For a truly unique app, hire a freelancer to build a minimum viable product (MVP) from scratch. It is more expensive, but you own the IP, you have no legal risk, and you can scale it.
Consider the story of "StreamFlix" (a pseudonym for a real incident). An entrepreneur downloaded a nulled version of a popular Netflix-like Android TV app from a forum. The code worked beautifully. He launched his streaming service. nulled android app source code
Month 1: He had 5,000 users. Revenue was $2,000 from ads. He felt like a genius. For a truly unique app, hire a freelancer
Month 2: His server bill inexplicably jumped from $200/month to $4,000/month. His server was hosting illegal child exploitation material uploaded via a file upload backdoor in the nulled code. The FBI traced the IP to his Linode account. He was arrested for crimes he didn't commit (he was eventually cleared, but his life was ruined). An entrepreneur downloaded a nulled version of a
Month 3: While he was dealing with lawyers, Google Play removed his app for "impersonation and malware." Stripe froze his $15,000 balance.
He ended up owing $25,000 in legal fees, server cleanup costs, and Stripe chargebacks. The $299 license he tried to save cost him nearly $40,000 and his freedom.
Subject: Security, Legal, and Operational Risks of Acquiring Android Source Code via "Nulled" Channels Date: October 26, 2023 Status: High Risk / Critical Advisory