Nintype is an iOS 8 keyboard that supports two-handed swipe gestures, and comes packed with a ton of functionality. One such feature is a calculator inside the keyboard, to let users quickly perform calculations without leaving the app they’re currently using.

Apple’s App review team has been in the middle of lot of controversies recently for rejecting a lot of Today Widgets and other app extensions for violating their unwritten rules.

In yet another controversial decision, the developer of Nintype tweeted that Apple’s app review team found Nintype’s calculator was not “an appropriate use of App Extensions,” and asked the developer to remove the calculator functionality from the keyboard.

Apple called again. Apparently I'm to remove the calculator from the keyboard extension. I guess it'll be there no more. — Jormy of House Greyjoy (@jormy) December 16, 2014

So the reason I was given was that "completing calculations" is "not an appropriate use of App Extensions" — Jormy of House Greyjoy (@jormy) December 16, 2014

Just like other high-profile rejections, however, Apple called the developer again, telling that the calculator functionality can be put back, retracting its earlier decision taken a few days back.

So, Apple called me earlier saying I can put the calculator back in. Could have not made me take it out in the first place — Jormy of House Greyjoy (@jormy) December 21, 2014

We’ve seen similar rejections in the last few weeks, including Panic’s Transmit, Drafts, and PCalc, all that were reversed a few days later. Experts say it indicates an internal conflict between Apple’s teams, as many of these apps provide functionality demoed in the WWDC keynote, have been featured on the App Store, but still go through this cycle of rejection.

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➤ Nintype – $4.99