Like Apple in one Paper You also want to check competing stores to see whether apps contain false information, pretend to be other apps or have hidden functions. It will also be checked whether the apps make it clear to users why they want to access data sources managed by iOS, such as microphone, camera, photos or location.
In contrast to the in-house store, there is no detailed app check for apps from alternative stores, which also includes the content and terms and conditions. However, Apple intervenes when malicious apps could cause physical harm to users. Among other things, dangerous “challenge apps” will be intercepted that encourage people to endanger themselves or others or, in particularly serious cases, try to persuade users to commit suicide.
Apple emphasizes that these protections would help make the iPhone experience in the European Union “as safe and privacy-friendly as possible – although not to the same extent as the rest of the world.”