Sideloading apps means installing them outside of the App Store. You can use utilities such as AltStore, Sideloady, and Xcode to install .ipa files on your iPhone or iPad using just your Apple ID without the App Store review process playing any part in it.
There was once a time when iPhone and iPad owners could download the popular Fortnite battle royale game from the App Store. But after Apple claimed that the game had violated the App Store’s terms and conditions, the game was pulled from it, resulting in one of the most closely watched and drug-out lawsuits ever between Fortnite creator Epic Games and Apple.
Back in April, AltStore sideloading platform developer Riley Testut released AltStore PAL, an Apple-approved alternative app marketplace that the iPhone maker was essentially forced to allow into existence by new regulations approved in the European Union. And today, AltStore PAL is getting even better.
It wasn’t very long ago that we talked about a relatively new piece of sideloading software called SideStore, which strives to be more of an untethered sideloading experience than the already ever popular AltStore software.
While AltStore works great for sideloading apps onto iPhones and iPads from Mac and Windows PCs with AltServer installed on them, Linux users find themselves with no official support, and many third-party forks exhibit Wi-Fi reliability issues. This is a major problem considering AltServer’s dependence on Wi-Fi.
AltStore is a well-known piece of software that allows iPhone and iPad users to sideload apps on their device, effectively sidestepping the App Store. The main benefit there is that users can install apps that Apple would never permit on the App Store.
In a bout of potential good news for iOS & iPadOS 17.0 users — specifically 17.0, and not any other version of iOS & iPadOS 17 — it seems that a method to install TrollStore has been uncovered.
So you’ve decided that you want to learn more about AltStore, a sideloading application for iPhones and iPads that lets you install .ipa files (raw iPhone application files) on your device with your own Apple ID. Well, you’ve come to the right place.
We’ve been keeping our readers apprised about a universal TrollStore installer called TrollInstallerX by iOS developer @alfiecg_dev since mid-March, and we’re pleased to share that the project is finally available to the masses as of Thursday afternoon.
In case you weren’t already aware, the Misaka project now supports tvOS, which is a fantastic step in the right direction for Apple TV owners who want to make modifications to their Apple-branded streaming box amid the lack of a modern jailbreak for their device.
TrollStore, the popular perma-signing utility by iOS developer Lars Fröder, received an important update early Sunday morning that brought the utility up to version 2.0.13.
TrollStore, the perma-signing utility by iOS developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev) that harnesses the power of a CoreTrust bug to let users permanently install sideloaded apps without re-signing them every seven days, added an important update on Thursday.
Attention AltStore users, AltServer for macOS was updated to version 1.7.1 on Thursday and is now available for all Mac users.