We monitor 175 App Store storefronts to answer one question —

Is Trend Micro CLOUDSEC 2018 censored by Apple?

Gone.

Trend Micro CLOUDSEC 2018 is gone from every App Store storefront we test. It was last seen available on Nov 10, 2021.

508 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Something brokeUnlikely

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

  • 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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Trend Micro CLOUDSEC 2018

Developer: CANALYS PTE LTD · Category: Productivity · Released: Aug 17, 2018 ·

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0stores where available
80stores where blocked
3.65Bpeople behind the block
80of 175 stores tested
508tests on record

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Life of this app

  1. Aug 17, 2018Released on the App Store
  2. Oct 3, 2019First tested by AppleCensorship
  3. Nov 10, 2021Last seen available anywhere
  4. Jul 12, 2024Gone from 80 storefronts
  5. Sep 5, 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.

2019-102026-09

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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AlgeriaDZUnavailableAug 22, 20237 months ago
AngolaAOUnavailableJan 3, 20269 months ago
ArgentinaARUnavailableDec 2, 20233 years ago
AustraliaAUUnavailableAug 31, 202412 months ago
AzerbaijanAZUnavailableAug 22, 202314 days ago
BahamasBSUnavailableMar 19, 20266 months ago
BelizeBZUnavailableJun 11, 20242 years ago
BermudaBMUnavailableSep 5, 202614 days ago
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBAUnavailableNov 26, 20233 years ago
BrazilBRUnavailableAug 22, 20239 months ago
BulgariaBGUnavailableJun 13, 202511 months ago
Burkina FasoBFUnavailableMar 9, 202413 months ago
Cape VerdeCVUnavailableMar 30, 20266 months ago
ChadTDUnavailableApr 11, 20242 years ago
ChileCLUnavailableFeb 21, 20243 years ago
China (Mainland)CNUnavailableAug 22, 20237 months ago
CyprusCYUnavailableMar 25, 20259 months ago
CzechiaCZUnavailableDec 25, 20233 years ago
Dominican RepublicDOUnavailableApr 26, 20242 years ago
EcuadorECUnavailableDec 11, 20259 months ago
El SalvadorSVUnavailableAug 26, 202513 months ago
EstoniaEEUnavailableAug 24, 20233 years ago
EswatiniSZUnavailableNov 13, 20257 months ago
FijiFJUnavailableJun 7, 20242 years ago
FinlandFIUnavailableJul 17, 202514 months ago
FranceFRUnavailableSep 30, 20233 years ago
GhanaGHUnavailableJul 12, 20242 years ago
GreeceGRUnavailableAug 22, 20233 years ago
GrenadaGDUnavailableJan 15, 20243 years ago
IsraelILUnavailableApr 6, 20251 year ago
JapanJPUnavailableAug 22, 202344 days ago
JordanJOUnavailableJun 2, 20242 years ago
KenyaKEUnavailableAug 22, 202315 months ago
KuwaitKWUnavailableNov 11, 20233 years ago
LaosLAUnavailableDec 6, 20233 years ago
LiberiaLRUnavailableAug 5, 20242 years ago
LibyaLYUnavailableDec 3, 20233 years ago
LithuaniaLTUnavailableOct 2, 20232 years ago
LuxembourgLUUnavailableFeb 13, 20252 years ago
MalawiMWUnavailableJan 16, 202510 months ago
MalaysiaMYUnavailableAug 22, 20236 months ago
MaltaMTUnavailableJun 11, 202515 months ago
MexicoMXUnavailableAug 6, 202644 days ago
MoldovaMDUnavailableJun 10, 20257 months ago
MongoliaMNUnavailableAug 13, 202412 months ago
MozambiqueMZUnavailableOct 19, 202511 months ago
Myanmar (Burma)MMUnavailableMay 7, 202516 months ago
NamibiaNAUnavailableAug 17, 20242 years ago
NauruNRUnavailableJun 27, 202414 days ago
NepalNPUnavailableAug 22, 20232 years ago
NigerNEUnavailableOct 2, 20242 years ago
PakistanPKUnavailableSep 29, 20242 years ago
