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Mobile App Maintenance Services That Keep Your App in the Stores

Operating systems change every year, stores raise their requirements, and libraries age out. We keep Flutter and React Native apps updated, monitored, and ready for the next release, with a fixed scope where fixes are our responsibility.

What is coming for every live app
New iOS and Android versionsMajor releases ship every year and change APIs your app depends on.
Store requirement deadlinesGoogle Play raises its target API level yearly and Apple requires builds on recent SDKs.
Expiring credentialsPush certificates, signing keys, and third party API keys expire on their own schedule.
Deprecated SDKs and librariesPayment, analytics, and auth SDKs sunset old versions and force updates.
0+Projects delivered
1 yearWarranty on large contracts
0%Fixed price scopes
2Stacks: Flutter and React Native
New OS release verified Target API deadline met Certificates renewed before expiry Crash triaged and fixed Dependencies updated Build shipped to both stores Monitoring report delivered New OS release verified Target API deadline met Certificates renewed before expiry Crash triaged and fixed Dependencies updated Build shipped to both stores Monitoring report delivered
Where you are

Maintenance starts from your situation, not from a package

Four situations bring companies to a maintenance conversation. Each one starts differently, and the first step is different in each.

Built by us

We built your app

Delivery closes with a signed acceptance protocol, and large contracts carry a one year warranty. Maintenance continues from there with the team that already knows the codebase.

Takeover

Another team built it

We start with an audit of the code, the infrastructure, and the store accounts. You get a written state of the app before any commitment, then we take over the repository and the backlog.

Dormant

The app is live but development stopped

Months without a release means OS changes, store deadlines, and expiring credentials are quietly stacking up. We bring the app back to current requirements and keep it there.

Scaling

You are preparing for growth

Before marketing spend or a new market, the app needs monitoring, performance work, and cleanup so new users land on a product that holds up.

Scope

What mobile app maintenance and support covers

Six areas of work, each with a defined scope in every cycle. Nothing here is a vague bag of hours.

OS and device updates

Every new iOS and Android version gets verified against your app, breaking changes get fixed, and an updated build ships to the stores.

Store compliance

Target API level deadlines, policy changes, and review communication. When a store asks questions about your business model, we handle the answer.

Dependencies and SDKs

Libraries, payment SDKs, analytics, and auth get updated before deprecation forces an emergency, with security patches applied as they land.

Monitoring and crash triage

Crash reporting stays connected and watched. Issues get prioritized by real user impact, not by the order they arrived in.

Small improvements

UI corrections, copy changes, and small features that come out of real use, delivered inside scoped release cycles.

Backend and infrastructure

The API, the database, hosting, certificates, and push credentials, so the parts users never see keep working for the parts they do.

Why apps break

A live app works until the first external change

An app that runs fine today is not finished, it is current. From our delivered projects, the problems that surface after launch are rarely in the original spec. On one field service product, the work timer had to keep counting while the technician locked the screen or took a call inside the app. That requirement came out of real use, not the planning workshop.

The external world moves on its own schedule too. Stores review business models on booking and subscription products and expect clear answers. Developer accounts and third party access set up late are the single most common cause of delay we see. Maintenance is the discipline of staying ahead of all of it instead of reacting to an app that stopped installing.

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Seen in delivery
Requirements surface in the real environmentBusiness process needs appear once the app runs on real jobs, not in the spec conversation.
Store review asks about your business modelA predictable step for booking, marketplace, and subscription products, resolved by communicating with the store.
Access set up late delays everythingDeveloper accounts and third party services are the delay cause we see most, so we ask for access first.
Our model

A scope guarantee instead of a retainer

Most mobile app maintenance services are sold as a monthly retainer: a number of hours, spent however the month goes. We work on a different rule. Everything in the agreed scope works, and if it does not, the fix is our responsibility, not another invoice.

Acceptance protocol

Every delivery closes with a signed acceptance protocol, so what was agreed and what was delivered is on paper.

One year warranty

Large contracts carry a one year warranty on the software. Defects in the delivered scope are fixed at our cost.

Fixed price cycles

Ongoing maintenance is scoped the same way as a build: each cycle has a defined scope and a fixed price, both written into the maintenance contract up front.

Whoever you end up working with, ask them one question: does your maintenance offer guarantee that the agreed scope works, or does it sell you hours?

Process

How a maintenance engagement starts

Four steps from first call to a running cycle. The order matters: access comes early because access arriving late is the delay we see most often.

1

Audit

We review the repository, CI, crash logs, store accounts, and backend. You get a written state of the app.

2

Fixed scope plan

The first cycle gets a defined scope: what will be updated, fixed, and verified, at a fixed price.

3

Handover and access

Repository, store accounts, third party services, and monitoring get transferred and connected before work starts.

4

Release cycles

Scoped releases ship on a steady rhythm, each closed with a report of what changed and what is next.

Questions

Mobile app maintenance, answered

The questions that come up on maintenance calls, answered the way we answer them there.

What do mobile app maintenance services include?

OS and device updates, store compliance, dependency and SDK updates, crash monitoring and triage, small improvements, and backend upkeep. Each cycle has a defined scope, so you always know what is included.

Do you take over apps built by another company?

Yes. We start with an audit of the code, infrastructure, and store accounts, and you get a written state of the app before committing to anything. Then we take over the repository and the backlog.

The app works fine today. Do we still need maintenance?

A working app is current, not finished. New OS versions, store deadlines, and expiring credentials arrive on their own schedule, and each one can stop installs or push notifications without a single change on your side.

How is this different from a retainer?

A retainer sells hours. We agree a scope and guarantee it works: defects in the agreed scope are fixed at our cost, and large contracts carry a one year warranty.

What happens if the store questions our app during review?

Stores routinely ask about business models on booking, marketplace, and subscription products. It is a predictable step, we prepare the answers, and we handle the communication with the review team.

What do you need from us to start?

Repository access, store accounts, and access to third party services. We ask for these first because access arriving late is the most common cause of delay we see in practice.

Do you maintain apps outside Flutter and React Native?

Flutter app maintenance and React Native maintenance are our home ground. If your app is native, the audit will tell you honestly whether we are the right team for it or whether a different conversation makes more sense.

How much does app maintenance cost?

Each cycle is priced as a fixed quote after the audit, based on the app and the scope. Our guide on mobile app maintenance cost breaks down what drives the number.

Maintenance call

Tell us about your app, we will tell you its state

One call to walk through where your app is, what is stacking up against it, and what a first maintenance cycle would cover.

Thomas Siudut Talk to ThomasCo-Founder and CEO, Apps Value
30 minutes, no preparation needed.