How the App Store got taken over by copycats

Why is every successful app followed by hordes of clones? And why does Apple let the cloners get away with it? Macworld investigates a blight on the mobile gaming industry

CopyCat Android malware infected 14 Million devices and rooted 8 Million

I was an App Store games editor – that's how I know Apple doesn't care about games, Mobile games

The upside of copycat apps and how to deal with them if they get out of hand

ChatGPT Copycats Are Taking Over the Apple App Store

Instagram's Twitter Copycat Threads Meets Pent-Up Demand - Bloomberg

App Store Review Guidelines - Apple Developer

Apple App Store Saved Users $1.5 Billion In Fraud Transactions And Blocked 3 Million Stolen Cards - News18

The Upside of Copycat Apps. And How to Deal With Them If They Get…, by Robleh Jama, Tiny Hearts studio

Microsoft Store: no astronomical pricing and paid open source or free copycat applications anymore - gHacks Tech News

Clone Wars 2: Apple's gunning for copycat apps