Sell Android app source code by licensing it to AI labs. Kotlin and Java apps qualify, live or shelved. Keep the app and get paid each time.
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Android delivery app, shelved 2023
41,700 lines. The courier app of a regional delivery startup, shelved when the service closed in two cities.
Yes, Kotlin and Java Android apps you own can be licensed to AI labs, whether they are live, shelved or never launched. You sell a license and keep the code and the app, and a typical repo earns about $1,000 to $1,500 per license, each time it is licensed.
Yes, if you or your company own it. Android apps make good training code because they mix several kinds of work in one repo: Kotlin or Java, layouts, Gradle builds, background jobs and API clients, all changed over years of OS updates. Labs want that mix.
The app can stay on Google Play. Licensing the code changes nothing about the listing or the users, and nobody else publishes it.
No. Apps that were unpublished, suspended or never submitted qualify the same way. The store listing has no bearing on value. What counts is the code you wrote and the history behind it, including the backend and any internal tools that supported the app. If you built the app with a cross-platform framework, the shared code counts too.
Long-lived Android apps often hold years of changes made to keep up with new OS versions, permissions and libraries. That kind of maintenance history is valuable to labs, because it shows how real apps adapt over time.
Value per license is source tokens at $100 per million plus history tokens at $40 per million. A shelved delivery app like the specimen lot above, with a few years of commits, sits in the typical band at about $1,000 to $1,500 per license. Licenses are non-exclusive, so the same repo can be licensed again and you are paid each time.
Signing keys and API secrets committed to the repo are stripped from the review copy for you. For the method, read how much is my code worth. For why labs pay, read sell code for AI training.
| Depth | Looks like | Per repo, per license | Log scale, $100 to $10k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Short history, small repo | $400 to $700 | |
| Typical | A real product, a few years of commits | $1,000 to $1,500 | |
| Deep | Long-lived, deep history, tests | $2,500 to $4,000 |
Illustrative, conservative · What you take home, per license · Verified 2026-10-10
$100/M
per million tokens
$40/M
per million tokens
Value per license = source tokens × $100/M + history tokens × $40/M
Rates can change on 30 days' notice, never retroactively · Paid within 15 days of the buyer paying
Illustrative, conservative · Last verified 2026-10-10
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And it is yours, which is exactly what makes it licensable. You decide what is shared: only the repos you choose, only code you hold the rights to. Secrets, customer data and third-party code stay out. Within the repos you submit, secrets and personal data are stripped from the review copy before anything reaches a buyer.
No clean-up needed. Submit the repos as they are. Secrets and personal data are stripped from the review copy for you.
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Your code is scrubbed and graded on the review copy, then taken to buyers in batches. Each time a license closes and the buyer pays, you are paid within 15 days.
Yes. You grant a non-exclusive license and keep ownership. You can keep using, changing and shipping it.
No. Shelved, unfinished and abandoned code qualifies if it is real and yours.
No. There is no listing. Buyers see a scrubbed review copy.
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