Jailbreak Apps & Tweaks

These are the latest jailbreak apps and tweaks available for your iPhone or iPad. We save you time by highlighting only the best tweaks.

14 jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 13, 2018
Jailbreak Tweaks to check out

As we move into mid-2018, many are wondering about the future of the iOS 11 jailbreak and when Saurik will come forth with official Cydia and Substrate support for it. Nevertheless, several developers continue crafting interesting jailbreak tweaks for iOS 11.

In this roundup, we’ll discuss all the tweaks that have been released in some of Cydia’s most significant repositories. As usual, we’ll kick things off by showcasing our favorite releases and then wrap everything up by outlining the rest afterward.

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Customize your iPhone X Status Bar font with Swae

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 9, 2018

Jailbreak tweaks explicitly designed for the iPhone X are few and far in between, but now you can add a new release called Swae by iOS developer NeinZedd9 to that list.

Swae is a cosmetic-oriented tweak that lets you customize the font of the text displayed your iPhone X’s Status Bar. As shown above, it impacts elements such as the time and cellular signal information, among other things.

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Houdini ‘semi-jailbreak’ tool demoed on iOS 11.4 beta

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

If you’re up to speed on everything happening in the jailbreak community as of late, then you might be familiar with the Houdini semi-jailbreak created by Abraham Masri (@cheesecakeufo) many months ago.

While it isn’t a full-fledged jailbreak like Electra and Yalu are, it does provide users with a basic way of customizing their device(s) outside of Apple’s stock parameters, and Masri has just demonstrated a successful Houdini semi-jailbreak on Apple’s latest iOS 11.4 beta:

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13 jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 19, 2019
Jailbreak Tweaks to check out

There's been a bevy of iOS 11-centric jailbreak tweaks launching in Cydia lately, and many of them augment the experience in ways that we could only dream of on a stock device.

In this roundup, we’ll discuss all the jailbreak tweaks released throughout the past week. As always, we’ll kick things off by talking about our favorite releases first, and then we’ll outline the rest afterward.

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BottomControlX brings the classic Control Center gesture to the iPhone X

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 1, 2018

Much like other iOS handsets, the iPhone X comes equipped with Control Center for quick access to your favorite toggles, shortcuts, and features. But Apple made the gesture entirely different on its latest flagship by requiring you to pull down from the top right corner of the display.

If you don’t particularly enjoy this stock gesture on your iPhone X, then you may want to consider installing a new free jailbreak tweak called BottomControlX by iOS developer XCXiao.

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12 jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated January 28, 2019
Jailbreak Tweaks to check out

It seems like we’ve been waiting a while to hear back from Saurik about his progress on official iOS 11 support for Cydia and Substrate, but meanwhile, many developers are producing tweaks that work on devices jailbroken with CoolStar’s Electra tool.

In this roundup, we’ll talk about all the jailbreak tweaks released throughout the past week. As always, we’ll kick things off by talking about our favorites and then outline the rest of the releases afterward.

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This tweak lets you close folders with a pinch gesture

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 26, 2018

Folders can be convenient for keeping your iPhone or iPad’s Home screen methodical, but Apple could have put more thought into the folder-closing experience; more specifically, the gesture used to exit an open folder.

Fortunately, the jailbreak community now offers the perfect solution. A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed PinchToCloseFolders by iOS developer Maddox lets you close out of folders with a simple pinch gesture.

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This tweak removes the app bar from the iOS 11 Messages app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 25, 2018

One of my most significant quarrels with iOS 11 is the app bar that appears at the bottom of the Messages app. I never use extensions while iMessaging friends and family, so it feels somewhat intrusive to me that Apple pushes the app bar down my throat in every conversation.

Anyone in agreeance may want to try a new free jailbreak tweak called NoMoreAppBar by iOS developer Reed Haffner. Just as the name implies, this tweak removes the app bar from the iOS 11 Messages app.

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Aerify gives your iPhone a nicer volume HUD

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 24, 2018

The stock volume HUD is one of the most recognized pain points among iOS users of all types. Fortunately, jailbreaking offers a way to customize how it looks so that you don’t have an enormous eyesore popping up in the center of your screen all the time.

Aerify by iOS developer LonestarX is one of the latest jailbreak tweaks to tackle the volume HUD problem in iOS, and it does so in a pleasant way; best of all, it won’t cost you any money.

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12 jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 22, 2018
Jailbreak Tweaks to check out

It’s Sunday again, and that means it’s time to wrap up the weekend with another jailbreak tweak roundup.

In this piece, we’ll discuss all the jailbreak tweaks released throughout the week. As usual, we’ll kick things off by showcasing our favorite releases and then wrap everything up with an outline of everything else.

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