Amazing news from our friends at @altstore.io! Keep an eye out for @riley.social and @shanegillio.bsky.social's chat with @mmccue.bsky.social on the #DotSocial podcast, coming soon!

To mark this release we're also launching 3 fediverse apps on AltStore! 🐘 iPhanpy by @fantinel.alt.store.ap.brid.gy ▶️ PeerTube by @framasoft.alt.store.ap.brid.gy ➰ Loops by @pixelfed.alt.store.ap.brid.gy You can add them from our Add Source screen, and also follow them all on explore.alt.store

The wait is over! Today we're officially joining the fediverse 🚀 AltStore PAL 2.3 is now available and makes it easier than ever to discover new apps from across the social web 🌐 Even better — we’re also launching some awesome fediverse apps on AltStore to celebrate! Learn more 🧵

Last month we successfully raised $20,328 for @weare-pact.bsky.social! Thank you to everyone who donated 💚 And if you want to still support PACT, you can do so by visiting their website: wearepact.org

An extra bonus for Vivaldi users on iOS: today's new Vivaldi 7.8 lets you install alternate app stores, such as @altstore.io where you don't have to pay tribute to Apple. (Note, only in EU; other jurisdictions don't have Digital Markets Act, so Apple won't let you have nice things.)

Fun fact, Apple tracks all downloads of apps in AltStore PAL (ostensibly to charge CTF) Would be pretty funny if Apple watched this become one of our top apps…

Introducing our newest app for AltStore PAL — CSAM Store Checker 🔎 Given the rise of child sexual abuse material on certain iOS apps, we’ve built a tool that allows users to see whether CSAM is accessible through any apps on a given marketplace. Download now on @alt.store

Apple Newsroom (September 2025)

OK nevermind, THIS is the coolest thing I’ve ever done to my iPhone

TIL iOS has hidden support for custom animated wallpapers and this is probably the coolest thing I’ve done to my iPhone in years

AltStore PAL has arrived in Japan 🇯🇵 Starting today, iPhone and iPad users in Japan can join the 1 million+ people already using AltStore PAL — our first international expansion since we launched in the EU 🌏 Download now (iOS 26.2+) altstore.io/download

🚀 Introducing our new app for Patrons: the AltStore PAL beta! Just like our other betas, you can now try new features of AltStore PAL before the final release – including our upcoming Fediverse support. 🌐 See interactions on apps and more from across the Fediverse 💧 Updated Liquid Glass UI

📣 Our team is growing! We’re excited to announce that our friend Caroline Moore is joining us as Head of Product ⭐️ Caroline's been our primary designer for Delta and AltStore since 2016 — and her name's already in the credits!

The Open Social Web is for far more than just social media. In this #FediForum demo, @riley.social shows AltStore, an alternative app store for iOS, and how it connects developers, apps, users and their feedback in new ways that open up so many possibilities.

To celebrate our 30th birthday, @shanegillio.bsky.social and I invited 14 of our closest friends to compete in a game of Survivor all weekend The challenges were intense, the backstabbing was real, but in the end there could only be one Sole Survivor™ — congrats Shane 🏆

We're excited to announce that @altstore has joined the fediverse! Their innovative implementation of ActivityPub allows you to follow updates from your favorite apps, demonstrating a new way to bring more apps to the open social web. We extend our heartfelt gratitude for their generous […]

📣 We have some exciting news — AltStore is officially joining the open social web! We’re also: 💰 Donating $500,000 to various Fediverse-related projects 🌏 Launching PAL in several more countries this year 👥 Expanding the team! For more info, check out our blog post: rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10...

