The app was developed by recruitment house Delv Pty Ltd over a period of two weeks.[10] Delv was hired by the Digital Transformation Agency for A$1.85 million , and the Department of Health for A$1.438 million ; totaling over A$3 million .[11] The app launched on 29 March 2020, three days after it was first announced publicly.[12] Although initially rumoured to have similar functions to Singapore's open source TraceTogether app,[13] it did not have such features at release.