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How To Install AppCake (Installous Alternative)

By Zahid Mahmood / 17 October 2012

Although Installous was the very first jailbreak-community app that let us download AppStore apps for free, it is by no means perfect. Whether you are sick and tired of waiting for downloads, errors, or just want to try something new, AppCake is the most popular alternative!

How to install AppCake

Before you start, you may also be interested in AppVV, another free Installous alternative. To see a full list of Installous Alternatives check out this article.

AppCake requires your device to be jailbroken with Cydia and to be running iOS 4.0 or higher.

Step 1: Launch Cydia, tap onto Sources. If your device doesn't have Cydia, you'll need to jailbreak it by follow a tutorial here.

Step 2: Add a new source:

http://cydia.iphonecake.com

**Step 3:**Search for AppCake. iPhone and iPod Touch users should install AppCake or AppCake+ whereas iPad users should install AppCake HD.

Step 4: Once Cydia completes the installation, reboot your device. You should now be able to find AppCake on your Springboard.

To see a full list of Installous Alternatives check out this article.

We leave you with a demo video on AppCake version 3.9:

[embed]http://youtu.be/jSI2PkNnuMY[/embed]

Thanks for reading!

My name is Zahid Mahmood, and I'm one of the founders of Anterior. I started this technology blog when I was in high school and grew it to over 100,000 readers before becoming occupied with other projects. I've recently started writing again and will be posting more frequently.