Download .app bundle?

[DanL]

I want to run an iOS app on an emulator on my Mac. In order to do that, I have to get the app as a a .zip or .tar.gz file containing the compressed .app bundle. Duh, how do I get that .app bundle? When I go to App Store, it just wants to download directly to my phone!

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello,

Not sure there is a way to download the iOS apps, since the emulators are used for authoring?

C

 

[DanL]

Well, Xcode can certainly be used for authoring, but real emulators are for running the apps. E.g. Appetize, Smartface, iPadian.