("Link shared successfully") even though nothing was shared. This is a bad end user experience. I believe it is related to this documented issue. 

Southeastern Arizona FCU app for iOS: "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links lead to a "couldn't find the page you were looking for." error message

 iOS 18.3.2

Southeastern Arizona FCU app for iOS (version 5.0.0)

04/27/2025

Description:

An app called Southeastern Arizona FCU has two bad links on the detail page for it in the Apple App Store. Those links lead to:

This is the page where the user is taken to. 

Link: https://www.seafcu.com/Privacy/

It is an Apple requirement that privacy policy links in the Apple App store lead to valid and readable privacy policies. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Head to the Apple App Store detail page for the Southeastern Arizona FCU app for iOS

2. Scroll down and select either "Developer's Privacy Policy" or "Privacy Policy"

Result: The "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links accessible from the Southeastern Arizona FCU app's detail page lead to an error message on seafcu.com instead of a valid privacy policy 

Expected: The "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links accessible from the Southeastern Arizona FCU's detail page lead an error message 

Head to the detail page for the Southeastern Arizona FCU app in the Apple App store. Scroll down...

Scroll down and select the "developer's privacy policy" link...

User lands here

Google Gemini for iOS: "ALLOW: Notifications" and "NOTIFICATIONS: ON" Prompts Fools Gemini into Providing a Misleading Response that Notifications Have Been Activated When They Haven't

 iOS 18.3.2

Google Gemini app for iOS (version 1.2025.1370008)

04/16/2025

Description: 

Here's an oddity! Google Gemini has an iPhone app that I have been using quite a bit lately.

Out of curiosity, I began cycling through commands in an attempt to activate iOS-device specific functions without the required system dialogues. 

For example: attempting to open the camera by entering "OPEN: Camera" as a command. In almost all instances I tried, Google Gemini reacted as expected. No functionality of the device that have requirements placed upon them for Apple App Store approval were violated.

There is, however, an oddity related to commands about notifications!

Two commands, those being: "ALLOW: Notifications" and "NOTIFICATIONS: ON" result in a misleading response from Google Gemini regarding notifications. 

Google Gemini replies with: "Okay, notifications are now allowed."

The command of "ALLOW: Notifications" results in a misleading response from the Google Gemini app. A response of "Okay, notifications are now allowed." - implying iOS notifications for the app have now been approved by the user. 

Here's a screenshot of my notification settings for the Google Gemini app. I never approved notification permission, even after the app tells me that "Okay, notifications are now allowed." Bad end user experience! 

Even though the app is telling me that "notifications are now allowed" this is not the case because I never approved this using the iOS prompt for notifications. 

Multiple ways to Reproduce this, and I think this is an issue with what the user is expecting vis-a-vis the device and what the app interprets from the question. But here's one way to reproduce: 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download the app for the first time

2. From the "Gemini" Would Like to Send You Notifications" prompt, select "Don't Allow"

3. Enter in the prompt: "ALLOW: notifications"

4. Note that Gemini replies with: "Okay, notifications are now allowed."

5. Exit out of the app and head to iOS settings 

6. Head to "Apps" and select "Gemini"

7. Notice that Notifications access is disabled and access has NOT been permitted 

Result: The Google Gemini app has a bad (misleading) reply to the prompts of "ALLOW: Notifications" and "NOTIFICATIONS: ON" - the app always seems to reply with "Okay, notifications are now allowed" even though are not permitted 

Expected: The Google Gemini app should provide consistent messaging - it should reply with a response about HOW to enable notification on an iOS device 

SVD-sivasdescalzo app for iOS: Dismissing "Sign in with Apple" pop-up disables the app

 iOS 18.3.2

SVD app for iOS (version 3.15.0)

04/15/2025

Description:

Here's an incredibly unique bug that I have never seen before with an iOS app. There's an app called SVD which is related to a Spanish clothing retailer called "sivasdescalzo".

Like many apps, this SVD app has the option to use Apple Sign-in to create an account. If the user cancels out of 

Take a look at the attached screenshots below for more information. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the app

2. Click through pop-ups and confirm Cloudflare "are you human?"

3. Click "Skip"

4. From the "Log in" screen select the "Continue with Apple" option 

5. From the "Sign in with Apple" pop-up, select the "x" to cancel the pop-up

Result: Dismissing the "Sign in with Apple" pop-up inside of the SVD app disables the app. Screen turns white (or black if the iOS is set to dark mode) and the app becomes completely unresponsive. A hard reboot of the app is necessary to get it working again 

Expected: App should never enter into an unresponsive state. Dismissing the Apple Sign-in should not disable the app 

Download and launch the SVD app for iOS...

Select the "Continue with Apple" option...

Cancel the pop-up menu by selecting the "X" option...

The user becomes stuck on this screen. App seems (?) to be permanently disabled. 

Voodies app for iOS: Terms of Service link leads to a "Page Not Found"

 iOS 18.3.2

Voodies app for iOS (version 1.0.2)

04/07/2025

Description:

The Terms of Service link that is presented during account creation leads to a "Page Not Found" page.

This is the link/page that the user is taken to: https://www.voodies.app/term-of-service

Here's that link, archived: https://archive.is/2nQGP

Please fix, if possible. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download the Voodies app for iOS and launch it

2. Select "Sign Up"

3. From the "Hey fellow food-lover welcome to Voodies!" page, select "Sign UP with Email"

4. Enter in a valid email address

5. From the "Create a username for your friends to find you" page, select "Terms of Service" 

Result: The "Terms of Service" link on the "Create a username for your friends to find you" screen inside of the iOS app leads to a "Page Not Found"

Expected: 

Launch the app...

Select the "Terms of Service" link...

User is take to a "Page Not Found" page

Rogue Credit Union app for iOS: The "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" Links Open to a Download Message

 iOS 18.3.2

Rogue Credit Union app for iOS (version 2025.2.2.3)

04/05/2025

Description:

Here's an oddity that I haven't seen before! An app called Rogue Credit Union (for a credit union in Oregon) has the typical problem with non-working "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links listed on the Apple App Store detail page for the app.

The odd thing that on an iPhone selecting the privacy policy link actually prompts a download dialog. This is the message that is displayed the user after being whisked from the Apple App Store to: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rogue-credit-union/id1382896850

Clicking "Download" does nothing and the privacy policy is not available to the end user. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. On an iPhone, head to the Apple App Store detail page for Rogue Credit Union 

2. Scroll down and select either "privacy policy" or "developer's privacy policy"

Result: Selecting either the "privacy policy" or "developer's privacy policy" links from the Apple App Store listing for the Rogue Credit Union app result in the user being take to a non-working page that displays a download dialog 

Expected: User should not be presented with a download dialog from a link in the Apple App Store. User should be taken to a valid and readable privacy policy 

From the Rogue Credit Union detail page in the Apple App Store, scroll down to "developer's privacy policy" or "privacy policy" - select either of these links...

User is left stranded on this page, with a non-working "Download" option.