Crackulous Makes It Easy To Crack Any App

Sebastien, Feb 1, 2009

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Have you ever wondered how new applications in the App Store are cracked and made available online for free in a matter of hours? Well, it is due to a very controversial tool called Crackulous. By turning this tool into an iPhone application and adding a full GUI, people who aren’t technical at all are now able to crack their applications in just a few minutes.

There is an ethical issue with this app and I honestly asked myself for a while if I was going to write something about it or not as Crackulous is clearly a tool to rip off developers. After thinking about it, I decided that I was going to let people know about Crackulous because I do believe in freedom of information. Truth is, whether you like it or not, Crackulous seems to be a pretty amazing application. Now, am I excited about this app? No. Am I going to use it? No. Am I against Crackulous? No. Am I for Crackulous? No.

I haven’t tried Crackulous myself, but apparently, when you launch it, you will be presented with a list of all the apps you have on your iPhone. At this point, you can simply select the app you want to crack and let Crackulous do the job. That’s all there is to it.

I understand the need for cracked applications. What I don’t understand is why someone would spend so much time cracking these apps and make them available online. I mean, this guy is not in it for the money. So, do crackers just do this for fun? If you have an answer, please let me know in the comments.

 
  • http://vimeo.com/chodite/videos Warren

    Until Apple allows a trial version of an App (ex: 3 day trial version), people will continue to steal.

    Well, people will always steal. But the fact that Apple isn’t allowing you to try before you buy, doesn’t help matters IMO.

  • http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/ Sebastien

    I completely agree with you Warren!

  • Imran

    it’s very good

  • Thomas

    Maybe the person wants to help the same peopple or newcomerz who are also downloading cracked apps. A lot of people don’t have the money and they just want the app.

  • Bobbity Boo

    People crack apps in the spirit of good ol’ Robin Hood.

  • Me

    Robin hood is a fuck.

  • LipItKebab

    i agree with warren but..can you get a jailbreak on your computer

  • LipItKebab

    If you can get a jailbreak on your computer can someone leave the site here ?

  • Johnson

    I don’t know how to crack

  • camila

    There’s smt else to consider. USA apple app store is much better than brazilian store (and I imagine that we may consider it for other contries), but even if you manage to hava an usa itunes account, you can not buy unless you have an credit card or paypal registered with an american address. So, to get great apps, unfortunatelly, I need cracked ones.

  • Thegooddoctor

    Mmmm
    U sign up for iTunes free
    1.on ur pc download a FREE app
    2.it may say u need a credit card but look fir a option that say other (remember the app must be a free one.
    3.input all info.
    4.once done, input ur email and password from the account u made.

  • Thegooddoctor

    Into ur iPod

    • camila

      I have already done all of this steps you mention, but I still cant buy any app. I can only download free apps. If I could buy those apps, I would only download the cracked ones to try them, because downloading somenthing from app store is a blind aquisition, and then I would erase it from my ipod and buy the real app (or erase it forever ;p ).

  • Bob Marley cause he’s awesome

    I use cracked apps because my step dad is to cheap to buy me any on the other hand I have a father that works with intel so I get the unlimited iTunes gift card no?

  • Anon

    I develop apps that offer services. Each time a cracked version is used for the first time, I lose money.

  • Abbylabby

    Sharing is caring. That’s why people do it.