Riley Testut’s brilliant AltStore is an App Store alternative (kind of) for iPhone and iPad that allows you to install unauthorized third-party apps. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install it ...

Recent changes to EU laws require Apple to allow third-party app stores in EU countries. Here's how to use AltStore to sideload iOS apps. The European Union recently passed the Digital Markets Act ...

As someone who uses Android as their primary mobile OS, I tend to focus on alternative apps/service to Google’s products, but that doesn’t mean I don’t also enjoy the third-party replacements for ...

Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Apple bans apps like emulators and clipboard history on your iPhone, but there’s a clever way to sideload these apps without jailbreaking. The official App Store is ...

The 'App Store' on iOS devices has very strict guidelines, so useful apps may be suddenly deleted. Jailbreak is known as a method of installing unofficial apps from other than the App Store, but it ...

Unlike other rogue app repositories, AltStore doesn't require a jailbroken phone. There are some caveats, but AltStore is available for download today in preview form ...

A few hours after Apple flipped the switch on its new rules for Japan, AltStore confirmed on Mastodon that its AltStore PAL app was already available in the country, allowing users to sideload apps to ...

Apple is officially letting third-party app stores for iPhones in the EU, starting with iOS 17.4. Developers can create alternative app stores for iPhones and offer different apps and services outside ...

As Apple faces pressure to open up the iPhone to third-party App Store providers, one developer has been helping users sideload apps since 2019 — and has issues with overbroad legislation demanding ...