We monitor 175 App Store storefronts to answer one question —

Is Sports Bet Tips – Boxing Football and Horse Racing censored by Apple?

Gone.

Sports Bet Tips – Boxing Football and Horse Racing is gone from every App Store storefront we test. It was last seen available on Jul 3, 2021.

839 tests on record·last checked 14 days ago

Why it is unavailable

Five things can put an app out of one App Store. Each is weighed below against what can be seen from outside — open a card for the reasoning.

  • A government or a court demanded itPossible

    and Apple complied. Apple publishes a count of these per country each year and never says which apps they were. Apple's 2025 App Store Transparency Report

    • 26% of Sports apps are unavailable in Nauru — 51 of 200 — against 16% of everything we test there.
    • Apple reports 1,213 government-ordered removals in Russia for 2025, naming none of them.
  • Apple applied a rule, unaskedPossible

    either its own review guidelines, or its own reading of a local law, with nobody having demanded anything. This is the largest category in Apple's own removal figures by a wide margin, and it covers distribution permits as well as content — Apple kept a free Bible app out of mainland China in 2021 for want of one. Apple's 2025 App Store Transparency Report

    • 26% of Sports apps are unavailable in Nauru — 51 of 200 — against 16% of everything we test there.
  • The developer withheld itPossible

    freely, or under legal advice of their own, or because Apple's guidelines require that kind of app to be limited to certain countries. Switching a country off is easy for a developer to do in Apple's own tools: it needs no new version of the app, and it leaves no public trace other than the app being unavailable.

    • 26% of Sports apps are unavailable in Nauru — 51 of 200 — against 16% of everything we test there.
  • Something brokeUnlikely

    a rejected update, a lapsed certificate, a payment or licensing problem, a mistake nobody has got round to noticing.

    • 26% of Sports apps are unavailable in Nauru — 51 of 200 — against 16% of everything we test there.
    • Gone for 3 years.
  • A local rule about paying for itRuled out

    gambling licences, financial rules, tax — the kind of law that governs a transaction. Apple can obey every one of them by refusing the payment, which is why this is the only restriction we would accept and the only one that cannot touch a free app.

    • It is free, so Apple sells nothing here.
How this is weighed, and what it cannot tell you

Weighed from the evidence under each card, not from a model. There is no published figure for how Apple's removals divide up, so these are ordered words rather than percentages. For scale on the same-day counts: across the whole record an app leaves a storefront with fewer than two others, so a dozen at once is not a dozen coincidences.

None of this is certain, and a citation does not make it so: Apple naming a Chinese agency tells you what Apple said, not everything that happened. What can be said is that the readings alone cannot separate these five — a developer switching off a country and a government ordering it removed arrive at Apple's catalogue looking identical — and that nobody has ever measured how they divide across the App Store. The one careful study of the question was done on Google's store, using an error message Apple does not emit.

Apple publishes no record of which apps are unavailable in which of its App Stores. For the removals it makes on a government's demand it publishes the agency and the law behind every one — 2,045 of the 166,899 apps it removed during 2025 — and never which app. Where a reason reaches the public at all, it is usually because a developer chose to say so. Apple's App Store Transparency Report

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Sports Bet Tips – Boxing Football and Horse Racing

Developer: Michael George · Category: Sports · Released: Mar 15, 2017 · Rating: 0.3★

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0stores where available
99stores where blocked
3.85Bpeople behind the block
99of 175 stores tested
839tests on record

Life of this app

  1. Mar 15, 2017Released on the App Store
  2. Sep 20, 2019First tested by AppleCensorship
  3. Jul 3, 2021Last seen available anywhere
  4. Sep 7, 2023Gone from 99 storefronts
  5. Sep 4, 2026Most recent test

Testing history

One column per month, every month from the first reading to the last. Height follows how many readings we took that month; red is the share of them that found the app unavailable. An empty month is one nobody tested.

2019-092026-09

Found availableFound unavailable

Availability by storefront

Every storefront we test, current status first. Data is a measurement, not a promise: each row carries its own date.

