Why are apps not visible in App Store on macOS and iOS?

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Tim Murray2 wrote:

With both macOS and iOS, it is oddly common for an app on my device to not• be visible in the App Store.

Of course, when searching, I spell the app exactly as shown on the screen or desktop (even punctuation, if the name has some).

• I try slightly different forms (such as making a plural into a singular, that kind of thing)

• Google or the developer's site has a link to it on the App Store.

• It happens far too often for it to be something simple, such as the app is no longer available.

Clicking my name in the App Store, which shows a screen of stuff I have purchased, sometimes• does not have it there, either (yes, I know if I did not get it on the App Store, it would not be there).

So in summary, I can usually get to my app on the App Store via Google or the developer's website. But is there any good reason why this is occurring? And again, I went to stress this happens a lot.

Name a few apps you've searched in the app store.