We monitor 175 App Store storefronts to answer one question —

Is ShoreTel Collaboration censored by Apple?

Gone.

ShoreTel Collaboration is gone from every App Store storefront we test. It was last seen available on Jun 26, 2021.

694 tests on record·last checked 25 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

    • Business apps in the United States are unavailable at 4%, near the 5% for everything there, which cuts neither way.
    • 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

    • Business apps in the United States are unavailable at 4%, near the 5% for everything there, which cuts neither way.
  • 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.

    • 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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ShoreTel Collaboration

Developer: ShoreTel, Inc. · Category: Business · Released: Oct 20, 2012 · Rating: 0.1★

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0stores where available
91stores where blocked
3.92Bpeople behind the block
91of 175 stores tested
694tests on record

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Life of this app

  1. Oct 20, 2012Released on the App Store
  2. Sep 12, 2019First tested by AppleCensorship
  3. Jun 26, 2021Last seen available anywhere
  4. Oct 28, 2023Gone from 91 storefronts
  5. Sep 12, 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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AlbaniaALUnavailableMar 26, 20232 years ago
AnguillaAIUnavailableDec 20, 20223 years ago
ArgentinaARUnavailableDec 4, 20227 months ago
AustriaATUnavailableFeb 10, 20243 years ago
AzerbaijanAZUnavailableApr 2, 20243 years ago
BahamasBSUnavailableFeb 28, 20266 months ago
BahrainBHUnavailableFeb 6, 20252 years ago
BelarusBYUnavailableMay 3, 20233 years ago
BelgiumBEUnavailableJan 19, 20234 years ago
BeninBJUnavailableApr 1, 20234 years ago
BhutanBTUnavailableJun 22, 20242 years ago
BotswanaBWUnavailableJan 4, 20234 years ago
BrazilBRUnavailableApr 12, 20236 months ago
British Virgin IslandsVGUnavailableDec 4, 20222 months ago
BulgariaBGUnavailableOct 28, 20235 months ago
CambodiaKHUnavailableDec 4, 20225 months ago
Cape VerdeCVUnavailableJul 17, 20242 years ago
ChadTDUnavailableJul 10, 20233 years ago
ChileCLUnavailableOct 31, 20233 years ago
China (Mainland)CNUnavailableDec 4, 202225 days ago
Costa RicaCRUnavailableDec 31, 20233 years ago
Côte d’IvoireCIUnavailableJun 24, 20242 years ago
CroatiaHRUnavailableDec 4, 20224 years ago
CyprusCYUnavailableMar 1, 20251 year ago
CzechiaCZUnavailableOct 3, 20233 years ago
DenmarkDKUnavailableDec 4, 20224 years ago
Dominican RepublicDOUnavailableDec 4, 20224 months ago
DR CongoCDUnavailableSep 23, 202512 months ago
EgyptEGUnavailableJun 4, 20264 months ago
El SalvadorSVUnavailableJan 18, 20233 years ago
EswatiniSZUnavailableFeb 5, 20268 months ago
FinlandFIUnavailableJul 27, 20233 years ago
GabonGAUnavailableMar 18, 20267 months ago
GrenadaGDUnavailableJan 8, 202525 days ago
Guinea-BissauGWUnavailableDec 23, 20222 years ago
GuyanaGYUnavailableOct 19, 20233 years ago
IsraelILUnavailableApr 8, 20233 years ago
JamaicaJMUnavailableMar 20, 20267 months ago
JapanJPUnavailableDec 4, 20223 months ago
KazakhstanKZUnavailableMar 7, 20243 years ago
KosovoXKUnavailableApr 29, 20232 years ago
LaosLAUnavailableDec 4, 20224 months ago
LiberiaLRUnavailableDec 1, 202510 months ago
LibyaLYUnavailableDec 19, 20224 years ago
MacaoMOUnavailableMay 27, 20232 years ago
MadagascarMGUnavailableNov 2, 20233 years ago
MalawiMWUnavailableSep 9, 20242 years ago
MalaysiaMYUnavailableOct 24, 20232 years ago
MaliMLUnavailableApr 27, 20242 years ago
MaltaMTUnavailableApr 17, 20233 years ago
MoldovaMDUnavailableNov 25, 202510 months ago
MongoliaMNUnavailableDec 4, 20226 months ago
MontenegroMEUnavailableAug 19, 202514 months ago
MoroccoMAUnavailableFeb 21, 20233 years ago
