It’s almost unheard of for Apple to comment on an individual iPhone app, but it’s just done so in response to the first porn app, just arriving on European iPhones.

Both Apple and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney have provided responses below… Apple has been legally required to approve

Apple has chided a newly available pornography app available in the European Union. It also warned that the bloc’s digital rules opening the way for third-party app store downloads undermines consumer confidence in the tech giant.

Apple on Monday criticized a pornography app newly available on iPhones in the European Union, saying the bloc's digital policy was undermining consumer confidence in Apple.

The iPhone maker has sparked a war of words with Epic Games and the distributor of the controversial app, Altstore

Apple is up in arms over the arrival of the first iPhone app featuring adult content, made possible thanks to the EU's Digital Markets Act.

The Hot Tub app, which allows users to play videos from popular adult sites, was launched in the AltStore PAL on Monday.

Apple has criticised AltStore PAL’s new adult content app Hot Tub on EU iPhones, arguing that despite passing notarisation, it does not meet Apple’s safety standards. Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney accused Apple of stifling competition through its restrictive app policies.