Is it acceptable for an iPhone application to require a login on first startup?

Will Apple accept an application that requires a login to an online account the first time it boots? 开发者_JAVA技巧 I'd like use this to link the user to an online highscores system for a game and for some analytic purposes.

Yes, there's many, many games that do this already. In fact when you submit your app for testing, there's an optional text field that lets you provide the test engineer with a pre-existing test account name & password.

I'm not sure I like the idea of requiring a login account. Optional logins are fine, but requiring such activity is too much of a hassle or privacy concern for some people.

As a consumer, I like having the option to opt out of signing into such services. I would recommend supporting your customers' prerogative to choose anonymity or privacy over the benefit of being eligible for the high score system.