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App Doctor

Do you really own your app?

Nine questions about the things your app depends on. It takes 2 minutes. Your answers stay in your browser: nothing is sent or stored.

"Ours" means: your company's account, and someone at your company can sign in today.

Google Play account
1 · Google Play account

Whose developer account is the Android app published under?

Apple account
2 · Apple account

Whose Apple developer account (App Store Connect) is the iPhone app published under?

Signing keys
3 · Signing keys

Who holds the keys needed to publish updates (the Android upload key, the Apple certificates)?

Source code
4 · Source code

Do you have the latest source code, in a repository your company can open?

Server and hosting
5 · Server and hosting

Whose account runs the server the app talks to, and who pays for it?

Domain names
6 · Domain names

Who owns the domains the app uses (the website and the server address)?

Data and backups
7 · Data and backups

Who can open the app's database, and is there a backup you could restore?

Outside services
8 · Outside services

Whose accounts are behind the services the app uses (for example Firebase, maps, payments, notifications)?

Contract
9 · Contract

Does a written contract give your company the rights to the app's code?