iOS app store AltStore PAL launches in the EU for €1.50/year with two apps: game emulator Delta, which is also live on the App Store, and clipboard manager Clip
but you'll need a controller for the best experience David Nield / TechRadar : The first third-party iOS app store is live in the EU - and another Nintendo emulator just showed up M.G. Siegler / Spyglass : The iOS Game Emulator To Get Mahmoud Itani / Android Authority : The first iOS third-party app store, AltStore PAL, is now live in the EU Furqan Shahid / Wccftech : Delta Emulator and AltStore Market Place Finally Hits the App Store in EU Ollie Reynolds / Nintendo Life : The First Third-Party iOS App Store Hosts A Free Nintendo Emulator (Europe) Ali Hasnain / iThinkDifferent : AltStore PAL: A game-changing alternative app marketplace for iPhone users in the EU Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : Riley Testut launches Delta game emulator on App Store for everyone, AltStore marketplace for EU Ian Hamilton / UploadVR : Delta Emulator Brings Nintendo's Game Boy, DS, NES, SNES And 64 To Apple Vision Pro Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : What to Know About Apple Allowing Game Emulators in the App Store Juli Clover / MacRumors : Delta Game Emulator Now Available From App Store on iPhone Mastodon: Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith … : 🥳 AltStore PAL, the first alternative app marketplace on iPhone, is available now in the EU for a nominal <€2/yr subscription price (to cover the Core Technology Fee), which includes access to @rileytestut's Delta (which plays NES, SNES, GB/C/A, DS, N64 and Genesis games). … @viticci@mastodon.macstories.net : I never thought I'd see the day - a real Nintendo emulator on the iPhone. — Here I am, with my own ripped copy of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, playing my saved file from...21 years ago. — I was 15 when I last saved this 🥺 https://mastodon.macstories.net/ ... [image] @paul@tapbots.social : I don't get this at all. One hack is unacceptable, but another uglier hack is OK? Apple disallows always running background applications for battery life reason, but it's OK to use location services and a map even though that's almost certainly going to waste a lot more battery? For the record, I think Apple should allow always running apps on iOS (with scare alert to enable) and I think outside the App Store notarization should concern itself with security issues only. [Screenshot “For example, after I had tested Clip, Testut had to tweak the app's background monitoring feature in order for Apple to notarize it. The first version I tried used the user's location..."] @liaizon@social.wake.st : Congratulations @altstore! Becoming the first official 3rd party app store for iOS is a mighty achivement and doing it open source from the begining is incredible. — Lovely announcement on @rileytestut's blog about the whole thing which I recomend everyone read: — https://rileytestut.com/... … @viticci@mastodon.macstories.net : Details on AltStore PAL + screenshots I took during the installation process. — I was able to download everything with my Italian Apple ID. Then I signed out, signed back in with my US Apple ID, and everything is still working ☺️ https://mastodon.macstories.net/ ... @rileytestut@mastodon.social : After 10 long years, everyone can FINALLY experience my Nintendo emulator @delta! — This is honestly a dream come true, and I hope everyone enjoys replaying their favorite retro games 💜 — https://fosstodon.org/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith … : I went through the purchase & install process for AltStore in the EU, and it's not really any more onerous than downloading a Mac app or installing a provisioning profile. One trip to Settings to ‘Allow’, and you can tap through the install dialogs in a second. … X: @altstoreio : Delta — the app that started it all — is available NOW in the App Store! Yes, you read that right: our long-rejected game emulator has been approved by Apple themselves 🍎 If you live outside the EU, download now from the App Store — no DMA required https://apps.apple.com/... [image] @altstoreio : Europe's coolest alternative app marketplace is HERE! Introducing AltStore PAL — an Apple-approved version of AltStore exclusive to the EU Download now from our website for just €1.50/year (+ VAT) 🇪🇺 https://altstore.io/ [image] Marko Zivkovic / @markoznewz : NEW: Notes 📝 to gain two big features with iOS 18 ⚙️ Check it out! 