App Rescue & Code Audit

App Rescue & Code Audit

Somebody else started your app. We can finish it.

The developer stopped replying. The app has been “90% done” since March. It crashes and nobody can say why. We audit what you actually own, put the truth in writing, and then fix it. If the honest answer is that you should start again, the report says that instead.

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Live app down right now? Say so in the form. We answer emergency triage the same day.

Projects go wrong. The agency stopped replying. The freelancer vanished. The app crashes and nobody can find the cause. The store keeps rejecting it. You have paid for six months and there is still nothing live. We pick these up. The first thing we do is not code, it is tell you the truth about what you actually have.

Who reads your code

Anand Yadav, Founder of SightInfusion Infotech

Anand Yadav

Founder, SightInfusion Infotech7+ years52+ apps deliveredUpwork Top Rated100% Job Success

I read the code myself before anyone on my team writes you a report. Seven years and 52 apps means I have seen most of the ways a project goes wrong, and almost none of them are the client’s fault.

I will give you the honest answer even when it costs me the job. If your app can be saved, I will say so and give you the number. If it cannot, I will say that too, and you can take my report to anyone you like. I would rather lose a rescue than sell you one you did not need.

The audit

Start by knowing what you own

Before anyone talks about fixing anything, you need to know what you have. That is a separate, paid, fixed-price piece of work with a fixed deliverable, Fee needed, delivered in 5 working days for a standard app.

We charge for the audit on purpose. A free review is a sales call with a document attached. When you pay for the audit you are our client for that work, and our only job is to be right. If you go on to work with us, the audit fee comes off the first invoice in full.

What is in the report:

What is in the report
What is actually built, against what you were told was built
Architecture, code quality, security: in plain language, with the technical detail in an appendix
Where the crashes come from, with the evidence
What is salvageable and what is not
Whether finishing is cheaper than restarting, and by how much
A cost and a timeline for each road
Whether you have everything you need: source, accounts, keys, store access
What the current Apple and Google rules mean for your specific app

Sample report: Sample report needed

Is my app worth rescuing? Six questions you can answer yourself

QuestionYesNo
Does it build and run today, even badly?Good signSerious, not fatal
Do you have the repository, or only a shipped app?Good signHarder. We can still work from a shipped build
Does one developer know their way around it?Good signSlower, still doable
Did it work before and stop, or has it never worked?Never worked is harder
Is your data model roughly right, even if the screens are wrong?Good signThe expensive case
Is anything in it costing you money or users today?Then start with triage, not the audit

Three or more on the left and a rescue is usually the cheaper road. That is a rule of thumb, not a verdict. The report is the verdict.

Keep or rebuild

The rule, published before we see your code

We will not tell you to start again just because starting again is easier for us.

Every developer who opens somebody else’s code wants to delete it. This is such a well-known reflex that it was written about twenty-six years ago: “Programmers are, in their hearts, architects, and the first thing they want to do when they get to a site is to bulldoze the place flat and build something grand.” (Joel Spolsky, 2000)

We know we have that bias, so we take the decision out of our hands. Before we open your repository, we send you the questions we will use to decide. The recommendation has to follow from those questions, not from how the code makes us feel.

We keep and finish it whenWe recommend a rebuild when
It builds and runs today, even badlyIt does not build at all and nobody has the missing pieces
The data model is sound, even if the screens are notThe framework or platform version is past the point of upgrading
The crashes are in a few places, not everywhereFixing one thing reliably breaks two others
A competent developer can find their way around it in a dayThe cost to finish passes the cost to redo

Your report shows which of these we hit, on which files, with the evidence. If we say rebuild, hand our report to any other developer for a second opinion. That is what it is for.

Your app has deadlines, even when nobody is working on it

An abandoned app does not just get old. It gets removed. These dates are Apple’s and Google’s, not ours.

DateWhat happensWho it hits
Since 28 Apr 2026Every new App Store upload must be built with Xcode 26 and the iOS 26 SDKAny iOS app that has not shipped since then. Your next update is a full toolchain jump, not a small fix
31 Aug 2026Google Play requires target API level 36 (Android 16) for updates. Extension possible to 1 Nov 2026Apps below API 36 stop being visible or installable to new users on newer Android phones
11 Sep 2026EU Cyber Resilience Act: actively exploited vulnerabilities must be reported within 24 hoursAny app distributed in the EU
30 Sep 2026Google Play developer verification enforced in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and ThailandUnverified developer accounts risk removal from Google Play
OngoingApple removes apps with no update for 3 years and few downloads, after a 90-day notice. An app that crashes on launch is removed immediately. No notice, no grace periodEvery dormant app
11 Dec 2027Full EU Cyber Resilience Act obligations: security by design, CE marking, a declared support periodAny app sold in the EU

Checked 10 August 2026. Sources: Apple upcoming requirements · App Store Improvements · Google Play target API · Android developer verification · EU Cyber Resilience Act

If your app is sitting still, one of these rows is already your problem. The audit tells you which one, and what it costs to clear it.

