You already have something. Let's get it shipped.
Half-built, inherited, AI-generated, stuck in review — or working, in use, and suddenly yours to keep alive. We take software the last mile, through App Store review, security audit and Australian regulation, and we can run it while you keep building.
Envisage Apps has been shipping software since 2001. We are Brisbane app developers, and we work with businesses across Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Australia to take software the last mile: internal tools that outgrew a spreadsheet, prototypes that need to become products, and platforms that now have to survive somebody's audit. Increasingly it is something a general manager built with Claude Code because the problem was real and the queue was long — and it works, and people depend on it, and keeping it alive was never in the job description.
Twenty-five years of shipping software that had to pass someone's inspection. We keep what works and rewrite only where rewriting is cheaper than repairing — your product direction survives; the risky plumbing does not.
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Where did it get stuck?
One starting point, whatever state it arrived in and whoever it landed on. If yours is on this list, we have shipped it before — or kept it running.
- Built with an AI tool and it stalled short of the store
- Inherited from a developer who has moved on, with nobody left who knows it
- An internal tool that outgrew the spreadsheet it replaced
- Rejected by App Review, and the stated reason is not the real one
- An enterprise customer has sent a security questionnaire you cannot answer
- Selling into health, finance or kids, and someone has asked about compliance
- You built it yourself, it works, and keeping it alive is now your job on top of your actual job
- It lives on someone's personal Apple or Google account, and nobody is quite sure where the API keys are
- The one person who understands it is about to go on leave
Not sure which gates stand in front of yours? The free Launch Gate Check names them in a couple of minutes, with the guideline number for each and who decides whether you clear it.
Oops. I built an app.
It was the right call. Someone in the middle of the business with Claude Code and a real problem will beat a six-week scoping engagement every time, because the person who understands the requirement is now the person who ships it. We used to do the scoping. We respect that it has moved.
What it leaves you with is a working app that was never in your job description. API keys that only you know where to find. A store account in your own name. The test data still sitting in the production database. A September nobody told you about. And the quiet knowledge that when it breaks on a Tuesday, the call comes to you.
You build it. We run it. That is Release Gate. You keep the fastest loop in the building: you raise the pull request and describe what changed and why. We manage the keys, the accounts, the repository and the releases, a senior engineer reads every change before it reaches users, and we are the ones who get called. When you are firefighting on another front, you hand it off, we take it off your desk, and we report back. Nothing is in our name; everything stays in yours.
What we do to it
Diagnose
A fixed-scope audit against the actual gauntlet — store guidelines, security, and the Australian rules that apply to you.
Repair
Native work where the wrapper fails. We keep what works and rewrite only where rewriting is cheaper.
Ship
Through review, inside your own developer account. Never ours — Apple guideline 4.2.6 rejects the alternative.
Run it
Release Gate. You keep building and raising pull requests; we review, merge and publish, manage the keys and accounts in your name, and watch every September's iOS release and Play's target API deadlines so you don't have to.
Launch Gate Audit · Release Gate
Two ways to stop carrying it
The audit tells you exactly where you are, in writing. Release Gate is for the people who would rather keep building than keep carrying — the audit is its front door, and the hand-over of keys and accounts happens inside the same five days.
Launch Gate Audit
Fee credited against remediation within 60 daysWe assess your software against the real barriers to launch, then separate the findings.
$3,500–$5,500AUD fixed · 5 business days
If you proceed with remediation within 60 days, the audit fee is credited against the work.
- Launch blockers — what must be fixed before you can ship
- After launch — what can safely wait
- A senior engineer validates every finding
Release Gate
Entered through the audit; scoped in the proposal that follows itYou build it. We run it. We manage the keys, the accounts and the releases, and a senior engineer reads every change before it ships.
from $3,000AUD per month · tiered by hours
Hours and turnaround are set in writing in the proposal. Work that changes what the product does is quoted separately, as it always has been.
