There are tons of tweaks and tools that you can install through Cydia. Cydia Store, an alternative to Apple's App Store for jailbroken iOS devices, seems to be shutting down and have already disabled the ability to purchase from the store. Cydia's creator, Jay Freeman, aka Saurik, posted the announcement on Reddit where he expressed his intent to shut down Cydia Store following reports of a security bug that may have put PayPal accounts of users at risk. Saurik said he will put together a formal post about Cydia's future which is likely to be published next week. UPDATE: The article was updated to better reflect the Cydia Store's current situation, specifically the shutting down of its in-store purchases. Read more in our articles including "Do we still need to jailbreak iOS devices?" and "Cydia Store, the App Store for jailbroken devices, is shutting down?".
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Apr 27, 2026There are tons of tweaks and tools that you can install through Cydia. Cydia Store, an alternative to Apple's App Store for jailbroken iOS devices, seems to be shutting down and have already disabled the ability to purchase from the store.
Cydia's creator, Jay Freeman, aka Saurik, posted the announcement on Reddit where he expressed his intent to shut down Cydia Store following reports of a security bug that may have put PayPal accounts of users at risk. Saurik said he will put together a formal post about Cydia's future which is likely to be published next week. UPDATE: The article was updated to better reflect the Cydia Store's current situation, specifically the shutting down of its in-store purchases.
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