Vibe code audit for AI-built apps
Built your app with AI? Find out if it's ready to launch.
The App Rescue Report is a fixed-price product and technical launch-readiness audit for apps built with AI tools. Senior Rocket Lab engineers in Sydney and Melbourne check your key user journeys, review the code, security, architecture and deployment, and tell you what to finish, what to cut and what to defer, with a prioritised, costed plan to get to launch.
- From A$2,950 + GST, fixed
- Delivered 5 business days after access
- Fee credited on remediation
- NDA signed before we see any code
- Fixed price from A$2,950, + GST, up to 50,000 lines
- Report in 5 days, business days after full access
For apps built with Lovable, Bolt.new, Cursor, Replit, v0, Claude Code or Base44.
Stuck, nearly finished or already live? We'll tell you what needs attention before more users, data or money go through it.
Who reviews your app
Reviewed by people who ship production software
Rocket Lab has designed and built production software since 2014 for organisations including Webjet, Petbarn, NSW Police and CSIRO. The App Rescue Report applies the same engineering standards to apps built with AI, so you know what production-ready actually looks like before your customers find out the hard way.
Sound familiar?
The demo was the easy part.
AI can make an app look finished surprisingly quickly. The problems usually appear when you introduce real users, real data and real money.
"It works in preview, breaks live."
The deploy wall
Environment variables, auth redirects, CORS and build settings that only fail once real users arrive.
"Fixing one bug breaks two more."
The regression loop
The AI rewrites working code to fix something else, and you can no longer tell what changed.
"It looks finished. Is it?"
The finished illusion
Flows that work in a demo and fail on the first real edge case: empty data, a failed payment, a second user, a cancelled sign-up.
"Is my users' data actually safe?"
The security unknown
Open database rules, exposed keys and admin pages protected only by hiding the button.
"I've burned hundreds on credits."
The credit spiral
You're paying the tool to create a bug, then paying again to try to fix it.
"A developer quoted me a full rebuild."
No second opinion
You need someone who will tell you plainly what is worth keeping, what can wait and what it costs to launch.
In one paragraph
What is an App Rescue Report?
An App Rescue Report is a fixed-price launch-readiness audit of an app built with AI coding tools like Lovable, Bolt.new, Cursor or Replit. Senior engineers check your key user journeys and review security, architecture, code quality, integrations and deployment, then deliver a prioritised remediation backlog with hour estimates, a scope recommendation (what to finish, cut or defer) and a clear verdict: rescue it or rebuild it. For apps up to 50,000 lines of code it costs A$2,950 + GST and takes 5 business days from full access.
What we check
From first sign-up to production: what we check
We start with your most important user journeys, used the way a new customer would use them, then read the code behind them. Scanners help us cover ground, but every finding is confirmed by a senior engineer and explained in plain English.
User journeys and edge cases
Sign-up, onboarding and your three key flows, checked the way a new user would use them: empty states, errors, failed payments, a second account. Tested live on staging when you have one.
Launch scope
What must work for launch, what can wait, and what is not worth more engineering time yet.
Security and data access
Supabase Row Level Security, Firebase rules, exposed API keys, secrets in client code, OWASP Top 10.
Authentication and roles
Sign-up, password reset, sessions, OAuth redirects, and whether admin checks happen on the server.
Architecture
How the app is structured, where business logic lives, and whether it can grow without a rewrite.
Data model
Tables, relationships, migrations and indexes. The one area that is expensive to change later.
Code quality
Duplicated components, dead code, inconsistent patterns and files no human can safely edit.
Payments and integrations
Stripe checkout and webhooks, email, file uploads, third-party APIs and their failure handling.
Performance
Slow queries, oversized bundles, N+1 calls and what breaks at 1,000 and 10,000 users.
Deployment and environments
Hosting, environment variables, staging and production, domains, backups and rollbacks.
Testing and error handling
Whether anything tells you when something breaks, and which flows need tests before you change them.
AI feature risks
If your app calls an LLM: prompt injection, leaked system prompts, runaway token costs and missing rate limits.
Same process, every time
From booking to a report you can act on, with a walkthrough at the end.
Book and pay
Day 0
We confirm your codebase size, you pay the fixed price, and we send an NDA and an access checklist.
Share access
Day 0 to 1
Read access to your repo, database and hosting, plus a 30-minute call on who the app is for and what must work at launch.
