How to sideload our apps
The three tools for installing our apps without a jailbreak — AltStore, a signing service, or your own developer account — and how they compare.
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To an app is to install it without the App Store. On an iPhone that isn't jailbroken, you do it with one of three tools. They differ in cost, in how long the app keeps working, and in whether you need a computer.
Tip
Installing Watusi or Regram? Their guides walk you through every step, with the right file: sideload Watusi · sideload Regram.
The three tools
Free, needs a Mac or Windows PC. Apps keep working for 7 days at a time. refreshes them on its own, as long as your iPhone and computer are on the same Wi-Fi and AltServer is running.
Set it up with AltStore's official guide:
Windows
or Mac.
Then add our AltStore source, https://altstore.fouadraheb.com, and install
from it — or install a file you downloaded from My Apps → +.
AltStore handles two-factor codes itself. It does not want an app-specific password — if it asks for one, something else is wrong.
Paid, no computer. Apps keep working for about a year. You pay a third party for a signing certificate, and it installs apps straight onto your iPhone.
Flekstore is one of the more reliable options.
Whether you use its app or a signing app like Feather, ESign or GBox with your
certificate, add our source https://source.fouadraheb.com and install from
there.
Careful
Signing services are independent businesses, not us. We don't control their prices, uptime or certificates, and a revoked certificate takes the app with it. Nothing here is an endorsement.
$99 a year from Apple, and the most work. You sign apps yourself, they last a year, and nobody else can revoke them. You'll need a Mac.
Follow create a distribution certificate, then sign the file with a tool like GBox, Feather or ESign.
Where to get the apps
Add one of our sources to your sideloading tool and updates show up on their own:
| Source | URL | Use it with |
|---|---|---|
| Universal | https://source.fouadraheb.com | ESign, SideStore, Feather, GBox, Flekstore |
| AltStore | https://altstore.fouadraheb.com | AltStore only |
The two aren't interchangeable. AltStore allows only one app per , so its source is a smaller list — the universal source has every build. Add the one that matches your tool.
Or download individual files from our app pages.
What to expect afterwards
Something not working? Most first-time problems have a short answer in sideloading troubleshooting.
Did it work?
Yes — what's next
- Sideload Watusi (no jailbreak)Install Watusi on any recent iOS, next to your normal WhatsApp and linked to it, so notifications and iCloud backup keep working.
- Sideload Regram (no jailbreak)Install Regram on any recent iOS — with its own notifications on a push-enabled certificate, or next to the App Store Instagram with a free Apple ID.
- What is sideloading?Installing apps that aren't in the App Store, explained in two minutes.
Not yet
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