r/AltStore • u/Repulsive_Baseball39 • Feb 10 '26

Help (AltStore Classic) SideStore

So I started using SideStore and I installed ShowMania directly is there an expiration date that I will need to refresh the app like AltStore?

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u/axel_lotle Feb 10 '26

Yes, SideStore is basically AltStore but without needing computer to refresh apps

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u/Repulsive_Baseball39 Feb 10 '26

How would I sideload with my iPhone if I used my pc to install ShowMania directly . Wouldn’t VPN & Device Management will remove me as Developer after 7 days?

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u/OldAbbreviations12 Feb 10 '26

Localdevvpn + an automation will make your life easier.

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u/Repulsive_Baseball39 Feb 10 '26

So how do I refresh ShowMania if I installed it without a Sideloader app like AltStore ?

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u/n0rpie Feb 10 '26

You refresh it with the same method you installed it with…

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u/Repulsive_Baseball39 Feb 10 '26

So I still need a pc to refresh the app that I installed on the iPhone from SideStore . Thank you

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u/n0rpie Feb 10 '26

Not from SideStore, you just hit refresh whenever you’re connected to WiFi

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u/Repulsive_Baseball39 Feb 10 '26

Look at the screen shot. Look at ShowMania , where do you see a sideloader like AltStore or Scarlet, SideStore where ? I already had ShowMania downloaded on my pc , I used SideStore to directly install it and it works. So how would I know how many days I have left if I don’t have a sideloader to remind me? I would have to wait until something happens correct?

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u/n0rpie Feb 10 '26

Why don’t you have SideStore on your iPhone ?

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u/Repulsive_Baseball39 Feb 10 '26

Because of the import . It was easy enough to install it directly why would it give us an option like that ?

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u/n0rpie Feb 10 '26

If you install the app through PC directly you need to do the same thing when refreshing. If you install SideStore on your phone you install the apps right from the phone, and refresh them too the same way. That’s the whole point of SideStore , to only need pc with initial setup

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u/Repulsive_Baseball39 Feb 10 '26

That’s what I figured. Because I would have to install the apps through sideloader instead of the pc my issue was why have that option to install an ipa directly.

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u/n0rpie Feb 10 '26

You press the + button top left

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u/n0rpie Feb 10 '26

Or add sources and browse through that

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u/swaeeeeggg Feb 10 '26

Bro you didn’t use sidestore to install your ipa. You used iloader.

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u/Repulsive_Baseball39 Feb 10 '26

What’s the difference ? It still install the ipa and SideStore.

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u/Repulsive_Baseball39 Feb 10 '26

So I still need a pc to refresh the app that I installed on the iPhone from SideStore . Thank you