{"id":26761,"date":"2026-09-18T07:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/?p=26761"},"modified":"2026-09-18T07:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:32:13","slug":"how-to-download-an-older-version-of-an-app-on-an-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2026\/09\/how-to-download-an-older-version-of-an-app-on-an-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to download an older version of an app on an iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is not super easy but manageable. Install ipatool and Apple Configurator from the app store, then login you macbook.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">brew install ipatool\r\ncd ~\/Desktop\/\r\nipatool auth login -e you@example.com<\/pre>\n<p class=\"p1\">This prompts for your password and 2FA code. Then find the numeric App Store ID &#8211; the digits after <span class=\"s1\">id<\/span> in the App Store URL. For Cross DJ (free) it is <span class=\"s1\">584824960.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">ipatool list-versions -i 584824960<\/pre>\n<p class=\"p1\">The list runs oldest to newest, so the last ID is the current version. Resolve the last few IDs now to version numbers.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">ipatool get-version-metadata -i 584824960 --external-version-id &lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;887600803&lt;\/span&gt; <\/pre>\n<p class=\"p1\">For Cross DJ, the result was: <span class=\"s1\">887600803<\/span> = 5.4.0. Then download the previous version<b><\/b><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">ipatool download -i 584824960 --external-version-id 868350149 --purchase -o CrossDJ_5_4_0.ipa<\/pre>\n<p class=\"p1\">Then prepare the iPhone &#8211; back up any unsynced app data, delete the current app from the iPhone. <b><\/b>Connect the iPhone via USB, unlock it, and trust the computer. Drag the IPA onto the device in the Apple Configurator window.\u00a0 On the iPhone, turn off Settings &gt; App Store &gt; A<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-note\">\n  <span class=\"mod1\">CC-BY-NC Science Surf , accessed 18.09.2026<\/span>\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not super easy but manageable. Install ipatool and Apple Configurator from the app store, then login you macbook. brew install ipatool cd ~\/Desktop\/ ipatool auth login -e you@example.com This prompts for your password and 2FA code. Then find the numeric App Store ID &#8211; the digits after id in the App Store URL. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2026\/09\/how-to-download-an-older-version-of-an-app-on-an-iphone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to download an older version of an app on an iPhone<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2957,4131],"class_list":["post-26761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-software","tag-app","tag-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26761"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26767,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26761\/revisions\/26767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}