Why Policy Generation Shouldn't Slow Down Your Ship
Policy requirements are non-negotiable for app stores. But policy creation doesn't have to be a bottleneck. Here's how to keep shipping while staying compliant.
Every app needs a privacy policy. Most need terms of service. The stores are clear about that. What they don't tell you is how to get those documents without losing a week to legal research or hiring a lawyer.
The Hidden Cost of Manual Policy Creation
Manual policy creation eats time. You search for templates. You try to understand what each section means. You copy-paste and hope you didn't leave [YOUR APP NAME] somewhere. You find hosting. You test the URLs. By the time you're done, you've context-switched out of build mode and lost the thread of your actual product.
Treat Policy Generation Like Infrastructure
The best approach? Treat it like any other infrastructure. You don't hand-roll auth or payments from scratch—you use Stripe, Clerk, Supabase. Policy generation is the same. Use a tool that generates app-specific policies, hosts them, and gives you URLs. One input, one output. No friction.
If policy generation is blocking your launch, you're doing it wrong. Automate it. Ship.
What 'Done' Looks Like
Done means: you have a privacy policy URL and a terms URL. Both are publicly accessible. Both mention your app by name. Both are editable if you need to tweak them later. That's it. Paste them into App Store Connect or Google Play Console and move on.