ios

Every free way to sideload on iPhone uses the same free Apple ID and 7-day certificate — they just differ in effort. We rank iSign Loader, AltStore, Sideloadly, and SideStore by ease: which needs a computer, which refreshes over Wi-Fi, which injects tweaks, and where each one breaks.

The most common sideloading errors on iPhone, explained and fixed: untrusted developer, unable to sign in with your Apple account, SideStore and AltStore refresh failed, something went wrong refresh and try again, UDID and processing errors, and revoked apps.

Your iPhone shows ineligible when you try to sideload? It is a 14 or 30 day device cooldown Apple sets after a certificate revoke. Here is what triggers it, how long it lasts, why no VPN or trick removes it, and how builds.io credits the downtime back.

Added your iPhone to a signing certificate and it is stuck on processing? Here is what Apple processing state means, why it takes 24 to 72 hours, why it is normal and happens only once, and how builds.io Premium adds 7 free days to cover the wait.