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 ...

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 ...

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Riley Testut, an iOS app developer who has for years worked on mobile video ...

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 ...

AltStore PAL, one of the first alternative app store available for iPhones in the EU after last years major DMA changes, has announced the release of AltStore Classic for AltStore PAL users – allowing ...

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’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 ...

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 ...