Guide

How to publish an app to the App Store from Windows

Publish an iPhone app from a Windows PC: Borel builds, signs and uploads it from its own Mac, and Stamp gets it ready for App Review.

Updated 18 October 2026

In short

Borel builds, signs and uploads your app to App Store Connect from its own Mac, so you publish from Windows in a few steps.
You join Apple's Developer Program (99 USD a year), and App Store Connect runs in your browser.
Apple says it typically reviews 90% of submissions in under 48 hours.

Publishing with Borel

Publishing through Borel comes with a Pro plan, from $20 a month (Pricing), and your own Apple Developer Program membership. Then Publish walks you through it:

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Step 1: Your app
Name, icon and category, screenshots, a description and a phone number for Apple’s reviewer, one question per screen.
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Step 2: Ready to send
A list of what Apple needs, each with a tick or a cross and a short reason.
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Step 3: Sign in to Apple
Connect your App Store Connect account, and Borel sets your app up at Apple.
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Step 4: Send to Apple
Xcode builds the app on Borel’s Mac, signs it and uploads it to App Store Connect. That build is free.
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Step 5: TestFlight, then review
Once Apple has processed the build, it shows up in TestFlight, and you send it for review from the same window.

The whole flow is in Learn’s Publishing.

The rest of building from Windows is in iPhone apps on Windows.

Stamp gets it ready for Apple

Stamp, the member of Borel’s crew who knows Apple’s rules, builds this exact version on Borel’s Mac, checks that it opens, and reads it for what Apple looks at in a first app:

A clear reason for each thing the app asks to use, like the camera or your location.
Privacy answers that match what the app collects.
Real text instead of placeholders, no secret keys in the code, and secure https:// addresses.

Fix this hands anything he finds to Rivet, who makes the change. Apple makes the final call, and Stamp helps your app arrive ready for it. More in Get ready for Apple with Stamp.

What Apple asks for

An Apple Developer Program membership. 99 USD per membership year, in local currency where it differs. You join with an Apple Account that has two-factor authentication, under your legal name; an organization adds a D-U-N-S Number and its website.
App Store Connect, where the app’s page, builds, TestFlight and review live, on the web, iPhone and iPad.
A build from Xcode 26 or later, with the iOS 26 SDK. Borel builds with Xcode on its Mac.

Each step, from Windows

How each step of publishing an iPhone app is done from a Windows PC
Step	From Windows
Join the Developer Program	On the web, or in the Apple Developer app on an iPhone in some regions
Set up the app in App Store Connect	In your browser, or Borel does it when you sign in to Apple
Build the app	On a Mac: Borel's, or a cloud service's
Upload the build	Borel uploads from its Mac; Expo's EAS Submit also runs on Windows
TestFlight and App Review	In App Store Connect, in your browser

App Review

Apple reviews every app, around the clock, and says it typically reviews at least 50% of submissions in under 24 hours and 90% in under 48. Over 40% of the issues left open come under guideline 2.1, App Completeness, so an app that runs smoothly, with real content and complete information, has a head start.

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