We assess
Day 1 to 4
Senior engineers check your key journeys, review the code behind them and confirm every finding.
Report and walkthrough
Day 5
You get the report and a 60-minute call to go through it and ask anything.
You choose
After
Fix it yourself, hand it to us, or split the work. Our access is removed either way.
What you get
A report you can act on the same day
Executive summary
One page, written for founders and investors. Where the app stands and what it will take to launch.
Launch readiness score
A score out of 100 across user journeys and UX (including functional completeness), security, architecture and code, data and integrations, and production readiness.
Prioritised findings
Every issue rated Critical, High, Medium or Low, with the file, the risk in plain English and how to fix it.
Remediation backlog
A ready-to-import task list (Jira, Linear, Trello or CSV), grouped into critical, before launch, soon after launch and later, with an hour estimate for each task.
Scope recommendation
What to finish before launch, what to cut and what to defer. AI makes it easy to keep adding features; this helps you stop.
Rescue or rebuild verdict
Our recommendation, with the cost and timeline of each path side by side.
Launch checklist
The minimum list to go live safely, separated from the nice-to-haves.
Prompts for your AI tool
For lower-risk items, instructions you can paste into Lovable, Cursor or Claude Code to fix them yourself.
One fixed price, agreed before you pay
App Rescue Report
Fee credited against a remediation project of A$10,000 or more signed within 30 days.
A$2,950+ GST, fixed, up to 50,000 lines
- One app: web, mobile, or both sharing a backend
- Your three key user journeys checked end to end, and tested live on staging when you have one
- Up to 50,000 lines of code in up to two repositories
- Report 5 business days after full access
- 60-minute walkthrough of your report
- NDA signed before we see any code
50,000 to 150,000 lines: A$4,900 + GST. Larger platforms get a fixed quote before you pay. We confirm the size of your codebase before you pay, so the price never changes afterwards. For mobile apps, we review the code and backend in full and check the journeys through the code or a web version.
Not ready for the full report?
Start with a free health check
Send us a link to your app and your biggest concern. We'll look at it the way a new user would and reply with the first three things we would investigate. No code access, no cost and no obligation. We take on a limited number each week.
After the report
Three ways to get it finished
The backlog is yours to use however you like. There is no lock-in.
DIY
Fix it yourself
Work through the backlog with your AI tool or your own developer. The report tells you what to do and in what order.
Recommended
We fix the critical items
We handle security, payments and deployment for a fixed price quoted from the report. You keep building features.
Full handover
We finish the app
Rocket Lab takes the app to launch and beyond, then keeps it current with app maintenance.
Built with any of these? We can audit it.
| Built with | What it usually generates | What we usually find |
|---|---|---|
| Lovable | React, Vite, Tailwind, Supabase | Permissive Row Level Security, logic in the browser, duplicated components |
| Bolt.new | React or Next.js, Supabase or Firebase | Preview-only configuration, missing env vars, broken production builds |
| Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf | Any stack you point it at | Inconsistent patterns across sessions, no tests, silent error handling |
| Replit | Node.js, Python, Postgres | Hosting lock-in, secrets management, database backups |
| v0, Base44 | Next.js front ends, hosted backends | Auth wiring, API routes without server-side checks |
| FlutterFlow, AI-assisted mobile | Flutter, React Native, Firebase | App Store readiness, offline handling, Firebase rules |
Questions founders ask us
What is a vibe code audit?
A vibe code audit is a review of an app built mostly with AI coding tools. Engineers check the key user journeys and review security, data access rules, architecture, code quality, integrations and deployment, then list what must be fixed before real users and payments go through it. Our version is the App Rescue Report: fixed price, with a costed remediation backlog and a scope recommendation.
My app works and I am about to launch. Do I still need an audit?
That is the best time to get one. Apps built with AI often look finished and still fail on real-world edge cases, open database rules or unverified payments. The report tells you what must be fixed before launch, what can safely wait, and what is already fine, so you launch knowing where the risks are.
How much does it cost to audit an AI-built app in Australia?
The App Rescue Report costs A$2,950 + GST for one app up to 50,000 lines of code, or A$4,900 + GST from 50,000 to 150,000 lines. We confirm the size before you pay. The fee is credited against a remediation project of A$10,000 or more signed within 30 days.
Which AI coding tools do you audit?
