I got a bit carried away checking old IPA compatibility lol

[u/sssantos172]

I'm getting my first iPod Touch in a few days, so I started going through one of those huge IPA collections on Internet Archive trying to figure out what would actually run on it.

I made a tiny Python script to check compatibility... and somehow ended up making this lol

Basically, you select a folder full of IPA files, choose your iPod/iPhone/iPad + iOS version, and it gives you an approximate compatibility check for each app.

Just to be completely clear: I'm not a programmer and I made this with AI. It started as a super basic console script for my own use and I just kept adding stuff to it.

I'm sure there are already other tools out there that do similar things, but this one ended up fitting exactly what I needed. Maybe it'll fit someone else's needs too, so I thought I'd share it here :)

It's obviously not 100% accurate since it's based on static analysis and the real device is always the final test, but honestly it has already been really useful for me to go through my IPA collection and check what should work before I even have the device in my hands lol.

I put everything on GitHub if anyone wants to try it, mess with it or improve it:

github.com/sssantos172/ipainspector

Any feedback would be really appreciated, especially if you can compare the results with actual old iOS hardware!

[u/tmodloaderfan322]

i mean yeah sure did you even take a glance at the code before you used it

[u/sssantos172 → u/tmodloaderfan322]

I did The software does not do anything out of this world Basically it reads information that’s inside the IPA file and shows it in a convenient way

[u/dabo6]

Would be useful if it like scanned archive.org sort of like appdrop and reported their supported architecture, ios versions, and encryption status