Your app was half-built by AI, and now nobody can move it forward

We are seeing this weekly now: an app that got 70% of the way there fast, then stopped dead. The screens look right. The code underneath repeats itself, has no structure anyone can follow, and breaks in a new place every time it is touched.

This is measurable, not an opinion:

Across 623 million code changes, the share of changed lines that were refactoring (cleaning up, removing duplication) fell from 21% in 2022 to 3.8% in 2026, while duplicated blocks rose 81% (GitClear)

In a survey of about 49,000 developers, the top frustration with AI tools was code that is “almost right, but not quite”: 66%, and 45.2% said debugging AI-generated code takes them longer than writing it themselves (Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025)

We use AI coding agents every day. That is exactly why we are good at cleaning up after them. We know what they get right, where they cut corners, and which parts have to be rewritten by a person before anything else can be built on top. AI builds fast; a human still has to decide what is worth keeping.

Industries we serve

IndustryWhat we have rescued or built hereProof
Fintech & BankingWallets, payments, lending, KYC, cryptoFidex Wallet · Quickchain · Hindustan Loan
Legal-TechCase management, court data, auctions, document workDigitsLaw · ActivePass · Gavel Auctions
Retail, POS & E-commerceBilling, inventory, invoicing, small-business POSVencru POS
CRM, HR & Internal toolsSales, staff and workflow appsPM Fund Manager · FMSoft CRM
Energy & UtilitiesSolar, metering, field service and monitoringTata Power SolaRoof
Events, Media & CommunityEvent, publishing and community appsVirtue Insight · Azad Sandesh
Healthcare & WellnessWe take this work on, but we do not yet have a published case study in itNo claim made

Before the process

First we find out what you actually own

An audit is a reading job before it is a coding job. We open the repo, the store listings, the analytics and the invoices, and we write down what is really there. Only then does the plan below mean anything.

A laptop with a life ring thrown out of the screen

How we work

Every step with a duration

#StepWhat happensDuration
1Tell us what happenedA 20-minute call. No code needed yet. We just need the story and what you haveSame day for a live app that is down; otherwise within 1 working day
2Access and paperworkNDA signed, read-only access to whatever exists. If you have nothing, we start by recovering what we can1 day
3We send you the keep-or-rebuild questionsBefore we open anything, so you can hold us to themDay 1
4We read the codeArchitecture, quality, security, crash sources, build and release, store readiness2-4 days
5Report and walkthrough callThe document first, then an hour on a call going through itDay 5
6You decideContinue with us, take the report elsewhere, or stop. All three are fineYour time
7StabiliseCrashes, security holes, a build and release that works reliably. Stability before features, alwaysScoped from the report
8Finish and shipComplete what is missing, pass store review, launch. Then maintenance or a new build with usScoped from the report

How we work together

ModelBest forHow it is priced
Audit onlyYou need to know what you have, and a number you can plan aroundFixed fee, fixed 5 days. Fee needed. Comes off the first invoice in full if you continue
Emergency triageThe app is live and actively broken. Stop the bleeding first, understand it afterHourly, same-day start
Audit then fixThe usual road. Audit, then a fixed scope built from what it foundFixed scope and price, agreed after the report
Take it over completelyYou want it off your desk: finished, shipped and looked afterMonthly. Rolls into Maintenance & Optimization once it is stable

No minimum contract size. We have taken single-crash jobs and multi-year builds, and we judge each one on whether we can do it well.

How you get a quote: tell us what happened. Twenty minutes on a call and we will tell you which of the four above you need, including if the answer is that you do not need us at all.

What clients say

Anand helped us resolve issues related to crash of android version. He quickly picked up the code and resolve the issue in no time.

Client name neededMaintaining a released iOS and Android app. Picking up unfamiliar code and fixing a live crashRead on Upwork

Pleasure to work with, was able to diagnose the issues with the Flutter mobile app. Great communication and punctual.

Client name neededDebug issue task, ongoing team. Diagnosis, which is what the audit isRead on Upwork

Anand is highly technical person, he has resolved our apps issues on time and made the apps lives on google play and apple app store.

Client name neededFixing and launching an existing app. Fixed and shipped: the whole rescue arcRead on Upwork
Have something in mind

Tell us the problem. We bring the engineering.

A short call, an honest answer on whether we are the right team, and a scope you can hold us to.

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