We monitor 175 App Store storefronts to answer one question —

Is Stroly - Kyoto censored by Apple?

Gone.

Stroly - Kyoto is gone from every App Store storefront we test. It was last seen available on Nov 30, 2023.

669 tests on record·last checked 3 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

    • 24% of Travel apps are unavailable in Latvia — 67 of 275 — against 18% 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

    • 24% of Travel apps are unavailable in Latvia — 67 of 275 — against 18% 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.

    • 24% of Travel apps are unavailable in Latvia — 67 of 275 — against 18% 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.

    • 24% of Travel apps are unavailable in Latvia — 67 of 275 — against 18% of everything we test there.
    • Gone for 2 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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Stroly - Kyoto

Developer: Stroly Inc. · Category: Travel · Released: Jun 30, 2011 · Rating: 1.2★

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0stores where available
93stores where blocked
5.03Bpeople behind the block
93of 175 stores tested
669tests on record

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Life of this app

  1. Jun 30, 2011Released on the App Store
  2. Apr 18, 2019First tested by AppleCensorship
  3. Nov 30, 2023Last seen available anywhere
  4. Feb 4, 2025Gone from 93 storefronts
  5. Sep 15, 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.

2019-042026-09

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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AngolaAOUnavailableOct 12, 202511 months ago
ArmeniaAMUnavailableAug 31, 20243 months ago
AustraliaAUUnavailableApr 6, 20265 months ago
AzerbaijanAZUnavailableSep 2, 20242 years ago
BahamasBSUnavailableJan 28, 20268 months ago
BelgiumBEUnavailableAug 31, 20241 year ago
BelizeBZUnavailableNov 22, 20242 years ago
BeninBJUnavailableNov 18, 202510 months ago
BermudaBMUnavailableApr 15, 20264 months ago
BoliviaBOUnavailableApr 9, 20265 months ago
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBAUnavailableMar 31, 20251 year ago
British Virgin IslandsVGUnavailableAug 31, 20243 months ago
BruneiBNUnavailableAug 31, 20243 months ago
Cape VerdeCVUnavailableJan 23, 20262 months ago
Cayman IslandsKYUnavailableDec 11, 20242 years ago
ChileCLUnavailableAug 31, 20245 months ago
China (Mainland)CNUnavailableAug 31, 20248 months ago
Costa RicaCRUnavailableAug 31, 20242 months ago
CroatiaHRUnavailableFeb 4, 20256 months ago
CzechiaCZUnavailableDec 28, 20259 months ago
DenmarkDKUnavailableAug 31, 20243 months ago
Dominican RepublicDOUnavailableMar 6, 20253 months ago
EgyptEGUnavailableAug 31, 20244 months ago
El SalvadorSVUnavailableAug 31, 20246 months ago
EswatiniSZUnavailableJul 1, 20263 months ago
FijiFJUnavailableFeb 22, 20251 year ago
FinlandFIUnavailableMay 29, 202516 months ago
FranceFRUnavailableDec 6, 20242 years ago
GambiaGMUnavailableDec 12, 20255 months ago
GeorgiaGEUnavailableJul 2, 20252 months ago
GermanyDEUnavailableFeb 4, 20257 months ago
GuatemalaGTUnavailableNov 9, 20246 months ago
Guinea-BissauGWUnavailableAug 31, 20248 months ago
GuyanaGYUnavailableSep 10, 20243 days ago
Hong KongHKUnavailableDec 21, 20259 months ago
HungaryHUUnavailableApr 18, 20251 year ago
IcelandISUnavailableFeb 12, 20252 years ago
IndiaINUnavailableMar 7, 20252 years ago
IrelandIEUnavailableApr 20, 20251 year ago
IsraelILUnavailableNov 21, 20242 years ago
ItalyITUnavailableJun 11, 20263 months ago
JamaicaJMUnavailableMay 14, 20264 months ago
JapanJPUnavailableAug 31, 20244 months ago
JordanJOUnavailableMay 22, 202516 months ago
KenyaKEUnavailableDec 8, 20242 years ago
KosovoXKUnavailableDec 11, 20248 months ago
KuwaitKWUnavailableAug 31, 202410 months ago
LatviaLVUnavailableAug 31, 202414 months ago
LibyaLYUnavailableOct 8, 202511 months ago
LithuaniaLTUnavailableAug 31, 20243 days ago
LuxembourgLUUnavailableApr 18, 20251 year ago