NamibiaNAUnavailableSep 25, 20242 years ago
NauruNRUnavailableJun 22, 202425 days ago
NepalNPUnavailableDec 4, 20222 years ago
New ZealandNZUnavailableOct 28, 20233 years ago
NigeriaNGUnavailableMay 6, 20242 years ago
North MacedoniaMKUnavailableJul 20, 20233 years ago
OmanOMUnavailableMar 5, 20239 months ago
PakistanPKUnavailableFeb 12, 20268 months ago
PalauPWUnavailableFeb 28, 20234 months ago
PanamaPAUnavailableJun 23, 20263 months ago
ParaguayPYUnavailableAug 4, 20262 months ago
PeruPEUnavailableMay 21, 20233 years ago
PhilippinesPHUnavailableSep 11, 20241 year ago
PortugalPTUnavailableDec 19, 202510 months ago
RomaniaROUnavailableDec 4, 20221 year ago
RussiaRUUnavailableDec 4, 20222 years ago
SenegalSNUnavailableNov 13, 202511 months ago
SerbiaRSUnavailableJan 30, 20268 months ago
Sierra LeoneSLUnavailableApr 20, 20249 months ago
SingaporeSGUnavailableJan 21, 20269 months ago
SloveniaSIUnavailableAug 1, 20242 years ago
SpainESUnavailableSep 10, 20233 years ago
St. Kitts & NevisKNUnavailableJan 31, 20243 years ago
TaiwanTWUnavailableJun 2, 202513 months ago
TanzaniaTZUnavailableJul 31, 20242 years ago
TongaTOUnavailableJan 9, 20269 months ago
Trinidad & TobagoTTUnavailableFeb 24, 20243 years ago
TunisiaTNUnavailableMar 1, 20233 years ago
TürkiyeTRUnavailableDec 4, 20228 months ago
TurkmenistanTMUnavailableJul 21, 20233 years ago
UgandaUGUnavailableOct 6, 20242 years ago
UkraineUAUnavailableDec 4, 20222 years ago
United Arab EmiratesAEUnavailableDec 4, 202225 days ago
United StatesUSUnavailableDec 4, 202225 days ago
UruguayUYUnavailableDec 4, 20225 months ago
VenezuelaVEUnavailableMar 22, 20242 months ago
ZambiaZMUnavailableSep 8, 202513 months ago
AfghanistanAFNot tested——0
AlgeriaDZNot tested——0
AngolaAONot tested——0
Antigua & BarbudaAGNot tested——0
ArmeniaAMNot tested——0
AustraliaAUNot tested——0
BarbadosBBNot tested——0
BelizeBZNot tested——0
BermudaBMNot tested——0
BoliviaBONot tested——0
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBANot tested——0
BruneiBNNot tested——0
Burkina FasoBFNot tested——0
CameroonCMNot tested——0
CanadaCANot tested——0
Cayman IslandsKYNot tested——0
ColombiaCONot tested——0
DominicaDMNot tested——0
EcuadorECNot tested——0
EstoniaEENot tested——0
FijiFJNot tested——0
FranceFRNot tested——0
GambiaGMNot tested——0
GeorgiaGENot tested——0
GermanyDENot tested——0
GhanaGHNot tested——0
GreeceGRNot tested——0
GuatemalaGTNot tested——0
HondurasHNNot tested——0
Hong KongHKNot tested——0
HungaryHUNot tested——0
IcelandISNot tested——0
IndiaINNot tested——0
IndonesiaIDNot tested——0
IraqIQNot tested——0
IrelandIENot tested——0
ItalyITNot tested——0
JordanJONot tested——0
KenyaKENot tested——0
KuwaitKWNot tested——0
KyrgyzstanKGNot tested——0
LatviaLVNot tested——0
LebanonLBNot tested——0
LithuaniaLTNot tested——0
LuxembourgLUNot tested——0
MaldivesMVNot tested——0
MauritaniaMRNot tested——0
MauritiusMUNot tested——0
MexicoMXNot tested——0
MicronesiaFMNot tested——0
MontserratMSNot tested——0
MozambiqueMZNot tested——0
Myanmar (Burma)MMNot tested——0
NetherlandsNLNot tested——0
NicaraguaNINot tested——0
NigerNENot tested——0
NorwayNONot tested——0
Papua New GuineaPGNot tested——0
PolandPLNot tested——0
QatarQANot tested——0
Republic of the CongoCGNot tested——0
RwandaRWNot tested——0
São Tomé & PríncipeSTNot tested——0
Saudi ArabiaSANot tested——0
SeychellesSCNot tested——0
SlovakiaSKNot tested——0
Solomon IslandsSBNot tested——0
South AfricaZANot tested——0
South KoreaKRNot tested——0
Sri LankaLKNot tested——0
St. LuciaLCNot tested——0
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVCNot tested——0
SurinameSRNot tested——0
SwedenSENot tested——0
SwitzerlandCHNot tested——0
TajikistanTJNot tested——0
ThailandTHNot tested——0
Turks & Caicos IslandsTCNot tested——0
United KingdomGBNot tested——0
UzbekistanUZNot tested——0
VanuatuVUNot tested——0
VietnamVNNot tested——0
YemenYENot tested——0
ZimbabweZWNot tested——0

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.