IOS8 needs backwards compatibility mode for pre-IOS8 apps!

Seems some very nice and fully functional apps available on the App store have stopped working in IOS8.
One example is TreeSketch 3.0 which played a big part in my purchasing an iPad Air 2 (as opposed to an Android tablet where this app does not exist)
This app worked nicely earlier this year on an iPad 2 that I borrowed (IOS7?) but no longer works in IOS8 - although still being present in the App store.
Is there any chance of Apple adding "backwards compatibility mode" for such apps ?
Seems to me that Apple's priorities when designing IOS8 do not fully appreciate or understand their own ecosystem of valuable apps.
(An app may be very valuable, even if free)

I have done that and am awaiting replies.
However this policy assumes that the app developer remains active - this is not often the case.
For the TreeSketch app, it was evidently developed by a University and public grant.
The students responsible for development may very well have moved on...
Also - how easy will it be for an App developer when Apple introduces 4000 new API's in IOS8 ?
Will it be obvious for them which API's they used have been depreceated ??

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problem is not solved for non corporate environments...
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Oh! I wrote it wrong: I should have said: This is not solved for NON-AD environments. No demands what so ever to use Window 7/8 professional in a small corporation or on a big corporation with Island of smaller departments for example offshore.
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But you are right in the fact that I am almost kidnapping the thread. But a complete answer would benefit all in this case I would presume.
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