- They couldn't have just stolen it. There are slight differences in the UI plus the binary has creator information embedded in it. The app is simple enough. I

- They couldn't have just stolen it. There are slight differences in the UI plus the binary has creator information embedded in it. The app is simple enough. I think it would be harder to take the source binary and modify it than to clone it. - I'm not sure whether he maintains servers or not. If he did then he can do something about it. All I know is that he gets app usage information from pirated copies. Those pirated copies would be stolen but they would also not be obtained from the app store. There are two things happening: devs ripping off his ideas, users pirating his app