Five Guys Burgers & Fries app for iOS: Deep Link Failure: Broken Universal Link for Apple Music Playlist inside the App

 iOS 18.6.2

12/24/2025

Five Guys Burgers & Fries app for iOS (version 5.17.2)

Description: 

There is a problems with the Apple Music icon/link that is displayed inside of the Five Guys iOS app.

Inside of the app there is an Apple Music icon/link. Clicking on this link exits the user out of the app and takes the user to Apple Music (which is expected). 

The user is not taken, however, to a working Apple Music playlist. The user is stranded on a page in Apple Music that looks like this:

User is left stranded here in Apple Music. This is a blank Apple Music playlist located at: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/five-guys/1542822234

I managed to copy the link from the Five Guys Android app (why am Android app would link to an Apple Music playlist is another issue):

https://music.apple.com/us/curator/five-guys/1542822234

Archived: https://archive.is/Q22sz

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download the Five Guys Burgers & Fries app for iOS (version 5.17.2)

2. Enter into the app in Guest Mode

3. Select the slider (3 horizontal line) option in the upper left hand corner of the screen 

4. From the "WELCOME!" page select the Apple Music icon 

Result: select the Apple Music icon inside of the Five Guys Burgers & Fries iOS app does not take the user to a working Apple Music playlist. 

Expected: if there is an Apple Music icon displayed inside of the Five Guys Burgers & Fries iOS app, then it should link to a working page/playlist inside of Apple Music 

Select the option in the upper left hand corner of the screen...

Select the Apple Music icon as indicated in this screenshot.

Please Note: Interestingly enough, the Five Guys website has an icon that leads to a working Spotify playlist. 

Wild Fork app for iOS: the "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links on the App Store detail page lead to a 404 error page

 iOS 18.6.2

Wild Fork app for iOS (version 4.0.50 (680))

12/21/2025

Description:

The "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links on the detail page for an app called "Wild Fork" lead to a 404 page. 

Instead of leading to a valid and readable privacy policy (as is mandated by Apple) these links are leading to this 404 page: https://wildforkfoods.com/404-not-found/

Archived here: https://archive.is/7hTo2

This is what the end user will see instead of a valid privacy policy. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Head to the detail page in the Apple App Store for an app called Wild Fork

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

Result: The "Privacy Policy" and "Developer's Privacy Policy" links on the Apple App Store detail page for an app called "Wild Fork" lead to a 404 error page instead of a readable, valid, privacy policy 

Expected: The "Privacy Policy" and "Developer's Privacy Policy" links on the Apple App Store detail page for the "Wild Fork" app should always lead to valid and readable privacy policies 

This is a screenshot of Wild Fork's detail page in the Apple App Store (December 2025)...

Here's the "developer's privacy policy" link...

Here's the page the user is taken to. 

Qwant Private Search app for iOS: the "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links in App Store detail page lead to a "Oops 404 lunar page"

 iOS 18.6.2

Qwant Private Search app for iOS (version 6.9.0)

12/17/2025

Description:

On the Apple App Store detail page for the Qwant Private Search app, the "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links lead to a 404 page. 

Currently, the "Privacy Policy" and "Developer's Privacy Policy" links lead to a 404 page. This is the URL: https://www.qwant.com/privacy

Regulations regarding consumer access to valid privacy policies are mandated by Apple. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Head to the Qwant Private Search detail page in the Apple App Store 

2. Select either  the "Developer's Privacy Policy" or "Privacy Policy" links 

3. Note that the user is taken to a 404 page

Result: the "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links associated with the Apple Apple Store detail page for the Qwant Privacy Search app lead to 404 pages

Expected: the "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links for the Qwant Privacy Search app should link to a readable privacy policy  

Head to the the Qwant Private Search detail page in the app store...

Click on the "Developer's Privacy Policy" link...

User ends up on a 404 page at: https://www.qwant.com/privacy

Beni app for iOS: Facebook icon/link leads to a Linkedin page

 iOS 18.6.2

Beni app for iOS (version 3.0.3)

11/30/2025

Description: 

Here's an odd issue with the Beni app for iOS. Inside of the app there's an image of a Facebook icon which implies that it connects to an official Beni Facebook account. Clicking on the icon takes me to a LinkedIn login page. Here's an archived screenshot of where the user ends up: https://archive.is/l5XAO

Please see the attached screenshots. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the Beni app for iOS (version 3.0.3)

2. Create an account and enter into the app

3. Click on the slider in the upper left to activate the "Hey there !" slider menu

4. From the slider menu, select the Facebook icon 

Result: After the user selects an in-app Facebook icon the user is taken out of the Beni app for iOS and to a Linkedin login page 

Expected: A Facebook icon inside of the app should take the user to an official Beni Facebook page - NOT to a LinkedIn login 

In-app Facebook icon. Clicking on this icon does not take the user to an official Beni app for Facebook. It instead takes the user to a LinkedIn login page. 

Beni app for iOS: The "Learn More" link in Privacy and Security text leads to a "Page Not Found"

 iOS 18.6.2

Beni app for iOS (version 3.0.3)

11/30/2025

Description:

Inside of the Beni app for iOS there is a text that reads as follows: 

"We take privacy and security seriously. Beni collects anonymized data only to build and improve your product experience, and only on supported retail sites."

Following this text there is a "Learn more" link.

