A store listing without company-held signing keys strands the binary. This checklist covers signing ownership, privacy labels, and a crash soak before external testers — so vibe mobile builds can ship without giving away the keys. Keep the app. Own the signatures.
Store-ready means the company holds signing keys, privacy labels match what the binary does, and a crash soak passed before external testers. You keep the app you built. You do not let a personal certificate or a builder account become the only way to update the listing.
Where store submits strand teams
Listing live, keys gone
Builder-era signing on a personal Apple or Play login feels fast. Recovery is painful.
Signing keys on a personal account
Move to org / company holders before first external group.
Privacy labels that guess
Match actual SDKs and data flows — not the demo pitch.
No crash soak
A five-minute happy path is not soak.
Mixing this with web ship checklist
Web release gates differ. This page owns store binaries.
The store-ready pass
Keys → labels → soak → invite
External testers last.
01
Move signing under company control
Document who can rotate.
02
Fill privacy and compliance labels from truth
Inventory SDKs and data.
03
Run a crash soak on the candidate build
Primary journeys, odd devices if you have them.
04
Write the halt path
Halt listing or push before ads around the store.
How to
How to get store-ready after a vibe mobile build
Keys first, testers last.
Step 01
Inventory who holds Apple and Play access today
Personal vs org.
Step 02
Transfer signing to company holders
Backup recovery material offline.
Step 03
Align privacy labels with real data flows
No guessing.
Step 04
Soak the candidate binary for crashes
Primary journeys repeatedly.
Step 05
Invite external testers only after halt is written
Same as web: reverse ready.
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What belongs on an App Store / Play ready checklist before first external testers?
Company-held signing, accurate privacy labels, a crash soak on the candidate binary, and a written halt for listing or staged rollout. Shared builder logins are not enough.
How do signing keys differ from a generic ship-checklist freeze?
Ship checklist covers release and rollback for any surface. Signing keys are the store-specific ownership that lets you update the binary years later — lose them and the listing strands.
What crash readiness is enough for a vibe-coded first listing?
Primary journeys on the candidate build without reproducible crashes; known device matrix noted; crash reporter on. Perfect zero is rare — untracked crash loops are a blocker.
When do Rork or FlutterFlow harden pages still need this store pass?
Builder harden pages wrap panel and deploy risk on that tool. This page owns signing, labels, and crash soak for any vibe mobile binary. Run both when a named mobile builder is still in play.
Do not invite external testers until the halt is written.
Bring signing access and the candidate binary. We make keys company-held before the listing goes wide.