A few hours after Apple flipped the switch on its new rules for Japan, AltStore confirmed on Mastodon that its AltStore PAL ...

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 ...

AltStore PAL, the open-source app that is designed to distribute apps in the EU from independent developers, is now free thanks to a grant provided by Fortnite developer Epic Games. The alternative ...

Following changes in iOS 17.4 and legislation allowing them, the first new alternative app store has launched in the EU, that promises to help distribute "indie" apps at a low-cost yearly fee. On ...

The European Union (EU) used the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) to force Apple to allow third-party App Store alternatives on the iPhone. The DMA also brings third-party payments and sideloading to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first third-party app marketplace, AltStore PAL, launched in the European Union on Wednesday. The App Store alternative comes from Riley Testut, the developer who got his Delta retro-game emulator ...