After i post an app to the app store, Can someone else steal my idea?

I am an aspiring app creator but began wondering whether or not another developer could steal my idea once its out on the app store. Is there an apple policy that states that no one can steal it or is it open for the taking?

I don't think there would be a policy to prevent healthy competition. Unless another app is blatantly ripping off yours, there is nothing you can do. Multiple takes on the same idea is normal in development circles.
If competition was blocked, on a Mac we would only have TextEdit for a text editor, Pages for a word processor, QuickTime and iTunes as media players, see where I'm going here?

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