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AfghanistanAFUnavailableSep 15, 20233 years ago
AngolaAOUnavailableMay 16, 20264 months ago
AnguillaAIUnavailableApr 19, 20242 years ago
Antigua & BarbudaAGUnavailableDec 16, 202214 days ago
ArgentinaARUnavailableAug 2, 20233 years ago
AustriaATUnavailableJan 27, 20243 years ago
BahamasBSUnavailableDec 16, 202210 months ago
BelarusBYUnavailableMar 25, 20263 months ago
BelgiumBEUnavailableDec 16, 20223 months ago
BrazilBRUnavailableMar 15, 20234 years ago
BruneiBNUnavailableDec 16, 20224 months ago
BulgariaBGUnavailableDec 16, 20224 months ago
Burkina FasoBFUnavailableDec 16, 20224 months ago
CambodiaKHUnavailableApr 3, 202312 months ago
CameroonCMUnavailableJul 20, 20233 years ago
CanadaCAUnavailableNov 14, 202414 months ago
Cape VerdeCVUnavailableDec 16, 20226 months ago
Cayman IslandsKYUnavailableJul 21, 20242 years ago
China (Mainland)CNUnavailableDec 16, 20223 years ago
ColombiaCOUnavailableApr 16, 20233 years ago
Costa RicaCRUnavailableJan 14, 20268 months ago
Côte d’IvoireCIUnavailableMay 22, 20243 months ago
CroatiaHRUnavailableDec 16, 20224 years ago
CyprusCYUnavailableNov 21, 20233 years ago
DominicaDMUnavailableMay 3, 20233 years ago
Dominican RepublicDOUnavailableDec 16, 20221 month ago
El SalvadorSVUnavailableJan 31, 20242 years ago
EswatiniSZUnavailableAug 26, 20232 years ago
GabonGAUnavailableDec 29, 20233 years ago
GermanyDEUnavailableMay 24, 202516 months ago
GreeceGRUnavailableDec 16, 20223 months ago
GuatemalaGTUnavailableOct 10, 20233 years ago
Guinea-BissauGWUnavailableJul 9, 20242 years ago
Hong KongHKUnavailableDec 16, 20228 months ago
IraqIQUnavailableApr 5, 20251 year ago
JamaicaJMUnavailableMay 27, 20242 years ago
KazakhstanKZUnavailableDec 5, 20242 years ago
KenyaKEUnavailableJun 9, 20242 years ago
KosovoXKUnavailableFeb 20, 20243 years ago
LaosLAUnavailableAug 1, 20235 months ago
LebanonLBUnavailableApr 17, 20265 months ago
LibyaLYUnavailableJun 24, 20263 months ago
LithuaniaLTUnavailableSep 9, 20233 years ago
MalawiMWUnavailableJul 8, 202514 months ago
MaliMLUnavailableAug 15, 202511 months ago
MauritaniaMRUnavailableOct 18, 20242 years ago
MongoliaMNUnavailableMar 16, 20234 years ago
MontenegroMEUnavailableMar 19, 20242 years ago
MontserratMSUnavailableSep 23, 202310 months ago
MozambiqueMZUnavailableJul 27, 20242 years ago
Myanmar (Burma)MMUnavailableMay 3, 20264 months ago
NauruNRUnavailableJul 9, 202414 days ago
NepalNPUnavailableDec 16, 20222 years ago
NetherlandsNLUnavailableOct 21, 202336 days ago
NicaraguaNIUnavailableJan 8, 20268 months ago
NigerNEUnavailableDec 16, 20222 years ago
North MacedoniaMKUnavailableAug 28, 202513 months ago
NorwayNOUnavailableDec 16, 20224 months ago
OmanOMUnavailableMar 13, 20252 years ago
PakistanPKUnavailableAug 26, 20233 years ago
PalauPWUnavailableJan 23, 20251 month ago
PanamaPAUnavailableFeb 6, 20252 years ago
Papua New GuineaPGUnavailableOct 28, 20239 months ago
ParaguayPYUnavailableJul 28, 20233 years ago
PolandPLUnavailableJul 2, 20263 months ago
PortugalPTUnavailableNov 30, 20242 years ago
QatarQAUnavailableJul 19, 20233 years ago
Republic of the CongoCGUnavailableOct 3, 20232 years ago
RomaniaROUnavailableAug 8, 20233 years ago
RussiaRUUnavailableDec 16, 20226 months ago
São Tomé & PríncipeSTUnavailableJul 12, 202514 months ago
SenegalSNUnavailableJun 2, 20264 months ago
SerbiaRSUnavailableSep 9, 20238 months ago
SeychellesSCUnavailableApr 25, 20233 years ago
SlovakiaSKUnavailableDec 16, 20226 months ago
SloveniaSIUnavailableApr 18, 20265 months ago
South AfricaZAUnavailableApr 29, 20233 years ago
South KoreaKRUnavailableMar 11, 20252 years ago
