Featuring Nominations
Tell Apple's editorial team about an upcoming launch, a major update, or new content, so they can consider it for featuring on the App Store.
List
ascelerate nominations
ascelerate nominations --app <bundle-id> --state draft
Lists drafts, submitted, and archived nominations (or one state with --state). Add --json for machine-readable output.
Create
ascelerate nominations create --app <bundle-id> --type enhancements --name "Version 5" \
--description "What's new and why it matters to users" --publish-start 2026-11-01 \
--devices iphone,ipad --locales en-US,tr-TR
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--app | The app (repeat --app for a nomination that covers several apps) |
--type | launch, enhancements, or new-content |
--name, --description | What the nomination is about, written for Apple's editors |
--publish-start | Release date (yyyy-MM-dd or ISO 8601); --publish-end for limited-time content |
--devices | Device families: iphone, ipad, mac, apple-tv, apple-watch, vision |
--locales | Locales the release is localized in |
--territories | Territories it launches in first (default: all) |
--materials | Links to supporting material (press kit, video), comma-separated |
--notes | Notes for Apple |
--pre-order | The app is available for pre-order |
--submit | Submit right away instead of saving a draft |
Without --submit, the nomination is saved as a draft you can review and change.
Update, submit, archive & delete
ascelerate nominations update <id> --publish-start 2026-11-08
ascelerate nominations submit <id>
ascelerate nominations archive <id>
ascelerate nominations delete <id>
update changes a draft; nomination IDs come from nominations. Featuring is up to Apple's editors, so nominate well ahead of the release date.