title: What does Unrestricted Web Access mean in iTunes Connect
body: <p>When you are submitting your app to Apple app store, there is a section named &quot;Rating&quot; where you should rate your content based on the chart and identify how frequently the content appears.</p>
  <p>There is one option called &quot;Unrestricted web access&quot; which there are no further details available about this on the Internet nor <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Chapters/FirstSteps.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011225-CH19-SW26" rel="noreferrer">iTunes Connect Developer Guide</a>. All you can find everywhere is:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Select Yes if your app allows users to navigate and view web pages, such as with an embedded browser.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>What does this mean? Does this mean your app can open links in embedded or Safari browser? Or does this mean your app features a browser where users can enter URLs and navigate through the web unrestricted? Because saying yes to this question will make your app 17+!</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/d3IEU.png" alt="enter image description here" />
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7JWYQ.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p>
  <p>If this means opening links from your app (Safari or embedded), how come other apps that have embedded browser capability have 4+ rating (like Twitter and Facebook)? As it can be seen in screenshots, there is no way to select this one and not be rated 17+</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RrnTn.png" alt="enter image description here" />
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/tZYNo.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p>
  <p><strong>Update</strong>: My app was approved with embedded WebView (TOWebViewController) with the answer &quot;No&quot; (4+). As the answer mentions, any way you let users navigate through the internet such as dynamic address bar that means it should be &quot;Yes&quot; (17+) because it is not possible to do Parental Control on your WebView.</p>
  <p><strong>Update 2</strong>: Since the release of iOS 9, Apple has introduced <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/SafariServices/Reference/SFSafariViewController_Ref/" rel="noreferrer">SFSafariViewController</a> which is a way of opening any URLs on the internet. This feature also has an address bar but read-only. So users can't surf the Web without parental control. It also inherits content blocking from Safari (ads, explicit content, etc.). I am highly positive by using SFSafariViewController in iOS 9 or above you still can choose 4+ as the device with parental control can't open any URLs anyway. (Let me know if I am wrong)</p>
  <p><strong>Update 3</strong>: Twitter now is 17+ based on the followings:</p>
  <p>You must be at least 17 years old to download this application.</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor</p>
  <p>Frequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive Themes</p>
  <p>Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><strong>Update 4</strong>: It is possible to use Twitter content inside your app without inheriting its rating (17+). My app is displaying Tweets, but since the users are verified and trusted public figures I could go down to 12+:</p>
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  <p>Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity</p>
  <p>Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour</p>
  <p>Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes</p>
  </blockquote>