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Indie iOS apps,
sideloading,
zero fluff.

Five tools built for the sideloading community: sign and install IPAs on your iPhone, keep them alive from your Mac, make animated wallpapers, and style your home screen. Free signing, free downloads.

By Miguel Villarroel · @MikeBuildsApp

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The lineup

The same five from the banner. Four you can grab today, one in testing — and every single one costs nothing.

BuildBox icon — planet of apps
● Available nowv2.1.3

iPhone · iOS

BuildBox

The sideloading toolbox. Sign and install IPA files right on your iPhone — no computer needed for the install. Browse the catalog, add your own sources, and keep everything in one place.

  • On-device signing & install
  • Built-in app catalog + Featured
  • Add your own JSON sources
  • English · Spanish · Arabic (RTL)
  • Download → Sign → Install flow
  • Free — signing included
Download BuildBox Latest public release: 2.1.3
BuildBox Companion icon — planet with Mac badge
In testingmacOS

Mac · macOS

BuildBox Companion

The Mac side of BuildBox. It signs your apps with a FREE Apple ID — no $99 developer account — installs them over USB, then lives in your menu bar keeping sideloaded apps refreshed before the 7-day expiry hits.

  • Free Apple ID signing
  • Install over USB
  • Menu-bar auto-refresh
  • Normal window when you need it
  • Built for BuildBox on iPhone
  • Free when it ships
Coming soon — in testing Follow @MikeBuildsApp for the release
TendieMaker icon
● Available nowv1.0.9

iPhone · iOS

TendieMaker

Turn your own videos and GIFs into .tendie animated wallpapers. Make it on your phone, flash it to your lock screen, done.

  • Video & GIF → .tendie
  • Made for animated wallpapers
  • Import via Files → Share
  • Pairs with AirCard-iOS flashing
Download TendieMaker Also in the MikeBuilds source below
Layers icon
● Available nowv1.0.5

iPhone · iOS

Layers

Upload a wallpaper and bake the effects right into it — icon borders, depth shadows and a tinted dock, aligned to your real icon grid so your home screen actually looks layered.

  • Icon borders — Soft / Medium / Strong
  • Depth shadows behind icons
  • Dock tint, always centered
  • Screenshot calibration for your grid
  • Adapts to your screen & Display Zoom
Download Layers Get it via the source
Grabbit icon
● Available nowv2.7.9

Chrome · Extension

Grabbit

The odd one out — in a good way. A Chrome extension to download media from Instagram, YouTube and TikTok without the runaround.

  • Instagram media downloads
  • YouTube media downloads
  • TikTok media downloads
  • Runs right in Chrome
Follow @MikeBuildsApp for Grabbit updates and download posts

Add the MikeBuilds source

Using BuildBox, AltStore, ESign or another catalog app? Paste a source in and BuildBox, TendieMaker and Layers show up instantly — updates included.

AltStore source

For AltStore, SideStore, BuildBox and other AltStore-format catalogs.

https://mikevillarroel.github.io/mikebuilds-source/source.json

ESign source

The flat ESign-format twin of the same catalog.

https://mikevillarroel.github.io/mikebuilds-source/esign.json

Questions, betas & new builds — it's all in the community.

Support lives on Telegram, betas and chat on Discord, and every release gets announced on X first. No paywall on any of it.

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