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

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.

A porn app called Hot Tub is now available on a third-party app store on iOS devices in the EU, and Apple isn't pleased with the situation.

A native pornography app for iOS is coming to the EU via the approved alternative app store AltStore PAL, made possible by Europe's Digital Markets Act

AltStore PAL said in a social media post that Hot Tub is “the world’s 1st Apple-approved porn app.” Apple rejects that claim.

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The Hot Tub adult content browser is launching on AltStore PAL today.

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

Apple has issued a fiery statement condemning Hot Tub - the first-ever pornographic app to become available on iPhones across Europe

Earlier today, third-party app store AltStore PAL, announced that a porn app called Hot Tub was now available to iOS users in the European Union. The marketplace, which enables people in the EU to sideload apps outside of Apple’s App Store, described it as the “first Apple-approved porn app.”