Lovable, Bolt.new, Cursor, Replit, v0, Claude Code, Windsurf, Base44, FlutterFlow and GitHub Copilot projects. Common stacks include React, Next.js, Vite, Supabase, Firebase, Node.js, React Native and Flutter.
My Lovable or Bolt app works in preview but breaks in production. Can you fix it?
Yes. This is one of the most common problems we see: missing environment variables, build settings, auth redirect URLs, CORS and database rules that only fail once the app is live. The report pinpoints the causes and the backlog lists the fixes with hour estimates.
Should I fix my AI-generated app or rebuild it?
Many AI-built apps can be fixed in place. A rebuild makes sense when the data model is wrong at the core, when security issues are spread through every layer, or when fixing costs more than rebuilding. Every report ends with a clear rescue-or-rebuild recommendation and the cost of each path.
How long does the App Rescue Report take?
5 business days from the moment we have full access to your code and services, followed by a 60-minute walkthrough call to go through it and answer your questions.
Is my AI-built app secure?
Often not by default. The most frequent issues are Supabase Row Level Security that is disabled or too permissive, API keys exposed in front-end code, admin routes without server-side checks, and payment webhooks that are not verified. The report checks each of these.
Do I have to use Rocket Lab for the fixes?
No. The report is yours. It is written so you, your own developer, or your AI tool can work through the backlog. You can also hand us only the critical items and keep the rest in-house.
What access do you need to my code?
Read access to your repository (GitHub, GitLab, or a code export from Lovable, Bolt or Replit), read-only access to your database and hosting dashboards, and a test login. We sign an NDA before access and remove our access when the report is delivered.
Can the report be used for investor or acquirer due diligence?
Yes. The executive summary and scorecard are written for non-technical readers, so you can share them with investors to show the technical risk is understood and costed.
Why Rocket Lab
Senior engineers in Sydney and Melbourne, not a scanner and a PDF.
Also trusted by James Hardie, Red Bull and Superloop.
We build with AI every day
We use the same tools you did. We know what they're great at and where they cut corners.
Local, senior, accountable
Your report is written and reviewed by experienced engineers in Australia, not generated by a scanner.
We quote what we find
Every task in the backlog has an hour estimate. If you want us to do the work, we quote a fixed price before we start.
Straight answers
If the app is in good shape, we'll say so. If it needs a rebuild, we'll say that too.
Vibe code audits in Sydney
Our Sydney team at 281 Clarence Street reviews AI-built apps for founders and product teams across NSW. The walkthrough can happen in person, and the engineers who wrote your report can be the ones who fix it if you go ahead.
Vibe code audits in Melbourne
From Level 7, 180 Flinders Street, our Melbourne engineers run the same fixed-price App Rescue Report for Victorian startups and businesses, whether the app came from Lovable, Bolt, Cursor or a freelancer who has moved on.
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New React Native apps, takeovers, upgrades and maintenance for iOS and Android.
In our clients' words
Founders and long-term partners on what it is like to build with us.
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We have a long standing partnership with Rocket Lab who provide Webjet with critical strategic and development services for our front-end websites.
Over the years Rocket Lab have seamlessly integrated with James Hardie in delivering a number of key projects for the business that to this day continue to be critical to the success and functionality of our operations.
When it comes to out-sourcing and partnering with a technology vendor, Rocket Lab is top of mind. Julien, Jen and the team are incredibly detailed and thorough whenever they’re engaged in a project. And, they do so at velocity.
Rocket Lab’s ability to help define and execute our business through software in a timely fashion, has been a breath of fresh air and a pleasure to work with.
The guys worked together very well with our internal resources and blended into our process seamlessly. We were very impressed with the level of skill from each of the engineers…
Our business has hundreds of suppliers and thousands of customers so we needed a highly robust structure and that’s exactly what was delivered by Julien, Jen and the RL development team.
Julien and his team are a real pleasure to work with. They are well rounded with a solid understanding of design/user experience best practices as well as diving deep under the hood with solid web and app development capabilities.
Their team delivered a site that met our expectations, and they’ve continued to assist us in refining and enhancing it over time. They are dedicated, creative, and technically skilled, helping to ensure our website looks good and functions smoothly.
Find out exactly what it takes to finish your app
Tell us what you built and where you're stuck. From A$2,950 + GST, credited on remediation projects of A$10,000 or more.
