Apple has always held a vice grip on its App Store, and from its inception, only approved apps that meet the company's set of rules have been allowed to enter. Up to this point, getting around this ...

It’s been three years since I first covered Delta, which brought near-flawless emulation of NES, SNES, and Game Boy games to iPhone. In the years since, developer Riley Testut has continued to work on ...

It’s not easy to install software from outside Apple’s ecosystem if you’re an iPhone user. If you want to use an app that’s not available on the official App Store, previously your only option was to ...

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 ...

Apple’s iPhones and iPads popularized the idea of app stores, which make it easy to find and install apps and manage updates all from one place. But while competitors like Google, Amazon, and ...

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 ...

All apps that are allowed to be distributed in the App Store must pass Apple's review, and although it was developed with some effort, it was judged that `` It is inappropriate for distribution on the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a ...

Alternatives to Apple's App Store usually have many caveats. You may need to jailbreak, which isn't always practical for the technically inexperienced, while apps signed with certificates or free ...

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 ...