AltStore PAL is the first Apple-approved alternative iOS app store in the EU. Eligible iPhone users can utilize AltStore PAL for a symbolic fee that covers Apple’s CTF. Developers must host their apps ...

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 ...

With the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the EU, Apple was forced to allow developers to distribute their apps through alternative app stores (or App Marketplace) in ...

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 ...

A few hours after Apple flipped the switch on its new rules for Japan, AltStore confirmed on Mastodon that its AltStore PAL app was already available in the country, allowing users to sideload apps to ...

AltStore, the original alternative app marketplace, just opened its doors further. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac AltStore PAL, the first third-party app marketplace for iOS, now lets users ...

Epic Games has granted AltStore PAL a MegaGrant for innovating in app distribution. AltStore PAL will use this grant to cover Apple’s Core Technology Fee and let EU users access its digital storefront ...

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A new version of AltStore — AltStore PAL — has launched as an Apple-approved alternative app marketplace in the European Union. It’s an open-source app store made specifically for independent ...

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 ...

Apple’s been forced by European Union regulators to open up access to its iPhones and iPads so that users can download apps from sources other than Apple’s App Store–until now a system that Apple has ...

Earlier today, third-party app store AltStore PAL, announced that a porn app called Hot Tub was now available to iOS users in the European Union. The marketplace, which enables people in the EU to ...