👇 @mysk_co : I wanted to share a step-by-step experience of installing the @altstoreio marketplace app, but it seems you have to use Safari to install marketplace apps. My default browser was @brave. I couldn't install the app by copying the link. €1.79 down the toilet. Watch this: [video] @uredditor : New iOS 18 feature leak!👇 Michael Gartenberg / @gartenberg : It's also apparently geo located as well, if your phone is out of Europe for too long your stuff stops working. You'd think at this point Apple would just allow it in the US now rather than be kicked dragging and screaming into doing it. It might be you know... wait for it... having users be their first priority and at the center for of everything they do. Parker Ortolani / @parkerortolani : Delta is both Vision Pro & Apple Silicon Mac compatible 👀 [image] Sebastiaan de With / @sdw : @ParkerOrtolani Running a gameboy game on my Vision Pro is like the next level equivalent of getting an insane dual GPU gaming PC back in the day just to run Minecraft Vadim Yuryev / @vadimyuryev : Babe wake up, Apple just released Mario Kart 64 for iOS.. and it's FREE! [video] @dylanmcd8 : Its so funny to me that he chose to not put this on the App Store in the EU, forcing you to use and pay for AltStore 💀 Brandon Butch / @brandonbutch : Delta is now available on the App Store globally: https://apps.apple.com/... And yes, you can load ROMs (games) that you download from Safari! @ethanmenzel1094 : @BrandonButch But will it get taken down? Brandon Butch / @brandonbutch : I.. never thought this day would come. 🤯 You can now play retro games (like Pokémon) on your iPhone for free with an emulator app.. from Apple's App Store! 🕹️ [image] Brandon Butch / @brandonbutch : @ethanmenzel1094 It shouldn't. Apple said they'll allow emulators like this Parker Ortolani / @parkerortolani : How long before Delta is the number one free app on the App Store??? @snazzylabs : Available right in the App Store. Can't believe it. Congrats, @rileytestut. [image] @altstoreio : Apparently 3rd party browsers don't support installing alternative marketplaces (yet) — so in the meantime, you can copy + paste the URL from the download page into Safari 🧭 Parker Ortolani / @parkerortolani : it really irks me that users in the EU can use US Apple IDs to get apps, but us users in the US can't use an EU Apple ID to try alternative marketplaces Basic Apple Guy / @basicappleguy : An iPod, a Phone, an Internet Communicator, and a NES, SNES, N64, GBA, DS emulator. An iPod, a Phone... are you getting it?! [Screenshot from Steve Job's iPhone keynote, with Delta icon next to iPod, Phone, and Safari icons] David Barnard / @drbarnard : Sure hope Nintendo doesn't force Apple to remove Delta, but I downloaded it immediately just in case. And you should too. https://apps.apple.com/... @altstoreio : We're launching with two of our own apps: 🎮 Delta, an all-in-one Nintendo emulator 📎 Clip, a clipboard manager that can actually run in the background Delta will be free, and Clip will require a pledge of €1 or more. Support for third-party apps is coming soon — stay tuned! [image] Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : This is how alternative app stores in the EU can recuperate Apple's Core Technology Fee of €0.50 per install per year: they charge a subscription fee. Michael Gartenberg / @gartenberg : It's here. The very best fake emulator ever created has made it through the App Store. It's not new, has been around since the turn of the decade but requires some work to get it running and keeping it running. https://apps.apple.com/... @verge : The free Delta game emulator for iPhones is coming to Apple's App Store https://www.theverge.com/... Aaron Zollo / @zollotech : An alt store for iOS 17 side loading in the EU is now live. @altstoreio : AltStore PAL is an open-source, crowd-funded app store for indies 👩💻 Distributing apps is entirely free, & developers can optionally distribute to just their patrons with our Patreon integration And with no manual review process, developers are in full control of distribution! [image] Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay : Delta emulator is now available on Apple app stores r/AltStore : Thrid-Party Marketplace AltStore PAL officially launched in Europe BeauHD / Slashdot : AltStore PAL Alternative App Marketplace Launches On iPhone In EU