Edit metatada of an app that is “Pending Developer Release” without resubmitting?

Question

I have an updated to an existing app that has been approved, and is currently “Pending Developer Release”. I realized that I want to change the app’s description before I release it. I can click the Edit button on that version’s metadata, and type in a new description. What will happen if I click “Save”? Will it just work, or will it need to be re-approved? I haven’t found anything in the developer documentation that exactly addresses this problem. The closest I can find is here, but it doesn’t cover exactly this case.

Answer 1

You may safely make changes to the app description. Once the app has been approved, the description may be changed freely, as many times as the developer wants. You may see this in apps that e.g. change their price for one day and state so in their description. They could not possibly send an update to Apple, change the price, the submit another update and then change the price again... All in 24/48 hours! You cannot change other things such as keywords or screenshots without a new update.