apple reportedly working with gasbuddy after update leaves iphones unresponsive

Apple on Monday informed employees it has identified issue with gas price tracking GasBuddy that causes iPhones running the title to become unresponsive...   According to copy of the memo sent to Apple retail stores, the company is working with GasBuddy GasBuddy Organization to rectify issue that causes some iPhones to enter crash loop, reports MacRumors..   Reports of inoperable devices followed the release of GasBuddy's iOS app update.   Affected iPhone, 8 Plus, X, XS and XS Max devices display black screen with spinning loading circle..   Genius Bar employees are instructed to perform hard reset of iPhones that exhibit the behavior and ask customers delete GasBuddy until update resolves the issue.   employees will follow Apple's standard service process, ..   The developer noted its latest update, was approved by Apple on Oct 19...   We're rapidly preparing update we believe solves the issue and are making our app temporarily unavailable for download to limit the number of affected users...   GasBuddy is app that relies on crowd-sourced information to help users locate cheap gas prices, find deals and rate local gas stations.   The title sits in No 21 spot on App Store's top Travel apps...   Read more