Apple yesterday pulled a tethering app from the App Store less than 12 hours after it went live on the company’s storefront.

iTether allows users to use their iPhone’s cellular data connection to power their desktop computer via a USB cable without having to pay the carrier fees normally associated with this kind of service.

In the short time the $14.99 app was live on the App Store, it quickly became the top-grossing application.

The app was first released for BlackBerry in 2009 so users would no longer experience the frustration of being unable to find a Wi-Fi hotspot when most needed. The company says in a blog on its website that it has over 500,000 BlackBerry and Android customers that use its tethering application.

While carriers like AT&T have been adamant that tethering without purchasing a monthly tethering plan breaks a user’s contract agreement, many iPhone users continue to jailbreak their phones in order to download tethering apps.

Tether.com said it had no intentions of breaking any rules when it submitted the application to Apple.

“We were very clear with Apple what our app did. They asked us a bunch of questions and then approved us,” the company tweeted.

Those who did pay for and download the application should still be able to continue using it without a problem.