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Google Play and the Apple App Store are completely different beasts. Unless you jailbreak your iOS device, there is no way to install apps outside the App Store

by pitaj 8y ago

Google Play and the Apple App Store are completely different beasts. Unless you jailbreak your iOS device, there is no way to install apps outside the App Store. On Android, you can install entirely separate stores, like the Amazon one, and several OSS-focused stores.

DINKDINK 8y ago
>Unless you jailbreak your iOS device, there is no way to install apps outside the App Store Technically this is not correct. Practically it is. You can install Apps on iOS devices without the app store (called sideloading, and it's a PITA): https://beebom.com/how-to-sideload-apps-iphone-ios-10-without-jailbreak/ https://beebom.com/how-to-sideload-apps-iphone-ios-10-withou...
DerDangDerDang 8y ago
That’s not completely true, as I understand it. You can (or could a couple of years ago) get an ‘enterprise’ developer account that allows you to sign and provision apps to be sideloaded via a web link. Though iirc it’s more hassle for the end user as they have to explicitly allow it on their device.
- jsjohnst 8y ago
  DINKDINK’s reply above is more relevant. If you try using an enterprise cert to allow general public users to install your app you’ll quickly lose your enterprise cert. The enterprise cert is only to be used for internal company apps.