While a lot of jailbreakers use their jailbreaks to make their handsets do more than they can out of the box, others will sometimes resort to customizing their handset’s UI or enhancing games on their device.
Pokemon
RunnerPi adds an animated Pikachu to the Lock Screen when charging your jailbroken iPhone
Looking for that next fun and quirky jailbreak tweak that’ll have your friends drooling over your pwned handset? Look no further than a free release called RunnerPi by iOS developer Sugiuta.
Pokémon Go unlocks smoother frame rates for iPhones in latest update
If you're looking for a smooth gameplay experience, then having access to fast refresh rates is one way to achieve that. While not everyone might be able to tell the difference, for those who can there is a considerable improvement when jumping up to 60fps from 30fps. But, for iPhone users, that hasn't always been a possibility.
Pokémon Unite launches on iOS and Android September 22
Pokémon has a lot of games out there, mostly dedicated to Nintendo's various consoles. One of the areas it could use some growth, though, is mobile. Which is strange, considering so many people would download and play more games featuring the (mostly) adorable pocket monsters. Just like we saw with Pokémon GO. And maybe now we'll see that all over again.
Pokemon Unite, a strategic team battle game, is getting an iPhone and iPad port in September
The Pokemon franchise will soon get its first strategic team battle game, Pokemon United.
PokeBar brings classic Pokémon-inspired notification banners to iOS 13
Longtime Pokémon game fans, especially of the classic Nintendo Game Boy flavor, may feel a bit nostalgic of the older games at times. Fortunately, if you’re itching for some nostalgic relief and you have a jailbroken iOS device at your disposal, then a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed PokeBar by iOS developer Liberato Aguilar might be able to help.
In the rather conspicuous screenshots above and below, you might’ve ascertained already that PokeBar brings Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow-inspired notification banners to pwned iOS 13 handsets. Moreover, it supports both dark and light themes, depending on your device’s dark mode system settings.
Pokémon Home cloud storage service launches in February
For fans of the Pokémon series, who have managed to catch a lot of pocket monsters over the years, Nintendo is changing its cloud storage option.
Pokémon Masters arrives in App Store
As promised, Pokémon Masters, the next Pokémon mobile game in the series, is now available for iPhone and iPad in App Store at no charge.
‘Pokémon Masters’ launches this summer with real-time 3v3 battles
The Pokémon Company officially announced a handful of new games earlier this year, including one, Pokémon Masters, for smartphones. And now we know a bit more about the title, which is a slight departure for the series in terms of gameplay and focus.
Pokémon Sleep and Masters coming to iPhone in 2020, a sleep-tracking device in the works
Two new Pokémon-branded smartphone games will be arriving in 2020, Pokémon Sleep and Pokémon Masters, along with a trading cloud platform launching later this year.
Relocate lets you spoof your iPhone’s location with ease
Location spoofing is perhaps one of the most highly sought-after reasons to jailbreak an iPhone, especially since it can’t be done on a non-jailbroken handset. Sadly, the list of available location-spoofing tweaks that actually work how they should appears to be particularly short.
If you’re in the market for a no-BS location spoofing solution for iOS, then you just might come to appreciate a newly-released jailbreak tweak called Relocate by iOS developer Nepeta. As you might come to expect, this tweak allows its users to say they’re somewhere that they really aren’t.
Get ready, Pokémon Quest arrives on iOS and Android
There's a new Pokémon game ready for your attention. Pokémon Quest is launching today, June 27, around the world on iOS and Android devices. The game launched first on the Nintendo Switch late last month.