Apple Id's, Old Operating systems and an app that my partner can't live without

Hi,
I'll apologise in advance, I'm less than capable when it comes to technology but I'll explain my dilema to the best of my ability in the vain hope that one you guys or girls out there can come to my rescue.
•Bought my partner an iphone 3G second hand it was going cheap.
•'Assigned' it to one of my computers at work that had an unused itunes on it and created an apple id and password on it.
•Downloaded a few apps that I thought she may like.
•All fine.
Then.......
•Partner gets new laptop.
•Downloads itunes and creates second apple id for use with said iphone.
•Plugs in iphone, loses apps on it.
•Downloads favourite apps that she's just lost.
•Particular app that she wants and has become obsessed by which I wish I'd never introduced her to has been updated and now only works with ios 4.3.
So......
•I plug her phone back into the original computer with the first id which still has the app that works on 4.2.1 to reinstall it to her phone and for some bizarre reason I can't get it back onto her phone.
In short, I'm desperate for any help getting this app back onto her phone. Please someone help!
Thanks in advance,
Bert

I'm all cool with  that, she's done that, its just that the app she's bought isn't compatable with her operating system. Is there any way I can get old of a legacy version, i've contacted the developer and unsurprisingly they didn't get back to me. Surely there must be a way to get the app that is compatable, that's on my works machine back onto her phone?

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