St. Kitts & NevisKNUnavailableAug 24, 20232 years ago
St. LuciaLCUnavailableSep 7, 20236 months ago
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVCUnavailableFeb 25, 202313 months ago
SurinameSRUnavailableOct 24, 20232 years ago
SwedenSEUnavailableMar 4, 20232 years ago
SwitzerlandCHUnavailableJul 29, 20236 months ago
ThailandTHUnavailableMar 10, 20234 years ago
TongaTOUnavailableFeb 28, 20232 years ago
Trinidad & TobagoTTUnavailableAug 22, 202315 months ago
TunisiaTNUnavailableMay 31, 20233 years ago
TürkiyeTRUnavailableDec 11, 20259 months ago
UkraineUAUnavailableDec 16, 202214 days ago
United Arab EmiratesAEUnavailableDec 16, 202214 days ago
United KingdomGBUnavailableDec 16, 20223 months ago
United StatesUSUnavailableDec 16, 202214 days ago
VanuatuVUUnavailableJun 30, 20233 years ago
VenezuelaVEUnavailableDec 16, 20226 months ago
VietnamVNUnavailableFeb 26, 20234 years ago
YemenYEUnavailableDec 16, 20225 months ago
ZambiaZMUnavailableJul 24, 202514 months ago
ZimbabweZWUnavailableMar 16, 20234 years ago
AlbaniaALNot tested0
AlgeriaDZNot tested0
ArmeniaAMNot tested0
AustraliaAUNot tested0
AzerbaijanAZNot tested0
BahrainBHNot tested0
BarbadosBBNot tested0
BelizeBZNot tested0
BeninBJNot tested0
BermudaBMNot tested0
BhutanBTNot tested0
BoliviaBONot tested0
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBANot tested0
BotswanaBWNot tested0
British Virgin IslandsVGNot tested0
ChadTDNot tested0
ChileCLNot tested0
CzechiaCZNot tested0
DenmarkDKNot tested0
DR CongoCDNot tested0
EcuadorECNot tested0
EgyptEGNot tested0
EstoniaEENot tested0
FijiFJNot tested0
FinlandFINot tested0
FranceFRNot tested0
GambiaGMNot tested0
GeorgiaGENot tested0
GhanaGHNot tested0
GrenadaGDNot tested0
GuyanaGYNot tested0
HondurasHNNot tested0
HungaryHUNot tested0
IcelandISNot tested0
IndiaINNot tested0
IndonesiaIDNot tested0
IrelandIENot tested0
IsraelILNot tested0
ItalyITNot tested0
JapanJPNot tested0
JordanJONot tested0
KuwaitKWNot tested0
KyrgyzstanKGNot tested0
LatviaLVNot tested0
LiberiaLRNot tested0
LuxembourgLUNot tested0
MacaoMONot tested0
MadagascarMGNot tested0
MalaysiaMYNot tested0
MaldivesMVNot tested0
MaltaMTNot tested0
MauritiusMUNot tested0
MexicoMXNot tested0
MicronesiaFMNot tested0
MoldovaMDNot tested0
MoroccoMANot tested0
NamibiaNANot tested0
New ZealandNZNot tested0
NigeriaNGNot tested0
PeruPENot tested0
PhilippinesPHNot tested0
RwandaRWNot tested0
Saudi ArabiaSANot tested0
Sierra LeoneSLNot tested0
SingaporeSGNot tested0
Solomon IslandsSBNot tested0
SpainESNot tested0
Sri LankaLKNot tested0
TaiwanTWNot tested0
TajikistanTJNot tested0
TanzaniaTZNot tested0
TurkmenistanTMNot tested0
Turks & Caicos IslandsTCNot tested0
UgandaUGNot tested0
UruguayUYNot tested0
UzbekistanUZNot tested0

Testing asks Apple whether it will sell this app in that storefront, right now, by the same method the crawler has used since 2019. Your browser asks Apple directly, so the answer describes what Apple serves your connection — and if your browser cannot reach Apple at all, we ask on your behalf and say so. The result is a link: open it to see Apple's own answer and check ours. Readings are added to the record above; roughly a quarter of the readings taken each day come from people testing.

How we test

Availability is checked against Apple's own catalog servers for every storefront, the same way the App Store app asks. "Unavailable" means Apple's servers say the app cannot be offered in that country — it does not say who asked for the removal. Removals initiated by the developer and removals demanded by governments look the same from outside; the history and context on this page are how we tell them apart.