MadagascarMGUnavailableDec 13, 20259 months ago
MalawiMWUnavailableOct 20, 202511 months ago
MaldivesMVUnavailableFeb 9, 20267 months ago
MaliMLUnavailableFeb 4, 20253 months ago
MauritiusMUUnavailableDec 5, 20257 months ago
MoroccoMAUnavailableMay 13, 20264 months ago
NamibiaNAUnavailableOct 9, 202510 months ago
NauruNRUnavailableAug 31, 20243 days ago
NepalNPUnavailableAug 31, 20242 months ago
NetherlandsNLUnavailableJan 8, 20252 years ago
New ZealandNZUnavailableOct 17, 20242 years ago
North MacedoniaMKUnavailableSep 2, 20256 months ago
PakistanPKUnavailableAug 31, 20242 months ago
ParaguayPYUnavailableDec 5, 20259 months ago
PeruPEUnavailableSep 12, 202414 months ago
PhilippinesPHUnavailableFeb 12, 202514 months ago
PolandPLUnavailableApr 9, 202510 months ago
PortugalPTUnavailableSep 9, 20248 months ago
Republic of the CongoCGUnavailableDec 23, 20259 months ago
RussiaRUUnavailableAug 31, 20247 months ago
RwandaRWUnavailableJan 17, 20268 months ago
São Tomé & PríncipeSTUnavailableAug 31, 202410 months ago
Saudi ArabiaSAUnavailableAug 31, 20242 months ago
SenegalSNUnavailableNov 22, 20242 years ago
SeychellesSCUnavailableSep 13, 202512 months ago
Sierra LeoneSLUnavailableMay 30, 202516 months ago
SingaporeSGUnavailableJan 5, 20252 years ago
Solomon IslandsSBUnavailableMar 8, 20252 years ago
South AfricaZAUnavailableJul 9, 20262 months ago
South KoreaKRUnavailableAug 31, 20242 months ago
Sri LankaLKUnavailableDec 13, 20242 years ago
St. Kitts & NevisKNUnavailableJul 12, 202514 months ago
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVCUnavailableAug 31, 20245 months ago
TurkmenistanTMUnavailableAug 31, 20249 months ago
Turks & Caicos IslandsTCUnavailableOct 30, 202511 months ago
UkraineUAUnavailableAug 31, 20245 months ago
United Arab EmiratesAEUnavailableAug 31, 20243 days ago
United StatesUSUnavailableAug 31, 20243 days ago
UzbekistanUZUnavailableNov 19, 20242 years ago
VanuatuVUUnavailableAug 12, 20259 months ago
VietnamVNUnavailableAug 31, 20242 years ago
ZimbabweZWUnavailableAug 31, 20245 months ago
AfghanistanAFNot tested0
AlbaniaALNot tested0
AlgeriaDZNot tested0
AnguillaAINot tested0
Antigua & BarbudaAGNot tested0
ArgentinaARNot tested0
AustriaATNot tested0
BahrainBHNot tested0
BarbadosBBNot tested0
BelarusBYNot tested0
BhutanBTNot tested0
BotswanaBWNot tested0
BrazilBRNot tested0
BulgariaBGNot tested0
Burkina FasoBFNot tested0
CambodiaKHNot tested0
CameroonCMNot tested0
CanadaCANot tested0
ChadTDNot tested0
ColombiaCONot tested0
Côte d’IvoireCINot tested0
CyprusCYNot tested0
DominicaDMNot tested0
DR CongoCDNot tested0
EcuadorECNot tested0
EstoniaEENot tested0
GabonGANot tested0
GhanaGHNot tested0
GreeceGRNot tested0
GrenadaGDNot tested0
HondurasHNNot tested0
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LaosLANot tested0
LebanonLBNot tested0
LiberiaLRNot tested0
MacaoMONot tested0
MalaysiaMYNot tested0
MaltaMTNot tested0
MauritaniaMRNot tested0
MexicoMXNot tested0
MicronesiaFMNot tested0
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MongoliaMNNot tested0
MontenegroMENot tested0
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MozambiqueMZNot tested0
Myanmar (Burma)MMNot tested0
NicaraguaNINot tested0
NigerNENot tested0
NigeriaNGNot tested0
NorwayNONot tested0
OmanOMNot tested0
PalauPWNot tested0
PanamaPANot tested0
Papua New GuineaPGNot tested0
QatarQANot tested0
RomaniaRONot tested0
SerbiaRSNot tested0
SlovakiaSKNot tested0
SloveniaSINot tested0
SpainESNot tested0
St. LuciaLCNot tested0
SurinameSRNot tested0
SwedenSENot tested0
SwitzerlandCHNot tested0
TaiwanTWNot tested0
TajikistanTJNot tested0
TanzaniaTZNot tested0
ThailandTHNot tested0
TongaTONot tested0
Trinidad & TobagoTTNot tested0
TunisiaTNNot tested0
TürkiyeTRNot tested0
UgandaUGNot tested0
United KingdomGBNot tested0
UruguayUYNot tested0
VenezuelaVENot tested0
YemenYENot tested0
ZambiaZMNot tested0

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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.