Hi all, I’ve been working on a music recommendation service that pairs with navidrome (think of it as a personal pandora).

I’ve also built an iOS app for it that I am trying to beta test. Even to use TestFlight, you still need to go through Apple’s approval process.

The reviewers are requiring access to a working server to test it, demo videos aren’t being accepted.

I really don’t want to have to set up an external host, as 1) authentication is a bit limited 2) you need a large music collection and I’m not comfortable opening that up on the internet.

Has anyone dealt with something similar?

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    7 days ago

    The biggest issue is that the app and recommendation algorithm isn’t going to be useful with 20 songs.

    They are not testing for usefulness.

    If your basic logic runs with 5 songs, then give them 5, not 20.