Hi all,
I’m building Velora, a companion app that helps Strava users organise their activities after they’ve been recorded.
I’ve reached the 10-athlete limit on the Standard tier and have now applied for Extended Access twice. Both applications were declined with the same standard response, without saying which part of the application was the reason.
After the first rejection I went through the API Agreement and API Policy and made quite a few changes. I added proper disconnect and data deletion controls, made Auto-apply off by default, added dedicated Privacy and Strava Data Use pages, reviewed the OAuth scopes and API calls, and made sure ongoing processing uses webhooks rather than polling.
The second application was still declined with the same response.
I’ve since been looking through this forum and found several developers in a very similar position, across quite different types of apps. What I haven’t been able to find is a recent example of a new Standard Tier app being approved for Extended Access after the Developer Program changed on June 1.
So I have a simple question:
Has anyone here actually moved from the 10-athlete Standard Tier to Extended Access since June 1, 2026?
If yes, I’d really appreciate hearing what kind of app it was and roughly when it was approved. It would also be useful to know whether Strava asked for anything specific before granting Extended Access.
I’m not looking to challenge the decision on my application. I’m trying to understand what the current path from Standard to Extended Access looks like.
Without specific feedback on rejected applications, it’s difficult to know whether there is something I should change in Velora or whether the app simply doesn’t currently meet the criteria for Extended Access.
Any recent experience would be really useful. Thanks.
