ios 8 app store updates badge icon not resetting

I have the same problem on (2) 5S phones and a ipad 2. I sync with iTunes they show as updates when I open the App Store then after a few seconds switch to open. if you close out the App Store App and reopen and hit "Download All" before it switches to open the device will re download the Apps and the badge on the icon will disappear until there are more available updates then the issue repeats unless you download the App update on the phone or ipad. This appears to be a glitch of sorts don't know if Apple is aware or not but it's enough to be annoying.

I tried to report as bug but the bug site was down. I'm becoming so disgusted with Apple lately. The test for me for Apple then and Apple now is, could my Mom work through this issue. She is in her 70's and a few years ago was able to use Apple products, because "They just Worked" more and more Apple just doesn't work.

Software quality control is almost non-existant these days. Nearly every app I get has bug fixes weekly. iOS 8.0 immediately launched to 8.0.1 which was then immediately pulled because it caused bigger issues, now iOS8.0.2 has more bugs as well.

WHAT the HECK is going on Apple?

I am having this problem on an iPhone 5, and an iPad 2. I have restored both to iOS 8.0.2 and still have the problem on both devices. I am thinking it has to do with Apples new CDN and/or iOS 8

I have the same issue with my iPhone 6 and iOS 8.0.2.

I got rid of the badge by deleting the app(s) on my iPhone and then opening the App Store, clicking "Updates" in the lower right, then "Purchased", and reloading the apps (free of charge) from there.

yeah, with over 500 apps all organized on my phone, that doesn't sound like a very good solution right now... 😟

Do you really have 500 apps that need updating?

Only apps needing updates should go through this process.

no, I have 9 apps today... sure I could sort through those 9 among my 500+ apps, and remove them, but yesterday there were 7, the day before that 13 apps... so using your 'fix' would only be good for those 9 apps that were installed on my iphone and offered an update...

Add me to the list of people experiencing this problem. In my case, I thought this started because 4 of the apps required iOS 8.0.2 and I hadn't updated my iPhone 6 yet. But even after updating to 8.0.2 this morning, I still have this update notification being displayed.

It's frustrating, to say the least. If anyone figures out a real solution, please post it here. Thanks!

Hello … firstly I am not technology minded & don't know the jargon … just gone from iPhone 3 to 6 !!

Solved this problem by: Settings icon, choose iTunes & App Store turn off all selections for automatic updates

Turn phone off & on.

Then reactivated the automatic update selections.

Problem was solved.

Hope I explained process clearly enough.

I too am having the same problem, and no resetting and turning on and off the phone does not help. One thing I will mention is that if you DO update from the phone instead of iTunes, the counter DOES reset. If you update through iTunes though, the software DOES update, but remains as a "pending" update.

Yeah, I have tried to toggle auto update downloads too, this didn't work, upgrade to Yosemite didn't fix it nor did upgrade to iPhone 6... The above comment is true, in that, if you update on the phone, the badge does reflect the update, if you update via iTunes, the badge does NOT change, however the app you updated DOES change to the newer version...

I had the same problem until yesterday - the App Store badge showed 7 updates, yet all apps were updated. Yesterday, I checked again and there were two real updates pending. I downloaded the updates and the badge number disappeared. Hopefully that took care of it.

How did you update it? Through iTunes, or directly from the iPhone? If you update through the iPhone it's not a problem. It's only an issue if you update through iTunes.

Sorry, I just saw your posting about updating. I did it through the phone and it reset. I also had problems trying to update through iTunes before that, but not since.

Add me to the list. Yep, icon doesn't clear if you update via itunes (which is the only way I like updating). This just started on my four phones last week.

Clears if you update OTA. So annoying that it says pending update, yet there is an open button next to it.

I'm worried it has to do with itunes profile.... which is scary to think about with allt he stuff I have in itunes.