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   Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 02:01:57 JST Fedilab Apps

   All iOS developers have to pay 100€ per year? Are there cheaper prices for open source publications?

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 02:27:53 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • Uwe Caspari

     @ucas
     Thanks for your feedback

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     Uwe Caspari (ucas@social.saarland)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 02:27:54 JST Uwe Caspari

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     @apps AFAIK: No. No matter if you earn money or not, you have to pay this fee. And it is a hassle to get your app into that store. I decided, I move forward to a PWA instead of doing that.

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 03:30:00 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • Mot

     @mot
     Yes, that is an amazing alternative.
     @altstore

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     Mot (mot@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 03:30:02 JST Mot

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     • AltStore

     @apps In Europe you can use alternative app stores like @altstore https://altstore.io

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 03:47:32 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • lily ?️‍⚧️
     • AltStore
     • Mot

     @tauon
     Ok. Thanks for all these informations. We were not aware that only Apple license can deliver the ability to install an app outside the dev scope.
     @altstore @mot

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     lily ?️‍⚧️ (tauon@possum.city)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 03:47:33 JST lily ?️‍⚧️

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     • Mot

     @mot@chaos.social @apps@toot.fedilab.app @altstore@fosstodon.org you need a developer license to sign apps. without it, you cannot install them on any device (other than your own with the free developer license)

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     Mot (mot@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 03:47:35 JST Mot

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     • lily ?️‍⚧️
     • AltStore

     @tauon @apps @altstore What license? Xcode is free (if you have macOS), but nothing prevents you from (cross-)compiling for iOS. The fee is really only for publishing the app. Even without paying, you can somewhat distribute iOS apps via Apple TestFlight.

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     lily ?️‍⚧️ (tauon@possum.city)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 03:47:36 JST lily ?️‍⚧️

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     • Mot

     @mot@chaos.social @apps@toot.fedilab.app @altstore@fosstodon.org i believe it still costs the same amount to (the money is for the license, not the app store)

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 01:22:38 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • lily ?️‍⚧️
     • AltStore
     • Mot

     @altstore
     Ok. Thanks for all details.
     @tauon @mot

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     AltStore (altstore@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 01:22:39 JST AltStore

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     • lily ?️‍⚧️
     • Mot

     @apps @tauon @mot unfortunately yes this is true — to distribute an app with AltStore PAL (or any other alternative marketplace) you still need to pay Apple $99/yr to join their paid developer program.

     However, you can distribute apps with AltStore Classic completely free by just providing the app file (.ipa) for users to download. Downside is users will need a computer to install them, and they’ll expire after 7 days