Comparisons
iubenda alternative for iOS and macOS developers
iubenda is a web legal-compliance suite. If you specifically need the App Store's web requirements — privacy policy, support, deletion, AASA — here's the Apple-native alternative.
iubenda is a capable web legal-compliance suite — privacy and cookie policies, consent management, internal records of processing for GDPR. If you found it while searching for how to satisfy Apple’s App Store privacy requirements, the thing worth knowing up front: iubenda is built for websites and web businesses, not for Apple App Store submission. They overlap on exactly one thing — the privacy policy — and diverge on everything else App Review checks.
This is the honest comparison and where an Apple-native alternative fits.
For the full requirement list, see every URL and file Apple requires for an iOS App Store submission.
What iubenda is built for
iubenda’s core is website and web-app legal compliance: GDPR/CCPA privacy policies, cookie consent banners, consent databases, and “records of processing activities” for businesses with a legal obligation to maintain them. It’s a mature product for that job.
What Apple App Store submission actually needs
Apple’s App Review verifies a specific bundle of web URLs and files for an iOS/macOS app:
- A privacy policy URL (the overlap with iubenda).
- A support URL (Guideline 1.5).
- An in-app + linked account-deletion path (Guideline 5.1.1(v)).
- An
apple-app-site-associationfile if you use Universal Links / App Clips / Passkeys. - A
PrivacyInfo.xcprivacymanifest in the binary. - Sign in with Apple / Apple Pay domain-association files if you use those.
iubenda generates the privacy policy. The other five it doesn’t address — not a shortcoming, just a different product scope.
Comparison
| iubenda | OrbitKit | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Web legal compliance (GDPR/CCPA) | Apple App Store submission |
| Privacy policy | Yes — legal-jurisdiction-oriented | Yes — Apple-14-category-oriented |
| Hosted on your domain | Yes (paid) | Yes (auto-SSL) |
| Support page | No | Yes |
| Data deletion page | No | Yes |
| AASA / Universal Links file | No | Yes |
Privacy manifest (.xcprivacy) |
No | Yes |
| SiwA / Apple Pay domain files | No | Yes |
| Cookie consent / CMP | Yes | Not applicable to native apps |
| Pricing (at time of writing — verify) | ~$6–28/mo | $5/mo per app |
Pick iubenda if…
- You run a website or SaaS with an EU audience and need cookie consent + a maintained legal compliance record.
- App Store submission isn’t part of your problem.
Pick the Apple-native alternative if…
- You’re shipping an Apple-platform app and need the App Store’s web requirements, not just a policy.
- You want the privacy policy answers to match the App Store Connect App Privacy questionnaire so you don’t get the data-mismatch email.
- You’d rather not run separate tools and hosting for the policy, the support page, the deletion page, and the AASA file.
The structural reason this matters
A web-compliance privacy policy is written around legal jurisdictions (which GDPR articles apply, what CCPA rights exist). An App-Store privacy policy is checked against Apple’s data taxonomy and your binary’s actual behavior. Both are “privacy policies,” but App Review is grading against a different rubric than a GDPR auditor. A tool built for one rubric won’t optimize for the other. We break down what App Review actually grades in the iOS privacy policy generator post.
Bottom line
iubenda for web legal compliance; OrbitKit for the Apple App Store web requirements. They’re not competitors so much as tools for different jobs that happen to share the word “privacy policy.” For App Store submission specifically, start free or see the features.