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Appdb: I watch my own IPA get signed and installed.

An iPhone IPA signer that installs apps from Files, and never requires a computer.

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Works from Files, with no computer and no cable.

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Your IPA sits in Files, unsigned, so iOS will not open it.

ESign signs the file right on the iPhone, no cable involved.

Then it installs the app straight to your Home Screen.

A new icon appears, and one tap opens your custom app.

The computer route, compared to the iPhone route

Where the signing happens

With a computerA desktop app signs it, with the iPhone on a cable.

With ESign on iPhoneESign signs the IPA on the iPhone itself.

What you need at hand

With a computerA computer, a cable and the IPA file.

With ESign on iPhoneYour iPhone and the IPA saved in Files.

How the app arrives

With a computerPushed over from the computer once signed.

With ESign on iPhoneInstalled straight to the Home Screen.

Good to know before you sideload

Pros

  • Signing and installing both happen on the iPhone.
  • It works with the IPA files you already keep in Files.

Cons

  • You bring the IPA: ESign signs and installs it, it does not hunt for it.
  • Apps from outside the App Store skip Apple's review, so pick files you trust.

If you hold an IPA you trust, ESign is the short way onto your iPhone.

What you see after the tap

The next screen asks what device you use.

Pick it, and the ESign install starts from there.

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