Apple Negligently Approves Another Camera App That Remaps Volume Buttons

A photography app for iPhone and iPod touch has been mistakenly approved in the ITunes App Store, going by the rejection of a similar application earlier this year. Yet Quick Snap - Camera Plus 1.0 is still holding strong as a 2-dollar app almost two weeks into its approval.

Historically, Apple has rejected applications that remapped the volume buttons found on its iOS devices.

A good example is Camera+ by tap tap tap, a feature-packed photography app that costs just one dollar.

The app was re-approved by Apple recently, following an update that saw its developers remove the function relating to the volume buttons. Learn more here.

What’s even more surprising, in the case of GoodCode's Quick Snap - Camera Plus, is that the app’s description starts out with precisely the one thing that should have had it banned in the first place:

“Turn iPhone Volume Button into a Shutter Button? 'Quick Snap' is the app for THAT!”

You’d think that Apple’s Review Board takes the time to read at least through the first lines of an app’s description to determine whether or not it can be given the green light.

“Why choose the soft or full screen shutter when you can use VOLUME BUTTON as the hard shutter button on your iPhone?”, the description continues. “You are now one step close to the real digital camera experience! Isn't that awesome?”

The list of key features for Quick Snap - Camera Plus continues with the description of a Time Delay function, which allows users to take timed shots with options ranging from 3 seconds, to 5 seconds, to 8 seconds delay.

“Simply press VOLUME- button to delay the shutter and getting ready for the it! It's great for group or posed shots!”, GoodCode writes. Users, however, can also take shots with the “soft”, on-screen button.

Users can take a self-portrait with the iPhone 4's front facing camera or focus on something else, and then switch back and forth between them with a single tap.

Pictures are saved automatically to the Camera Roll, according to GoodCode.

Those looking to benefit from this kind of functionality are encouraged to hurry up and download the app while it’s available. At the time of this writing, it still was.



Download Quick Snap - Camera Plus ($1.99)

Should Apple decide to reject the app on button-remapping grounds, it should be noted that the company may not do so as early as today - the iTunes Connect holiday shutdown is now officially over.