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Alternative app store AltStore PAL is joining the fediverse

The Verge / 3/12/2026

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  • AltStore PAL, an alternative iOS app store for the EU and Japan, is integrating with the fediverse, allowing social interaction with apps across platforms like Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky.
  • Users can now engage with app-related content by commenting and liking through their social accounts, with all interactions visible within the AltStore PAL app.
  • The integration supports social sign-ins using Mastodon and Bluesky accounts, enhancing user connectivity and experience across decentralized social networks.
  • This move aligns with AltStore PAL's goal to foster a more open, federated social ecosystem around app discovery and engagement.
  • AltStore PAL’s joining the fediverse could influence how alternative app stores leverage social web technologies to build community and interaction around their platforms.

AltStore PAL, the alternative iOS app store available in the European Union and Japan, is joining the social web. In a post on Wednesday, AltStore PAL announced that users across Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky can now interact with apps that developers choose to federate on its explore.alt.store website.

Any likes from the social web will appear on AltStore PAL, according to creator Riley Testut, who shared last October that "you'll be able to comment on an app on Mastodon, like a news update on Threads, then open AltStore and view all these same interactions in-app." Users can also now sign into the AltStore PAL with their Mastodon or Blue …

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