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I was wondering if It is possible to "register" an iPhone App Name before the app goes on the app store?
Example: A developer comes up with a really clever name for a iphone game. He wants to register the name before he programs the game so that no one else comes up with the same name.
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Reserving a name for Android appsReserving an app name of your choice is easier when it comes to Google Play Store. You get more options and can even take names that have already been taken by others.
Start the process of submitting an application with iTunes Connect, fill in the name of your new application, but don't complete the submission. As long as you enter the name and fill in all the relevant fields with any sort of data you can try to claim the given name.
With Android everything is simpler! You cannot reserve a name but you can have multiple apps with the same name. So no need to reserve the name – you can definitely use it.
Two iOS apps currently can not have the same App store name (as entered in iTunes Connect), nor the same bundle ID suffix. They can, however, have the same name under the icon (the Bundle Display Name as entered in the app's plist).
Yes, you can, but only for a limited amount of time. When I tried it, the time period was 120 days, but this may have been changed to 90 days. EDIT: It seems that this is now 180 days, based on the comments below.
A developer can choose enter information about the application before uploading it, but Apple will remove the app and it's meta information if the name is not used within the grace period. You cannot use the name ever again after that.
I have, however, some apps that were rejected on the first review and were never re-submitted. It seems that those names are still available to me. Just don't submit a really lame first submission or Apple will know that you are "parking" the name.
Here's a screenshot of my email from Apple:
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You can squat a name for something like 90 days per recent Apple iTunesConnect changes. If you do not upload a binary in that time, it will be deleted and you will be unable to use it again.
There exists a loophole I have found though I don't know how long it will stay open. It seems that uploading a binary, any binary, then immediately rejecting it will prevent you from deletion. I don't condone squatting, but sometimes, apps take longer than 90 days to develop.
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If you have the money, not only submit the name in iTunes Connect, but register a trademark on the name. If you don't, than someone who does, and gets to market first with any other mobile platform game, might try to take the name from you, or involve you in legal wrangling in an attempt to do so.
You might also want to quietly snap up all the relevant domain names, if you can.
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