AltStore (Beta)

This beta adds back the ability to bypass permission alerts for non-recommended sources.

PREVIOUS BETA:

NEW
• Handles "search" and "view app" deep links
• Supports distributing Patreon-exclusive apps to free members

FIXED
• Fixed duplicate “New Update Available” notifications
• Fixed Settings tab bar disappearing on iOS 18
• Fixed not unlocking benefits due to PatreonAPI change
• Fixed not showing alerts when installing app before adding source
• Fixed not presenting auth screen when installing app before adding source
• Fixed redundant app update appearing after failing to backup/restore app
• [iPad] Fixed crash when removing apps from My Apps tab

NEW
• Handles "search" and "view app" deep links
• Supports distributing Patreon-exclusive apps to free members

IMPROVED
• Removed ability to bypass permission errors for non-recommended sources

FIXED
• Fixed duplicate “New Update Available” notifications
• Fixed Settings tab bar disappearing on iOS 18
• Fixed not unlocking benefits due to PatreonAPI change
• Fixed not showing alerts when installing app before adding source
• Fixed not presenting auth screen when installing app before adding source
• Fixed redundant app update appearing after failing to backup/restore app
• [iPad] Fixed crash when removing apps from My Apps tab

NEW

App Icon
• Brand new app icon
• Choose alternate app icons in Settings

Misc.
• Added social media follow buttons to Settings

IMPROVED

Sources
• Supports JSON5 for sources
• Throws error when adding marketplace source to non-marketplace AltStore (and vice versa)

Patreon
• Supports custom pledge amounts

Misc.
• Changed "WiFi" spelling to "Wi-Fi"
• Displays version # for updates in My Apps tab
• Dismiss full-screen screenshots with swipe gesture
• Updated social media URLs for Credits section in Settings

FIXED
• Fixed various issues when installing apps before adding source
• Fixed not updating featured apps installation status on source detail page
• Fixed not showing "more updates" button when there are more than 2 updates
• Fixed missing blur when pushing AppViewController onto modal navigation controller
• Fixed incorrect corner radius animation for app + source detail screens
• Fixed not showing toast view if error occurs during initial sources fetch

This beta fixes an issue preventing some users from downloading or refreshing Patreon-exclusive apps.

NEW

Redesigned Browse Tab
• View most recently updated apps at a glance
• Browse apps by source or by 8 new categories
• Scroll through featured apps from each source
• Change sort order of apps when browsing by source or category
• Tap category name to easily switch between categories when browsing

Patreon Integration
• Developers can now distribute Patreon-exclusive apps to their patrons
• Donate to developers' Patreons and download Patreon-exclusive apps all within AltStore
• Shows required pledge amount for Patreon apps (if provided)

Review Permissions Screen
• Asks user to review permissions when installing and updating apps
• When installing a new app, all entitlements will be shown
• When updating an app, only added entitlements will be shown

IMPROVED

News Tab
• Changed image aspect ratio to 3:2
• Updated font to use dynamic text styles

Image Caching
• Increased cache limit to reduce how often AltStore refetches images
• Clear image cache with “Clear Cache…” option in Settings

FIXED
• Fixed app sometimes freezing when installing/refreshing apps
• Fixed accidentally saving "Operation Cancelled" errors to Error Log
• Fixed squished banners on App IDs screen
• Fixed resigning apps with non-English alphanumeric characters in name
• Fixed various issues resigning certain apps
• Fixed button titles flashing when scrolling into view
• Fixed not showing build version in Settings for BETA builds

NEW

Sources Tab
• "Sources" screen is now a dedicated tab
• Completely redesigned to accent source icons & tint colors
• Dedicated "Add Source" screen simplifies adding sources

Screenshots
• Supports screenshots of different sizes
• Supports both iPhone and iPad specific screenshots
• Automatically rounds screenshots taken with Face ID iPhone's
• Preview screenshots full-screen by tapping them from an app's store page

IMPROVED

Browse Tab
• Updated app listings to use new "card" design
• Swipe through all screenshots directly from Browse tab

Sources
• Simplified `appPermissions` JSON format
• Deprecates `identifier` key

Logging
• Switched to OSLog.framework for important tasks
• Export detailed logs via Error Log from Settings tab

Misc.
• Limits relative dates to "Today" and "Yesterday"
• Uses uniform height for all News Items on source's detail page

FIXED
• Adjusts illegible Source tint colors to make them readable
• Fixed incorrect background color for Sources screens in dark mode
• Fixed crash if prefetching screenshots finishes after screen has been dismissed

• Updates Home Screen widget names & descriptions
• Fixed returning empty dialog from Refresh Apps shortcut

PREVIOUS BETA

"Active Apps" Widget (iOS 17+)
• View remaining days for ALL active apps from Home Screen
• Refresh apps directly from home screen by tapping countdown timers

Shortcuts
• Converted existing "Refresh All Apps" shortcut into App Shortcut
• Available by default in "App Shortcuts" section of Shortcuts app
• Displays accurate progress when refreshing apps via Shortcuts app

Widgets
• Updated existing home screen widget to support refreshing apps by tapping countdown (iOS 17+)

Bug Fixes
• Fixed AltJIT on iOS 17*

*Requires AltServer 1.7rc (macOS) from latest Patreon post

NEW

"Active Apps" Widget (iOS 17+)
• View remaining days for ALL active apps from Home Screen
• Refresh apps directly from home screen by tapping countdown timers

