iPhone torrent apps now available in the EU

The first batch of third-party apps is coming to AltStore PAL, just over three months after the launch of the alternative iOS app market in the EU. Three of the four apps launched today are exclusive to AltStore PAL and cannot be found in Apple’s official App Store for iOS. Apps developed by people other than AltStore PAL co-creator Riley Testut include two torrent apps and a social discovery app for dating.

Specifically, the new additions include iTorrenta torrent client for iOS that can be used without jailbreaking iPhones or iPads, and qBitControlThe qBitTorrent remote client for iOS devices. PeopleDrop it is a focused on dating “social discovery platform” that connects you with other users in the real world as they pass by. And finally, there is the UTM SE application to emulate other operating systems such as Windows, Linux and macOS on iOS.

Apple bans all torrent apps on its own iOS store, claiming that they are “often used for the purpose of infringing the rights of third parties.” But now that the EU’s Digital Markets Act has weakened the tech giant’s ability to police its walled garden, iOS users within the bloc can exercise a little more freedom – and accept more risk – regarding the apps they choose to install.