Telegram appears to have been removed from the App Store in multiple countries, although the reason for its apparent removal remains unclear.

This flood is a mixed bag for Apple. The App Store is “not like a typical storefront, where you have shelf space,” said Phillip Shoemaker, who led the App Store from 2009 to 2016. That means that having a lot of new, vibecoded apps — “stuff that somebody might use once” — isn’t necessarily a problem for Apple, he added.

Telegram App Store searches are returning empty results for iPhone users across multiple regions, leaving new users unable to download the popular messaging platform and existing users questioning whether future

Aug 3 (Reuters) - Telegram said on Monday its messaging app has been restored on Apple's App Store, after Reuters checks showed it was not available. "Telegram has been restored on the App Store and should soon be available again for all users,

At the time of writing, Apple has not officially responded about the restoration. News Byte reported that this is not the first time Telegram was temporarily removed from the store. The outlet reported that in February 2018, Apple had removed the app for "hosting inappropriate content."

Telegram is back on Apple's App Store after a brief disappearance. The messaging platform confirmed the restoration.

A guideline in Apple’s App Store is disrupting vibe coding apps, which has led to the removal and blocking of three in the past month. According to a report from The Information, vibe coding app Anything was recently removed from the App Store.

Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. According to a new analysis from market intelligence provider Appfigures, worldwide app releases in the first quarter of 2026 were up 60% year-over-year across both Apple’s App ...