Mobile app takeover
Developer gone, code nowhere to be found, updates rejected by the stores. We take over your iOS and Android app, bring it back into line and republish it.
This is for you if
Where you might be
A freelancer who no longer answers, an agency that closed. The store link, your invoices and old emails are enough to start.
We look for it before calling it lost. If it cannot be found, the options are further down.
We read the reason Apple or Google gave, fix the cause and submit a new version.
The stores reject builds made with outdated tools. We bring the app up to date.
Apple and Google let an app move to your own account, with the current holder’s consent. We prepare the request with you.
We reproduce the bug, fix it and ship the fix on both stores.
The diagnostic
It recommends a few fixes, a repair, a rebuild or retiring the app.
App diagnostic
Your app
iOS and Android
Last update: March 2022
The last 50 reviews
Mandatory updates
28 April 2026
Without this upgrade, Apple rejects any new version of your app.
Source: Apple, upcoming requirements31 August 2026
Without this upgrade, Google Play rejects your updates.
Source: Google Play Console HelpChecked on 8 October 2026 against the official pages.
How a takeover works
You decide on the next step after each one.
Offer 1
To find out what can be recovered.
A costed recommendation.
Offer 2
To bring the app back into line and fix what is blocking.
A new version submitted to Apple and Google.
Offer 3
To stay compliant, year after year.
An app kept up to date.
Getting started
Gather what you have. Whatever is missing, we look for during the audit.
For the review diagnostic, the store link is enough.
Recover the source code
None is certain in advance. The audit tells you which one holds.
Code repositories, hosting accounts, backups, a written request to the previous developer. Your contract may require them to hand it over.
Its screens, content and servers show what it does. They become the specification.
We cost a new version. Keeping the same store listing, reviews included, depends on access to the account that publishes it.
FAQ
Yes, depending on what can be recovered. We first check who holds the Apple and Google accounts, the signing keys and the code.
Check your contract, your emails and your hosting accounts. Otherwise we ask the previous developer for it in writing, with you. If it turns into a dispute, a lawyer will advise you better than we can.
That depends on the reason Apple or Google gave and on access to the account that publishes it. Send us the message you received and we will tell you what needs fixing.
Apple and Google let you transfer an app to another account, with the current holder’s consent. Without it, the app may have to start again under a new listing, without its reviews.
The rejection message gives the reason. A common one is an app built with tools older than this year’s requirements.
Not necessarily. We repair before we suggest rebuilding, and the audit tells you what can be kept.
You will. The code, the accounts and the domain name stay in your name, and the contract assigns the rights to you.
We tell you at the audit, before any further spending, with what blocks it and the options left.
It depends on the state of the app. An audit of a few days sets the price of the next step, before you commit to anything.
No. The first call and the diagnostic of your reviews are free.
Next step
Send us the App Store or Google Play link, or book a 30-minute call.