title: How to change ownership of apps on AppStore and GooglePlay
body: <p>I have a few questions to which I cant seem to find answer regarding AppStore and GooglePlay. 
  So here is the situation. My client currently has an app in both stores developed and maintained by a developer agency (lets call them XXX).
  Now my company is about to build new apps for our client and I am struggling to find answer to those question:</p>
  
  <p>1) Can the ownership of the current apps be changed from XXX to us? So the current app becomes listed under our developer account.</p>
  
  <p>2) If so, once ownership is changed can we replace the current apps with our new one - so we retain star ratings, reviews etc. Potentially list the new app as an UPDATE rather then a brand new one.</p>
  
  <p>3) If both of the above are possible and we change the current apps with new ones - are people that have AUTO-UPDATE on, going to receive the new app without having to re-download it (essentially replacing the old one with new).</p>
  
  <p>Altogether we want to avoid making users having to re-download apps. You can consider that we will receive all the help and support from XXX to do that. New apps will be built on Swift if that changes anything.</p>
  
  <p>Please let me know</p>
  
  <p>Best Regards</p>