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Peko: Buy vs Skip (Mobile App Agency Compliance Retainers)

IF your agency ships frequent iOS/Android client builds and app store rejections cost two-week delays, THEN start on Peko's Free tier ($0, unlimited lint runs, 46 mechanical rules, nothing leaves your machine) and validate findings on a real client .ipa or .aab before paying. IF the free lint surfaces actionable violations and you want interpretive coverage, THEN move to Pro at $20/month for 10 interpretive audits and 326 rules read against code, or Max for higher volume. IF you only ship one or two apps a year with no rejection history, THEN defer: the paid interpretive tier is wasted spend when the free CLI already covers mechanical checks.

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Peko: Buy vs Skip (Mobile App Agency Compliance Retainers)

“IF your agency ships frequent iOS/Android client builds and app store rejections cost two-week delays, THEN start on Peko's Free tier ($0, unlimited lint runs, 46 mechanical rules, nothing leaves your machine) and validate findings on a real client .ipa or .aab before paying. IF the free lint surfaces actionable violations and you want interpretive coverage, THEN move to Pro at $20/month for 10 interpretive audits and 326 rules read against code, or Max for higher volume. IF you only ship one or two apps a year with no rejection history, THEN defer: the paid interpretive tier is wasted spend when the free CLI already covers mechanical checks.”

When is it the right choice?
  • Agency manages multiple client builds across Flutter, React Native, MAUI, Unity, or native, where the free tier's unlimited lint runs across all 46 mechanical rules can be applied to every project at no cost.
  • Client builds have hit App Store or Google Play rejections, and the agency needs Peko's rejection diagnosis (unlimited on Free) plus Pro's 326 interpretive rules to map policy prose to specific code locations.
  • The agency wants to sell a productized offer like Peko App Store Readiness at $1,500 with roughly 12h setup, targeting solo developers or local businesses facing first-time submission or repeated rejections.
  • Delivery workflows already run GitHub Actions or CI/CD, so Peko's CLI lint can gate pull requests and catch missing ATT prompts or undeclared data collection before submission.
  • Privacy form completion is a recurring bottleneck, and Pro's privacy form answers auto-populated from dependency evidence removes manual work per client release.
When should you skip it?
  • The agency has no mobile app clients and works only in web, SaaS, or backend delivery, where Peko's iOS and Android binary, manifest, and SDK scanning has nothing to read.
  • Client volume is one or two apps per year with clean submission histories, so the Free tier's 46 mechanical rules cover the need and Pro's $20/month for 10 interpretive audits goes unused.
  • The agency cannot staff the interpretive audit tier's human review requirement, since Pro and Max plans depend on human judgment that the free CLI lint does not provide.
  • Compliance work is already handled by a GRC platform like Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe for SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001, and app store policy scanning is not part of the client contract.
  • No one on the delivery team can configure Peko against client codebases, including Podfile.lock, Package.resolved, gradle.lockfile, Info.plist, AndroidManifest, and entitlements, so findings never reach a remediation report.
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