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.

LiveContainer and SideStore give you unlimited sideloading on iPhone with no PC and no three-app limit. See what SideStore, LocalDevVPN and LiveContainer each do, how the free setup works, the seven-day refresh catch, and the simpler builds.io path.

iOS 26 is here and sideloading still works. The best apps to download on iPhone in 2026: tweaks, emulators, streaming and games you can’t get from the App Store, installed once with no revoke.

Sideloaded apps get revoked on iPhone when the certificate signing them expires or Apple disables it in a revoke wave. This guide covers the three real causes and the fix that keeps apps installed without weekly refreshes, VPN tricks, or buying certs. With Premium, a revoke means a new certificate and an Apple cooldown is credited back as free time. Install from builds.io.