AltStore 1.5 Released With Trusted Sources, AltJIT, More

AltStore, an app that helps you sideload third party apps onto your iPhone, has been updated to version 1.5, bringing Trusted Sources, AltJIT, and more. This follows the release of AltServer 1.5 earlier this week.

Yet another release day is upon us: AltStore 1.5 with Trusted Sources is now available for ALL 🤩 For the first time ever, you can now download certain third party apps DIRECTLY through AltStore!

What's New in This Version

Trusted Sources

● Download and update certain third party apps entirely through AltStore
● Add Trusted Sources directly from the new Sources page
● Trusted Sources are sources we’ve explicitly approved because they meet our safety standards
● Support for adding any source by URL will be coming later

AltJIT

● Allows sideloaded apps to use Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation
● Long-press an app in My Apps, then choose “Enable JIT” – a few seconds later you should see an ● AltStore notification saying “Successfully Enabled JIT”
● Your device must be on the same WiFi network as AltServer or connected to your computer via USB
● JIT will remain enabled until the app is quit from the app switcher or purged from memory in the background
● Requires iOS 14 or later
● Requires AltServer 1.5 or later

Improved

● Supports landscape app screenshots
● Adds Shane to credits and Patreon screen
● Prefetches & caches Friend Zone patrons to offset the Patreon API’s slow response time

Fixed

● Fixed a potential crash when sideloading certain apps
● Fixed some apps having access to AltStore’s app group after being (de-)activated
● Fixed crash when adding or removing sources that have News items
● Fixed Core Data error when not connected to internet due to saving non-NSSecureEncoding items from NSError’s userInfo

Sideloading Restrictions

Apps installed with AltStore expire after 7 days, at which point they can no longer be opened. AltStore will attempt to "refresh" your sideloaded apps in the background to prevent this from happening, but you can also manually refresh your apps at any point by pressing the "Refresh All" button.


Due to restrictions by Apple, you can only have 3 sideloaded apps installed on a device at a time. To work around this, AltStore allows you to "deactivate" sideloaded apps, which backs up their data and removes them from your device to free up a slot for another app. You can then "activate" the app again later to re-install it and restore its data.

You can download AltStore from the link below...

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