AI App Rescue
Your AI-built app is
80% done. We finish
the other 20%.
Lovable, Replit, Bolt and v0 build the screens. They skip the parts that make software safe to run: authentication rules, verified payments, secrets, data integrity, edge cases. We audit what your generator actually built, fix what is broken, and launch it. Fixed price from $8,000, two to six weeks.
What usually breaks.
Nine patterns we find again and again, whatever tool produced the code.
Authentication
criticalLogin works, but users can see each other’s data.
Row-level security was never enabled, or every policy allows all rows. The generator wired the client, not the rules behind it.
Secrets
criticalEverything runs fine until someone opens dev tools.
API keys sit in client-side code. Anyone can read your database key, your OpenAI key, or your email provider key from the browser.
Payments
criticalTest payments succeed. Real ones do not arrive.
Stripe is still in test mode, or the webhook is never verified, so subscriptions never activate and refunds never register.
Data integrity
criticalRecords vanish or duplicate after a deploy.
No migrations and no backups. Schema changes are applied by hand, so every deploy is a coin flip.
Error handling
highA blank white screen instead of a message.
Happy path only. Nothing catches a failed request, an expired session, or a rejected card.
Performance
highFast with 10 rows, unusable with 10,000.
Queries in loops and no database indexes. The pattern works in a demo and collapses with real data.
Mobile
highLooks broken on a phone.
Built and previewed on a desktop viewport. Tap targets, keyboards and safe areas were never handled.
Email and notifications
mediumPassword resets land in spam, or never send.
No sending domain, no SPF/DKIM, no retry when the provider rate-limits.
Ownership
highYou cannot move the project off the platform.
The code lives inside the builder, the database is on their plan, and nothing is in your accounts.
How the rescue runs.
Audit
We read the code, the database rules and the accounts, then send you a written list of what is broken, what is dangerous, and what is fine. You get this whether or not you hire us for the fix.
Fixed scope and price
You get one number and one date, in writing. No hourly meter, no discovery phase that bills while nothing ships.
The hard 20%
Security, payments, auth, data, edge cases, performance. Working software in your hands every week, not status updates.
Launch
Product Hunt page, demo video, screenshots, analytics and SEO foundation. We are there on launch day and for the first fixes after.
Built with what?
Each generator skips a different part of the job. Pick yours for the specifics.
$8,000and up
Typical project $8k–$25k
Timeline: 2–6 weeks
Fixed price in writing before work starts. Everything is built in your accounts, so you own the code from day one. Built by Dan Marteens, 11 years of senior engineering, Orlando, Florida.
Straight answers.
Can someone finish an app I built with AI?
Yes. CTO Monster takes over AI-generated apps and finishes them. We audit what the generator actually built, fix the parts it skipped — authentication, payments, security, data integrity, edge cases — and take the app to launch. Typical projects run $8,000 to $25,000 over two to six weeks.
Why do AI-built apps stall at 80%?
AI builders are excellent at the visible 80%: screens, layouts, and the happy path. They routinely skip the invisible 20% that makes software safe to run: row-level security, verified payment webhooks, migrations, error states, indexes, and secrets kept off the client. That remaining 20% is most of the real engineering work.
Do you rewrite everything from scratch?
Almost never. Rewriting throws away work you already paid for. We keep what is sound, replace what is dangerous, and tell you honestly which is which in the audit — before you commit to the fix.
What does it cost to finish an AI-built app?
Most rescue projects run $8,000 to $25,000 depending on how much of the hard 20% is missing. You get a fixed written price after the audit, before any work starts. The audit itself is a separate, smaller step you can stop after.
Which AI builders do you work with?
Lovable, Replit, Bolt, v0, Cursor and Claude Code, plus hand-rolled projects that grew without architecture. The tool matters less than what it skipped, and the gaps are remarkably consistent across all of them.
Is my app safe to launch right now?
If you have not checked row-level security, whether API keys are visible in the browser, and whether Stripe webhooks are verified, then probably not. Those three gaps appear in the majority of AI-generated apps we audit, and each one is enough to leak customer data or lose payments.
Show us the wreckage.
Twenty minutes, free. You leave knowing what is broken, what it costs to fix, and how long it takes.
Feed us your project