It was sketchy, but let's look at it from the dev's side: The OP is doing this as a test project and for the dev this is his livelihood. The dev needs his repu

It was sketchy, but let's look at it from the dev's side: The OP is doing this as a test project and for the dev this is his livelihood. The dev needs his reputation to stay employed, whereas the OP could easily have taken the code and ran, and/or left a bad review. I have certainly had clients do such things -- the freelance ecosystem means nothing to them. Developing for iOS is expensive, and even more so for a non-US dev. At this rate he has to work 2-4 weeks a year just to cover the overhead of Apple requirements. Even still his reputation is worth far more to him. Since he knows OP was unsatisfied during the project he has to make sure this is resolved before the project is closed. The language barrier definitely makes this interaction seem more vicious than it really is.