How to Export an IPA without an Apple Developer Subscription

Date: November 14, 2024

Author: mak448a

Requirements

Tutorial

  1. Open your XCode Project and get ready to export it.
  2. In build settings, set everything under “Signing” to “Apple Developer.”
  3. In the “Signing and Capabilities” tab, set the team to yourself.
  4. Move your mouse cursor to the top of the screen to reveal the menu bar.
  5. Go to Product, then click Archive.
  6. When it’s done building, it should show a popup with your archived app. Right click on the entry and click Show in Finder.
  7. Right click on the file that is shown in Finder and click Show Package Contents.
  8. Inside this folder, go to Products/Applications. Inside will be a file like yourapp.app.
  9. Make a folder called Payload on your Desktop. Copy yourapp.app to the Payload folder.
  10. Right click the Payload folder and compress it.
  11. Rename the file from Payload.zip to yourapp.ipa.
  12. Enjoy your exported IPA! You can now sideload it with something like AltStore!

Credits

This guide is based on a tutorial from YouTube.