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April 1, 2021

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* Shopify App Store

# Increased app quality checks for published apps

To help maintain app quality and marketplace trust on the Shopify App Store, we’re increasing app quality checks to ensure that published apps:

* Meet the most up-to-date version of [requirements for public apps](https://shopify.dev/concepts/app-store/getting-your-app-approved/app-requirements)
* Meet our new [app performance requirement](https://shopify.dev/concepts/app-store/getting-your-app-approved/app-requirements#a-performance-score) to ensure apps don’t negatively impact store speeds
* Have clear and trustworthy app listings, that are without [incentivized reviews](https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/get-reviews-for-your-shopify-apps).

If something is found during the quality check of your listed app that does not meet our criteria, then the app store team will email you with the required changes and next steps.