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I see no reason why a 16 year old shouldn't be able to do that, and it's not that uncommon, especially these days with all the great resources available online.

A 16yo kid who's had multiple years of learning how to program, and a good work ethic, could very well do that - I had published applications at around that age that had users. I don't think a young age is in itself a reason to be suspicious of plagiarism.

Don't underestimate young people.

We have hundreds of people doing this in https://hackclub.com, many of whom are 16 or younger.

A decade is more than enough time to become extremely competent. I've know 16 year olds who started learning to code when they were 6. Plenty of developers teach their kids from very young ages. Of course a 16 year old could write a great app.

They could, they just probably wouldn't be 16 by the time they finished learning how to do it.

I’d love to hear your reasoning for why a 16 year old person couldn’t do those things.