App Maintenance

The years
after launch.

An app is not finished when it ships. Two operating system releases a year, a store policy that changes without warning, and dependencies going stale — none of it stops because the project did.

Your App / Upkeep ● supported
01 OS Updates
02 Dependencies
03 Crash Triage
04 Store Policy
05 Performance
06 Releases
OS Updates Patching Crashes Compliance Releases
What's Covered

Nothing dramatic.
Just constant.

None of this is interesting work, which is exactly why it stops happening once the original team moves on and the app quietly starts to rot.

OS Version Testing

Testing against platform betas before they reach your users, so an autumn OS release isn't the reason your reviews collapse in October.

Security Patching

Dependencies updated on a schedule with the breaking changes handled, rather than frozen at whatever shipped on day one.

Crash Triage

Crash reporting watched and worked through by frequency and impact, so problems surface from the data rather than from one-star reviews.

Store Compliance

Policy changes tracked and applied ahead of deadlines — privacy labels, permission rules, and the requirements that get apps pulled.

Performance Watch

Start-up time, memory, and battery tracked across releases, because these degrade gradually and nobody notices until it's severe.

Release Management

Builds, signing, phased rollout, and the ability to halt a release when the crash rate moves the wrong way.

Left Alone

What happens
without it.

An unmaintained app doesn't fail on a particular day. It degrades until someone notices the ratings, and by then the work is a rescue rather than upkeep.

× An OS release breaks the app and nobody is watching
Beta builds tested before the OS ships publicly
× Crashes discovered by reading one-star reviews
Crash reports triaged and fixed on a cadence
× The app is pulled over a policy nobody tracked
Store policy changes monitored and applied early
× Dependencies frozen wherever year one left them
Patched on a schedule, with upgrades tested

If the app needs rebuilding rather than maintaining, that's cross-platform app development.

Keep It Working

Still working in year three.

Tell us what's live, who built it, and when it was last updated. We'll audit the state it's in and quote for taking it on.