- Custody of keys, certificates, store accounts and the repository — all in your name, revocable by you
- You raise pull requests from Claude Code; a senior engineer reviews every change before it merges
- Publishing through review inside your own developer account
- SDK, operating-system and dependency notices watched, with advise-or-fix on each
- Hand-off when you are firefighting elsewhere; we take it off your desk and report back
If the store rejects a release we merged, we keep working at no additional cost — or we tell you in writing why it can't pass. We do not guarantee approval; an approval guarantee is a representation nobody can control.
The split is a two-bucket report. Full scope, the comparison, and the regulations are on the Launch Gate Audit page. What we hold, how a change reaches your users, and the questions people ask are on the Release Gate page.
How an engagement runs
- 01
Launch Gate Audit
Five business days, $3,500–$5,500 AUD fixed. A senior engineer validates every finding.
- 02
Launch blockers, then after-launch
What stands between you and shipping, then what matters but does not need to stop you.
- 03
Fixed-price remediation
Quoted from the findings, not from a guess. From $30,000 AUD. The audit fee is credited within 60 days.
- 04
Submission and handover
Through review in your account, with a 30-day post-launch fix warranty.
- 05
Release Gate, if you keep building
You raise the pull requests; we review, merge and publish, and manage the keys and accounts. Monthly, tiered by hours, and everything stays in your name.
Common questions
- What if the software was built using AI?
- That is most of what we do now. We do not assume AI-generated code needs to be replaced — we treat it as inherited rather than suspect, run the audit first, and split what works from what's risky before anyone proposes changing it. The longer version is on the Built with AI page.
- Our developer has left and nobody here understands the code. Can you take it over?
- Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. We treat an inherited codebase as inherited rather than suspect — the audit maps what is there before anyone proposes changing it, so the first thing you get is an accurate picture rather than an opinion.
- Do we have to rebuild from scratch?
- Almost never, and be careful of anyone who opens with that. We keep what works and rewrite only where rewriting is genuinely cheaper than repairing. Your product direction survives; the risky plumbing is what gets replaced.
- An enterprise customer sent us a security questionnaire. Can you help?
- Yes. Questionnaires and penetration tests look for the bug classes generated code reproduces at scale — authentication, session handling, access control, and secrets in the wrong place. The audit covers those, and remediation closes them so you can answer the questionnaire truthfully.
- Can we start small?
- That is the intent of the audit. It is fixed-price and five business days, it ends in a written quote rather than an obligation, and the fee is credited against remediation if you proceed within 60 days. If you do nothing further you still leave with the two buckets in writing.
The advantage is no longer in understanding your customers; it’s in building systems that act on that understanding in real time.
What established businesses say
Envisage Apps were selected to deliver Compare the Market entry to the mobile app marketplace for iOS and Android. The team technical expertise, underpinned by their natural curiosity and creativity, ensured our vision was brought to life through Envisage Apps disciplined as well as engaging build and delivery process. A highly recommended business partner for any organisation looking to embark on or improve on their mobile app strategy.
Rod AttrillGeneral Manager Banking and Innovation | Compare the Market Australia.It was a pleasure to work with Nathan and his team. He possesses a degree of professionalism and expertise that are hard to find when looking for independent software engineers. I would recommend Envisage Apps to anyone looking for a company with business acumen and technical expertise in web services, Microsoft .NET, and related web technologies.
Catherine LiaoFounder | CorkbinNathan and Marisol of Envisage Apps were terrific to work with. We presented them with a rather unique and specialised concept in commodity trading, and they quickly grasped its intricacies and developed a product with which we were very happy. The after-sales services that they also provide is exceptional. Despite our significant knowledge gap in this domain, Nathan, Marisol and the entire Envisage team guided us comprehensively through the entire process. I unreservedly recommend their service.
Paul CochraneDirector | Fox Commodities
Let's get your software over the line.
Tell us where it's stuck — the codebase, App Store review, a security questionnaire, a compliance requirement — or who it's stuck with, and we'll tell you what it will take to ship it, or to stop carrying it.
- Local collaboration and faster decision-making
- Understanding of the Australian market and compliance
- Long-term partnership, not offshore handoffs
- Brisbane and Gold Coast, and remote across Australia
Audit $3,500–$5,500 AUD fixed, five business days. Remediation from $30,000 AUD. Release Gate from $3,000 AUD a month. We do not develop games.