This link is leading to "Page Not Found":

https://www.joinbeni.com/post/ensuring-your-browser-extension-is-safe

Archived screenshot: https://archive.is/V1LRk

This was working some months ago (according to the Wayback Machine) but it is not working now. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download the Beni app for iOS (version 3.0.3) and create an account

2. Click on the sidebar option (in upper left)

3. From the "Hey there !" slider menu, scroll down to the "We take privacy and security seriously" text

4. From the "We take privacy and security seriously" text select the "Learn More" link

5. Note the user is taken out of the app and left stranded on a "Page Not Found"

Result: A "Learn More" link inside of Beni app leads to a "Page Not Found" page at https://www.joinbeni.com/post/ensuring-your-browser-extension-is-safe

Expected: The "Learn More" link inside of the Beni app should lead to a valid page at: https://www.joinbeni.com/post/ensuring-your-browser-extension-is-safe

Arrow is pointing to the problematic "Learn More" link...

Dave's Hot Chicken app for iOS: the "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links lead to a "Document not Found" page

 iOS 18.6.2

Dave's Hot Chicken app for iOS (version 4.11.4)

10/27/2025

Description:

The "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links listed for the Dave's Hot Chicken app in the Apple App Store lead to a "Document not Found" page. 

This is the URL that these links are currently linking to:

https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/30691431

It is a requirement from Apple that privacy policy links in the Apple App Store lead to valid and readable policies. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Head to the Dave's Hot Chicken app's listing in the Apple App Store

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

Result: the "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links accessible via the Dave's Hot Chicken app listing in the Apple App Store lead to a "Document not Found" page 

Expected: the "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links accessible via the Dave's Hot Chicken app listing in the Apple App Store should always lead to valid privacy policies

From the Dave's Hot Chicken app store listing, scroll down to either the "Developer's Privacy Policy" or "Privacy Policy" links...

Click on either the "Developer's Privacy Policy" or "Privacy Policy" links...

User ends up stranded on "Document not found" 

Overstock app for iOS: The "Developer's Privacy Policy" and "Privacy Policy" links in App Store listing lead to a 404

 iOS 18.5

Overstock app for iOS (version 7.8)

07/29/2025

Description: 

The "developer's privacy policy" and the "privacy policy" links for the Overstock app for iOS link to 404 pages. 

Here's a link:

https://www.overstock.com/pages/privacy-request

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Head to the Overstock app for iOS listing in the Apple App Store. 

2. Click on either the "developer's privacy policy" or "privacy policy" links

3. Note that user is taken to a 404 - not a working privacy policy 

Result: the "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links on the Overstock app detail page in the Apple App Store lead to a 404 page - not a working privacy policy 

Expected: the "developer's privacy policy" and "privacy policy" links on the Overstock app detail page in the Apple App Store should lead to a valid privacy policy 

Trulia Rentals app for iOS: "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" App Store Link in Share Emails Leads to a 404 page at trulia.com/action/D/

 iOS 18.5

Trulia Rentals app for iOS (version 12.2)

07/18/2025

Description:

The "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link in share emails leads to a 404 page. Instead of leading to the Apple App Store listing the user is presented with on.trulia.com/app_e which redirects to https://www.trulia.com/action/D/

Here's the "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link in a share email:

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the Trulia Rentals app for iOS (version 12.2)

2. Inside of the app, select any listing 

3. Select the share option and use the Email option from the iOS share sheet 

4. From the generated email, note the "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link 

5. Note that in delivered email the "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link directs to a 404 page at https://www.trulia.com/action/D/

Result: The "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link in share emails generated by the Trulia Rentals iOS app lead to a 404 page not to the App Store listing for the Trulia Rentals app 

Expected: The "Download Trulia Mobile App Now!" link in share emails should work and should always lead to the App Store listing for the app 

KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS: User Stranded on Terms or Service and Privacy Policy Pages if Links Accessed from "One more step." Screen

 iOS 18.5

KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS (version 10.0.2)

04/13/2025

Description:

There's an easy to reproduce functional bug with the KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app (version 10.0.2) for iOS.

During the account creation process, the user lands a page with the text "One more step." at the top of the screen. This page looks like this:

At the bottom of this page there are two links: a "Terms of Service" link and a "Privacy Policy" link. they look like this:

Selecting either the "Terms of Service" link or the "Privacy Policy" link do take the user to valid and readable terms or service and privacy policies, but....

They appear to strand the user on these pages. I cannot find a way to back out of them - I can't see an arrow and the "swiping to return" option does not appear to work. In essence the user is stranded and the account creation process appears to be impossible to complete. 

After selecting the "Terms of Use" link from the "One more step." screen, the user is stranded here. I can't figure out a way (no back button, not "Swiping to return") to return back to the app to complete the account creation process. 

This is not an optimal end user experience as all users should have the ability to peruse the privacy policies and terms of service or a service before passing over personal information. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download and launch the KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS

2. From the "Start listening for free" screen select "Sign up for free"

3. From the "KIRONewsradio" sign-in pop-up select "Continue"

4. From the auth.users.bonneville.com pop-up select the "Continue with Apple" option 

5. Select "Sign in"' and advance to the "One more step." screen 

6. From the "One more step." screen select either the "Terms of Service" or "Privacy Policy" links 

7. Attempt to exit from these screens, back to the iOS in order to complete the account creation process 

Result: Users of the KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS will become stranded on the "Terms of Service" and "Privacy Policy" screens if these links are accessed from the "One more step." screen during the account creation process. 

Expected: Users of the KIRO Newsradio 97.3 app for iOS should never become stranded on "Terms of Service" or "Privacy Policy" screens during the account creation process inside the iOS app. 

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