Yes it's true, AltStore is joining the Fediverse 🥳 Developers can now federate apps, updates, and news alerts to the open social web via our custom Mastodon server! We plan to release this natively in AltStore soon — but you can check out a beta version TODAY at explore.alt.store

We just received a message from Apple's App Review that #ICEBlock has been removed from the App Store due to "objectionable content". The only thing we can imagine is this is due to pressure from the Trump Admin. We have responded and we'll fight this! #resist

IMO if Apple’s worst, most egregious example of a harmful and dangerous app that’s now available through sideloading is *checks notes* porn…I think we’re doing OK www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL

An Apple search engine makes infinitely more sense in a world where Google is forced to share their search results with competitors

In case you’re wondering what I’ve been up to all summer 👀

Why is 9to5 so anti-EU in this article about nothing, but said absolutely nothing negative about Tim Cook donating that stupid gold plaque to Trump?

Ghislaine Maxwell’s new prison

What the fuck is this Apple

I guess literal AI Hitler was finally too much for Linda…

8BitDo's Micro gaming controllers have found an unexpected audience: medical students, who use them to study with the Anki flashcard program. @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reports: www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Excited to finally announce my upcoming app — Delta Camera! Before making iPhone emulators I made camera apps, so it was fun to combine my 2 passions into a single app :) My personal favorite feature: full Camera Control support 📸

Introducing our new app — Delta Camera 📸 A stand-alone app dedicated to taking Game Boy Camera photos with features you'd expect from a modern camera app ☀ Manual exposure/zoom 🤳 Camera Control support Coming later this year, but available NOW in beta for all Patrons patreon.com/posts/introd...

Holy wow! Easiest $3 I spent so far today. AND it supports Photo! github.com/untoxa/gb-ph...

Of course @riley.social and Shane have been working on a Game Boy Camera emulator. Of course! So much fun already. Details here: www.patreon.com/posts/132346...

mario kart 8 deluxe is one of the best games ever made, and releasing a sequel that has to live up to its reputation AND serve as the foundation of a new console generation is a huge swing. here’s my review of mario kart world: youtu.be/yPnO_Bdu948 🏁

Extremely proud of my Grammie for partaking in the #NoKings protest this weekend — even though her last name is literally “King” 💜

I’ve played Pokemon Violet since Day 1 and never saw a shiny, but just played it on Switch 2 for like an hour and ran into 3 random ones 😂

ok the shortcuts in this game are WILD #MarioKartWorld

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts after you’ve gotten a chance to Testut out

Switch 2 = acquired 🥳

Can’t wait for my Switch 2 to arrive so I can finally play all the Switch 1 games I never finished 🤪

absolute garbage

If you have ever felt that 200cc in Mario Kart 8/Deluxe is much faster than it should be, your suspicions are correct. Based on the formula followed by the other engine classes, the speed the game pretends is 200cc is actually 415cc instead.

How’s that $1M bribe working out for you Tim?

!!! Holy shit, OpenAI is just rubbing salt in Apple’s AI wounds at this point

One of the biggest benefits — by far — of using Patreon for payments in Delta is the ability to issue refunds. I genuinely can’t imagine handling our customer support without that

To make it even easier to distribute your apps with AltStore, check out this amazing community project by AltStudio 🔨 Just drag & drop your apps into your browser and AltStudio will auto-generate sources for AltStore PAL and even AltStore Classic — it’s that simple! altstudio.app

It makes me so happy to see projects like this pop up from people in the AltStore community :)

Adding a new screen to Delta to inform users about the differences when using In-App Purchase instead of donating directly to our Patreon — what do y’all think?

Delta’s latest update with our revised Patreon sign-up flow has been approved! We can now freely mention our Patreon without giving Apple 27% of donations 🎉

Thanks to last week’s changes to the US App Store’s policies, Delta 1.7.2 is now available with our new and improved Patreon sign-up flow! Goodbye scare screens 👻

I switched to a ScanWatch Light last year after ~10 years of Apple Watch and couldn’t be happier. I *love* having a nice-looking watch again, and it still has basic smart features (e.g. fitness tracking) Literally the only reason I haven’t sold my Apple Watch yet is because I love my TinyPod