iPhone automatic App Updates not working

I’ve had this issue for all my iPhone 12 Pro life. I assumed if I upgraded to the iPhone 14 Pro Max it would go away.

Sadly till this day Dec 29th 2023 I have the issue.

Apps won’t auto update nor will it tell me I have one unless I refresh or load up manually. This is the same as the system general update too. It’s tedious, I have everything turned on to auto update and I get nothing.

I have to manually refresh and load the page and update everything myself. It’s tedious because other iPhone users I talk to don’t have the issue?

Sadly no I don’t belive it will be.

Ive had this issue since my iPhone 12 Pro Max. I even upgraded last year to the 14 pro max and still having the issue.

I have to refresh the update page for general updates as well as app updates even after “automatically turned on”

Dec 29,2023

I had tons of apps that I discovered by accident had not updated. So many things lately have gone wrong with IOS updates. Maybe more that I have not noticed. It leaves me wondering if the same thing happens with android devices. I've had an iphone for years but this is frustrating.

I have answer for you: the apple does this on purpose so you keep thinking going to App Store over and over and hopefully one day you just finally buy their advertised stuff nobody otherwise cares about on the front page.😂

also Apple never ever ever fixed that new AirPods stop music when you receive text message on a freaking silent mode or do not disturb. It literally stop playing with every and each text.

i don’t understand how they don’t have their **** together with stuff that should be already functional

I have also had this same issue for years. What the **** is the use for having auto update if it doesn’t work???? This is one of my major grapes with apple, they’ve never fixed this issue and I know it’s not just me especially since it happens on every single iPhone I have and I always have the newest phone! Shame on you, Apple

I have been facing this issue since forever. I always thought it was just one of those issues limited to my device until today that I decided to search if this was a real issue for others too.

Apple, help!

It's 2024, an iPhone 15 Pro Max, and an iPad Pro Max, and It doesn't even notify for the updates. How cool is that? 🤣😜😂

Probably, Apple engineers don't know how to code for auto updates. 🙆🤓 Once they learn from Android, they will undoubtedly implement it. When? Once there is any new technology that replaces mobile devices, they will have time to learn 🤣🤣🤣😂😅😂😁.

This is still an issue, A HUGE ISSUE FOR US! We have been rolling out a meeting app for our annual meeting, next week. We've had several updates over the past few weeks to fix little bugs and tweaks. The only way we can get our app to update automatically is to uninstall it and reinstall it.

I came on here to find a solution. I thought it was an issue with our app, but it appears to be something bigger.

I am having the same issue since iphone x or even before. I dont even remember the last time the apps were being updated automatically. I have tried all the fixes and instructions from apple with no hope. How many f***n years do you still need to fix this? I have changed my iphone to a new one several times and it seems that it wont be solved unless we change the f***n apple id. Bunch of loosers. Its our bad keep using this garbage.

I post to say: you are not alone and to add to the tally who have this issue.

Automatic App Updates have never worked for me, ever. I’ve had various iPhones, having upgraded every year or two, and never has auto app update worked.

My sister and her husband have the same issue (the other day he had 48 apps that had an update pending). My parents iPhones have the same issue too.

I hope someone can help, or can escalate.

I’ve been dealing with this for a few years now on multiple devices: iPhone X, iPhone 13, the last two generations of iPad, Watch 7 & 8, and now my Vision Pro. As much money as they charge us (and we keep mindlessly buying) you’d think that something as simple as making sure auto-updates work would have been squashed as soon as it appeared… yet here we are, years later. My confidence in Apple has been wavering for a while, and while this isn’t going to be the straw that breaks the camel, it is adding to the haystack. Not impressed.

I’ve just got the iPhone 15 pro max, having used Android flagships for the last 10 years. I’m having this same issue with the App Store and can confirm the exact same thing happened with the Android Play Store and apps did not update automatically

Same issue here since 2016 my first iphone 5C. I believe they are padding the daily views/visits stats for the app store. Imagine if half of us opening app store every few days are just there for updates not to browse for new apps. Could be under-motivating for new developers to realize many aren’t checking for their great new app.

I think I have never been able to get my apps to automatically update. As long as I’ve owned iPhone, it’s been “auto” updating in that a couple apps will update randomly but I have to go refresh my App Store if I want all the apps to update.

No, this does not happen on any of my Android devices. Toggling "automatically update apps" on Android makes apps update automatically. On all of my Apple devices, toggling "automatic downloads" does absolutely nothing that I can see.