# App maintenance and updates

> App maintenance and updates at ellul.ai: £449 a month, a fixed price agreed in writing before work starts, never charged by the hour. You have a live app and need someone keeping it working

- Price: £449 a month (monthly)
- Time: Monthly, rolling
- Page: https://ellul.ai/services/app-maintenance

## What is included
- OS, framework and dependency updates kept current
- Small fixes and changes, up to 4 hours a month
- Uptime and crash monitoring, with a monthly report
- Each update submitted to the app stores for their review

## What other providers charge
Other providers publish a median of £450 across 4 comparable prices (middle half £179.50 to £756.25). Every price with its source: https://ellul.ai/services/app-maintenance/readings.json

## How many people are asking for it
11 posts on Reddit asked to hire someone for app maintenance and updates between November 2025 and November 2026, 4 of them in the last 90 days, most on r/freelance_forhire, r/nocode, r/electricians.

## Paid separately, at cost
- The Apple Developer Program membership, paid to Apple each year
- The Google Play developer account fee, paid to Google
- Hosting and any third-party services the app uses, at cost

## What the buyer supplies
- Access to the code repository and build setup
- Admin roles in App Store Connect and Google Play Console
- Logins or keys for the services the app relies on

## What the price does not cover
- Up to 4 hours of fixes and changes a month; new features are quoted separately
- Apple and Google decide whether each update is approved; the fee covers the submission
- An app we did not build may need a code and security review before the plan starts

## Rules that apply
- Since 28 April 2026, apps uploaded to App Store Connect must be built with Xcode 26 or later, using an SDK for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26 or watchOS 26. Source: [Apple Developer: Upcoming Requirements](https://developer.apple.com/news/upcoming-requirements/)
- Since 31 August 2026, new apps and app updates on Google Play must target Android 16 (API level 36) or higher; developers could ask for an extension to 1 November 2026. Source: [Play Console Help: Target API level requirements for Google Play apps](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/11926878)

Get a written fixed quote: https://ellul.ai/services/app-maintenance#quote