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Download AppCake Repo and Install Free Cydia Apps

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AppCake is one of the greatest free apps available in Cydia App Store today. It is not an average app that only gives you extra excitement on your iOS device. AppCake is a brilliant app that gives you the ability to access many paid apps from the App Store for free. In other words, AppCake is one of the best Installous alternatives that feed iOS 7 users with thousands of free apps.

There are so many apps, tweaks, themes, and mods available in AppCake but all you need to do is to jailbreak your iOS device. Unlike Android devices, AppCake works only 30% on an iPhone, iPad Mini, or iPod Touch if there is no jailbreak. An iOS user can still download apps to through AppCake to their iPhone without jailbreak. However, they can’t download cracked apps and use it on a non-jailbreak iOS device. It is highly recommended to jailbreak if you want to customize the look of your iPhone or enjoy free apps. In order to use AppCake, you will first need to download AppCake repo (or AppCake source) from Cydia. Now get your iOS device ready and follow these steps to install AppCake.

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How to Add AppCake Repo from Cydia

Before you begin, it is compulsory to understand that AppCake works 100% on jailbreak device. Consequently, you will need to jailbreak your iOS device and download Cydia to it. You may proceed to the following steps once you have the popular brown Cydia logo on your spring board.

Step 1: Open Cydia and tap Manage. Tap on the Sources button and then tap Edit. There is a small Add button located on top left. Tap on it to continue.

Step 2: A message box saying “Enter Cydia/APT URL” will be appeared. This is where you need to enter AppCake repo. AppCake repo and AppCake source are referring to the same thing.

Step 3: AppCake is developed by iPhoneCake so the best repo to add is cydia.iphonecake.com. This is the best Cydia repo to install AppCake because it hosts the latest AppCake version all the time. Tap on the Add Source button once you have keyed in the repo.

appcake repo

Step 4: Tap Return to Cydia. Now go to iPhoneCake repo and search for AppCake+. It is suggested to download AppCake HD if you are using and iOS device with HD function such as the latest iPad or iPhone 5S. Tap Confirm to download AppCake immediately.

More about AppCake

What to do now? Launch AppCake and try out all the features. In case AppCake is not working on your device, check if you already have AppSync installed. Otherwise, you should be able to see a few popular apps such as Air Drop Sharing. This is a default app that comes with AppCake. For those who have used IPAStore before you must be familiar with AppCake because they are the same thing. AppCake or AppCake+ is a new name of IPAStore. If you can’t find an app you want in AppCake, you can submit your request to the community. Your desired app will be available on AppCake very soon if it is highly wanted by others too. There are so many reasons to use AppCake so you should really try it out and compare it with vShare, Zeusmos, Kuaiyong, iFunBox, HipStore, and Installous.

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Cydia

Download vShare with Cydia Repo

vshare screenshot

While you are still using iOS 6, there are many jailbreak users already using vShare to download cracked apps on their iOS 7 devices such as iPhone 5S, iPad, and iPod Touch. What is actually vShare (also known as AppVV) and what it brings to iOS users? Why the number of vShare users is on the rise? On and off, vShare is highly recommended by jailbreak users when Hackulous announced that Installous will be discontinued. While Installous is really gone, some people started to look for Installous alternatives and vShare received very good feedback because it gives iOS users an option to download paid apps for free. For iOS users who are looking for the best method to get cracked apps, you may follow these steps to download vShare from Cydia with a few Cydia repos available.

How to Download vShare

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Before you start on, it is important to know that you have to jailbreak and download Cydia in order to use vShare to download cracked apps. Step by step guide to jailbreak and download Cydia can be found in this website.

Step 1: Tap on the brown Cydia logo on your spring board to open Cydia. Tap on Manage button which located at the fourth position from the left. Now tap on Sources, select Edit, and then tap on the Add button on top.

Step 2: For users who have never added a Cydia repo before, you will see a pop up message box “Enter Cydia/APT URL”. There is a text box where you need to enter the repo you want to add.

Step 3: The only working Cydia repo for vShare is http://repo.appvv.com/. Enter this repo to the text box and tap on Add Source to continue.

vShare repo

Step 4: Give a few minutes to your iOS device. It will verify the URL automatically. Tap on Add Anyway if there is any warning message appears. Tap on Return to Cydia when the installation of vShare repo is completed.

Step 5: You have just added a repo that hosts the app vShare. Now you will need to access to Appvv repo and search for vShare. Simply tap on the app to download the latest version of vShare. vShare will be downloaded to your iOS device in less than a minute.

vShare is Not Working

In many situations, some people failed to install vShare to an iOS device. One main reason is that they did not jailbreak their iOS device. vShare is allowed to be installed to an iOS device without jailbreak. In other words, you can still use vShare to download some free apps without jailbreak. However, cracked apps or paid apps will not be working if there is no jailbreak. As a result, please check your iOS version and make sure you already jailbreak before you try to use vShare to get paid apps for free. So, have you downloaded vShare and use it? If so, please leave a comment here to let us know whether you prefer vShare, Installous, or something else that is similar to vShare.