LIVETAG
E-commerce / Streaming · web and mobile app
Live shopping video platform
Another team's code didn't suit the founder, so the project came back to us. We refactored web, iOS and Android, then added a cart and payments inside the live stream.
Your app is stuck. The agency keeps missing dates, the freelancer stopped answering, or the app you built with an AI tool breaks once real users show up. We start with a code audit for a fixed $3,500, done in 5 working days. It tells you what state the code is in, how safe it is, and what to keep, fix or rebuild. Then we take the project over and ship it at $39-55 an hour. Clients rate us 4.8 out of 5 on Clutch from 70 reviews.
If two or more of these sound familiar, get a second opinion on the code before you pay for more work.
Every deadline moves, and nobody can tell you what the new one depends on.
Months in, there is still no working version you can open and try.
Most of the money is spent, and the list of what's left keeps getting longer.
Answers take days, or the one person who knew the code has left.
The code, the servers or the app store accounts are in someone else's name, and you don't have the logins.
One bug gets fixed and two new ones show up. Nobody wants to touch the old parts.
You get a written report in plain words, the findings as a spreadsheet any team can work from, and a 60-minute call where we go through them with you. Act on it with us or with anyone else. You buy the audit on its own, and we don't take its price off later work, so our verdict doesn't depend on whether you hire us.
Every account the product depends on, from the code and servers to the domain, the app stores, Stripe and outside services. Whose name each one is in, and what to get back from the old team.
Whether it builds and runs as handed over, how it is organized, how much of it has tests, where logic is copied around, which libraries are outdated or unsafe, and whether a new developer could pick it up.
Who can see whose data, where passwords and secret keys are kept (old commits included), what is open to the internet that shouldn't be, and how payments are confirmed.
A diagram of the parts, the outside services and where the data lives, as we found them.
For each part of the product: keep it, fix it or rebuild it, and why.
The fixes in order, each with an hours range at $39-55 an hour, so you know the cost of every next step before you say yes.
A takeover goes in five steps. The access check and the code audit take 5 working days. How long the rest takes depends on what the audit finds, so we agree the plan with you before we go on.
| Step | What we do | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Access check | We list every piece of the product, from the code and servers to the domain, the app store and payment accounts, and who holds each one. | A list of what you own and what to get back |
| Code audit | We read the code, run it and check how safe it is. A fixed $3,500, done in 5 working days. | A written report: keep, fix or rebuild |
| Takeover plan | We put the fixes in order and count the hours at our rate. | A plan you can say yes or no to |
| Make it safe | We fix what can hurt you first, like security holes and broken payments. | A version you can put in front of users |
| Ship | We build the rest in short sprints and show you working software at the end of each one. | Regular releases and a team that knows your code |
You can stop after the audit or after any later step.
We fixed some and kept going. Others we rebuilt, because the old code wasn't worth saving. Each card links to the full case study.
E-commerce / Streaming · web and mobile app
Live shopping video platform
Another team's code didn't suit the founder, so the project came back to us. We refactored web, iOS and Android, then added a cart and payments inside the live stream.
HealthTech / Music · web and mobile app
Music therapy app
The front-end developers left suddenly. We took over web and mobile and updated the back end. The app holds a 4.9 App Store score.
HealthTech · web and mobile app
AI health check app
A previous team missed the mark. We rebuilt the AI and the app from scratch: a phone-only check of 50+ biomarkers in under 2 minutes.
PetTech · mobile app
Dog owner app and marketplace
The client had spent $200k with another team and had nothing to show for it. We built a new app, shipped the first MVP a month in, and it reached 2,600+ users.
Productivity · mobile app
All-in-one planner for iPhone
Other teams left a front end that didn't work. A 10-person team rebuilt the app from scratch in 9 months, with 220+ screens.
Before anyone new touches the code, make sure these are in your company's name and at least two people on your side can log in.
If the old team won't hand something over, check what your contract says about who owns the code. Our guides on changing development teams without losing your IP and the IP checklist for founders list what to ask for.
The code audit costs a fixed $3,500 and takes 5 working days. We price a product with more than 3 codebases or about 100,000 lines of its own code by the hour. Everything after the audit is billed at our rate of $39-55 an hour. The takeover plan puts hours on each fix, so you see the cost of the next step before you say yes to it.
If the audit says rebuild, see how MVP development works. If you mostly need someone to check the work, a fractional CTO works 10, 20 or 40 hours a month at the same rate.
Nine things to check before strangers sign up and pay, and how to tell whether to keep, fix or rebuild.
Why projects with an outside team stall, and what to check before you switch.
A part-time CTO for technical decisions, 10, 20 or 40 hours a month at $39-55 an hour.
What an MVP includes, what happens each week and the apps we launched.
Middle and senior engineers matched to your stack and backlog, or a takeover from another contractor.
Describe your project and get the scope, hours, budget and timeline in about four minutes.
Send a link to the code and a few lines on what went wrong, or ask for a call. We'll tell you what we would check first.