IMPROVED

Shortcuts
• Converted existing "Refresh All Apps" shortcut into App Shortcut
• Available by default in "App Shortcuts" section of Shortcuts app
• Displays accurate progress when refreshing apps via Shortcuts app

Widgets
• Updated existing home screen widget to support refreshing apps by tapping countdown (iOS 17+)

FIXED
• Fixed AltJIT on iOS 17*
• Fixed not refreshing AltStore last when refreshing via Shortcut
• Fixed Error Log not displaying all detailed info for certain errors

*Requires AltServer 1.7b1 (macOS) from latest Patreon post

NEW

App Permissions
• View all entitlements and privacy permissions on an app's store page
• Tap a permission to view description
• Shows error alert if downloaded app's permissions don't match source*

Sources
• SHA-256 hashes for app downloads
• Supports updating apps by build version
• Supports remotely blocking sources

FIXED
• Fixed updating apps with manually removed extensions (e.g. uYou+)
• Fixed showing "Update" button on store page when no update is available
• Fixed "More" button appearing unnecessarily in Error Log
• Fixed various memory leaks
• Fixed incorrectly showing "Unsupported Updates Available"

*While AltStore 2.0 is in beta, you can choose to ignore this alert.

The first beta of AltStore 2.0 is finally here! 🎉

AltStore 2.0 will unlock third-party sources for everyone, allowing anyone to distribute their apps with AltStore.

NEW

Source "About" Page
• Preview sources before adding them to AltStore
• Browse all apps and news for a source
• "About" section includes detailed information and additional links
• "Featured Apps" showcases a source's best apps
• Customizable with updated source JSON format

FIXED
• Fixed error fetching Friend Zone patrons due to unexpected nil name
• Fixed incorrect cell height for some News items
• Fixed incorrectly merging app versions for same app from different sources

This beta fixes the "no provisioning profile with the requested identifier…" error when sideloading or refreshing apps.

⚠️ You must manually install this update by downloading the latest AltServer beta from Patreon and using it to re-install AltStore. You do not need to delete AltStore first.

This beta fixes Windows Defender blocking AltStore from updating.

PREVIOUS BETA:
• Sideload more than 3 apps via MacDirtyCow exploit*
• “Clear Cache” button removes non-essential data to free up disk space
• Fixes crash when viewing Sources on iOS 12

*Requires iOS 14.0 - 15.7.1 or 16.0 - 16.1.2. See Patreon post for instructions.

• Sideload more than 3 apps via MacDirtyCow exploit*
• “Clear Cache” button removes non-essential data to free up disk space
• Fixes crash when viewing Sources on iOS 12

*Requires iOS 14.0 - 15.7.1 or 16.0 - 16.1.2. See Patreon post for instructions.

**This update is solely to test that updating works as expected from the current beta, and otherwise is identical to 1.6 RC 2**

PREVIOUS UPDATES
• Fixed outdated AltStore updates appearing in My Apps tab
• Moved Error Log from "Debug" settings to "Techy Things"
• Improved misc. error messages
• Fixed repeated "AltServer could not be found" notifications
• Fixed missing metadata for errors received from AltServer
• Fixed decoding nested error metadata values

• Fixed outdated AltStore updates appearing in My Apps tab

PREVIOUS RC
• Moved Error Log from "Debug" settings to "Techy Things"
• Improved misc. error messages
• Fixed repeated "AltServer could not be found" notifications
• Fixed missing metadata for errors received from AltServer
• Fixed decoding nested error metadata values

• Moved Error Log from "Debug" settings to "Techy Things"
• Improved misc. error messages
• Fixed repeated "AltServer could not be found" notifications
• Fixed missing metadata for errors received from AltServer
• Fixed decoding nested error metadata values

• Checks iOS compatibility for updates and installs 
• Asks user to install latest compatible version if not supported
• View unsupported updates from My Apps tab
• Pull-to-refresh to check for updates

NEW
• Completely revamped error handling to make debugging issues as easy as possible
• Revised error messages to be more descriptive and provide more suggestions
• “View More Details” button in Error Log to view detailed error information

FIXED
• Fixed incorrect Error Log appearance in Dark Mode
• Fixed widgets sometimes not updating

PREVIOUS VERSIONS

Lock Screen Widget (iOS 16+)
• Counts down days until AltStore expires
• Comes in 2 different styles: “icon” and “text”

Error Log
• View past errors in more detail
• Tap an error to copy the error message or error code
• Search for error code directly in AltStore FAQ

• Fixed “error migrating persistent store” issue on launch

PREVIOUS VERSION

Lock Screen Widget (iOS 16+)
• Counts down days until AltStore expires
• Comes in 2 different styles: “icon” and “text”

Error Log
• View past errors in more detail
• Tap an error to copy the error message or error code
• Search for error code directly in AltStore FAQ

Lock Screen Widget (iOS 16+)
• Counts down days until AltStore expires
• Comes in 2 different styles: “icon” and “text”

Error Log
• View past errors in more detail
• Tap an error to copy the error message or error code
• Search for error code directly in AltStore FAQ

FIXED
• Fixed “more” button not appearing in app detail page

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