Install on iPhone or iPad

Debrify is not on the App Store, so the iOS build is a file you sign yourself and install from a computer. It takes about five minutes, and how long it stays installed depends on which Apple ID you sign it with.

What you need

• A Mac or Windows PC, and a cable to connect the phone to it.
• Sideloadly, free from sideloadly.io.
• An Apple ID. A second one kept for this is a common habit and works fine.

Steps

1. Install Sideloadly on the computer and open it.
2. Download debrify-…-unsigned.ipa from the releases page.
3. Connect the phone, unlock it, and tap Trust This Computer if asked.
4. Drag the file into Sideloadly, enter your Apple ID, and press Start.
5. On the phone, open Settings › General › VPN & Device Management, tap your developer profile, and tap Trust.
6. Open Debrify.

If you have a paid Apple Developer account

The steps do not change — the app is still a file you sign from a computer, because Apple has no faster route for an app that is not on the store. What changes is how long the result survives.

• The install lasts a year instead of a week.
• The three-sideloaded-apps limit goes away.
• You can sign for up to 100 devices a year.

Or build it yourself

With a Mac you can skip the file entirely. Clone the repository, open ios/Runner.xcworkspace in Xcode, pick your paid team under Signing & Capabilities, and press Run. Xcode registers the device and handles the year-long profile for you.

Keeping it installed

On a free Apple ID the app stops opening after seven days. Repeating the steps above brings it back. AltStore does the same job and can refresh in the background instead, so long as AltServer is running on a computer on the same Wi-Fi — the same Apple ID rule applies to it.

Good to know

• Your setup survives a refresh as long as you sign with the same Apple ID. Sideloadly puts your team identifier into the app's name behind the scenes, so a different Apple ID installs a second, empty copy alongside the first rather than updating it. Delete the old one when that happens.
• If the sign-in keeps being rejected, generate an app-specific password at appleid.apple.com under Sign-In and Security, and use that in place of your password.
• Unable to install almost always means the Trust step was missed, or an old certificate is in the way. Revoke it in Sideloadly and run it again.
• Apple TV has its own file on the same releases page. Sideloadly installs it too, but pairs over the network rather than a cable.
• Moving from another device? Install first, then bring your setup across during setup rather than typing it all in again.