The best way to install apps from outside Apple’s App Store was only made possible because Riley Testut wanted to play Pokémon on his iPhone. Testut was still in college when he started building an ...

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 ...

Apple's iPhones are pretty famous for being closed off, with jailbreaking being the only way that most people can imagine sideloading apps. However, there are other ways to sideload apps onto an ...

Apple’s chokehold on the App Store ecosystem for iPhone apps stifles competition, according to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), so it’s now forcing the tech giant to open up to new rivals. As a ...

With iOS 17.4, Apple began supporting alternative app marketplaces in the European Union, and the first of these stores will be launching soon to give consumers new ways to install apps without having ...

One of the first alternative app marketplaces went live in the European Union today, with developer Riley Testut introducing AltStore PAL, a version of his AltStore that can be accessed in EU ...

Japanese users can now download AltStore PAL and sideload apps on their iPhones and iPads. Here’s how. Yesterday, Apple announced a sweeping set of changes to the App Store and iPhone in Japan to ...

Apple doesn’t want you to have a sideloading option on your iPhones as that will be a crack in its walled garden. App Store is its biggest revenue driver and an alternate store or avenue to download ...

Nearly four months after its initial launch, AltStore PAL is dropping its €1.50 subscription fee thanks to a “MegaGrant” from Epic Games. This means that users based in the European Union can now ...

AltStore is also making a big push into the fediverse. AltStore is also making a big push into the fediverse. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 ...

The alternative iOS app store had cost €1.50 plus tax annually, but that fee is going away with the help of Epic Games. The alternative iOS app store had cost €1.50 plus tax annually, but that fee is ...