PalauPWUnavailableAug 22, 20235 months ago
PanamaPAUnavailableAug 7, 202642 days ago
Papua New GuineaPGUnavailableAug 22, 202342 days ago
ParaguayPYUnavailableJun 12, 202515 months ago
PeruPEUnavailableApr 14, 20242 years ago
PolandPLUnavailableMar 18, 20266 months ago
Republic of the CongoCGUnavailableApr 20, 20265 months ago
RomaniaROUnavailableMar 17, 20252 years ago
RussiaRUUnavailableAug 22, 20232 years ago
SerbiaRSUnavailableMay 14, 20242 years ago
SeychellesSCUnavailableOct 24, 20242 years ago
Sierra LeoneSLUnavailableDec 14, 20233 years ago
SloveniaSIUnavailableFeb 4, 20243 years ago
Solomon IslandsSBUnavailableJul 31, 20242 years ago
South KoreaKRUnavailableMar 24, 20266 months ago
St. LuciaLCUnavailableMay 14, 20264 months ago
SurinameSRUnavailableJan 2, 20269 months ago
SwitzerlandCHUnavailableAug 22, 20235 months ago
TanzaniaTZUnavailableMay 7, 20242 years ago
Turks & Caicos IslandsTCUnavailableAug 4, 202413 months ago
UkraineUAUnavailableAug 22, 20232 years ago
United Arab EmiratesAEUnavailableAug 22, 202314 days ago
United StatesUSUnavailableAug 22, 202314 days ago
UruguayUYUnavailableMar 18, 20252 years ago
UzbekistanUZUnavailableJan 18, 20252 years ago
VanuatuVUUnavailableApr 30, 20265 months ago
VenezuelaVEUnavailableAug 22, 20232 years ago
ZimbabweZWUnavailableMar 3, 20267 months ago
AfghanistanAFNot tested0
AlbaniaALNot tested0
AnguillaAINot tested0
Antigua & BarbudaAGNot tested0
ArmeniaAMNot tested0
AustriaATNot tested0
BahrainBHNot tested0
BarbadosBBNot tested0
BelarusBYNot tested0
BelgiumBENot tested0
BeninBJNot tested0
BhutanBTNot tested0
BoliviaBONot tested0
BotswanaBWNot tested0
British Virgin IslandsVGNot tested0
BruneiBNNot tested0
CambodiaKHNot tested0
CameroonCMNot tested0
CanadaCANot tested0
Cayman IslandsKYNot tested0
ColombiaCONot tested0
Costa RicaCRNot tested0
Côte d’IvoireCINot tested0
CroatiaHRNot tested0
DenmarkDKNot tested0
DominicaDMNot tested0
DR CongoCDNot tested0
EgyptEGNot tested0
GabonGANot tested0
GambiaGMNot tested0
GeorgiaGENot tested0
GermanyDENot tested0
GuatemalaGTNot tested0
Guinea-BissauGWNot tested0
GuyanaGYNot tested0
HondurasHNNot tested0
Hong KongHKNot tested0
HungaryHUNot tested0
IcelandISNot tested0
IndiaINNot tested0
IndonesiaIDNot tested0
IraqIQNot tested0
IrelandIENot tested0
ItalyITNot tested0
JamaicaJMNot tested0
KazakhstanKZNot tested0
KosovoXKNot tested0
KyrgyzstanKGNot tested0
LatviaLVNot tested0
LebanonLBNot tested0
MacaoMONot tested0
MadagascarMGNot tested0
MaldivesMVNot tested0
MaliMLNot tested0
MauritaniaMRNot tested0
MauritiusMUNot tested0
MicronesiaFMNot tested0
MontenegroMENot tested0
MontserratMSNot tested0
MoroccoMANot tested0
NetherlandsNLNot tested0
New ZealandNZNot tested0
NicaraguaNINot tested0
NigeriaNGNot tested0
North MacedoniaMKNot tested0
NorwayNONot tested0
OmanOMNot tested0
PhilippinesPHNot tested0
PortugalPTNot tested0
QatarQANot tested0
RwandaRWNot tested0
São Tomé & PríncipeSTNot tested0
Saudi ArabiaSANot tested0
SenegalSNNot tested0
SingaporeSGNot tested0
SlovakiaSKNot tested0
South AfricaZANot tested0
SpainESNot tested0
Sri LankaLKNot tested0
St. Kitts & NevisKNNot tested0
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVCNot tested0
SwedenSENot tested0
TaiwanTWNot tested0
TajikistanTJNot tested0
ThailandTHNot tested0
TongaTONot tested0
Trinidad & TobagoTTNot tested0
TunisiaTNNot tested0
TürkiyeTRNot tested0
TurkmenistanTMNot tested0
UgandaUGNot tested0
United KingdomGBNot tested0
VietnamVNNot tested0
YemenYENot tested0
ZambiaZMNot 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.