These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Apple hasn't totally left old iPad owners behind. In addition to still signing the last iOS releases for those devices, you can still download software for them — assuming you know where to look.
Maybe you're hanging on to an older iOS device or maybe you just got a great secondhand bargain. Either way, you can't update the device to the latest iOS and so you also can't download the latest versions of your apps.
Since the App Store only ever shows you the latest versions, it looks as if you're stuck unable to get your old apps back.
Yet you can do it, and you can do it easily — if you know where to look. Open the App Store on this older device of yours and then tap on the Purchased button. As great as older iOS devices are, they are older and they are usually slower so this won't be quick. Especially not as you need to wait until the complete list of your previously purchased apps is displayed. Once the list is complete — and all the icons have displayed too — search for the app you want. Just tap on that iCloud download icon and you're done — or very nearly.
The trick here is to wait. And maybe wait for a considerable time, too. Don't tap away, don't leave the App Store, just wait. After some amount of time, the App Store will display a notification saying that no, you can't have this app because it doesn't work with the version of iOS that your device has. However, it will also offer to let you download a previous version. This is a really smart feature from Apple because it offers you this compatible version but it also makes sure that you're getting the newest that you can.
If an app has been updated five times a year, you'd struggle to know which was the very latest you could use but Apple knows and Apple tells you. Apps get updated for a reason. You're not going to have the same experience with an older version of an app on an older device than you will with a newer setup. Speaking of newer setups, though, it looks as if you can only use this download trick with apps that you have previously bought.
If this older device is your sole iOS one then that's true, but if you have a newer one as well, you can do something more. Tap your profile picture in the top-right corner to access your account. Under the "All" tab, you'll see all of the apps you have ever bought or downloaded using your current Apple or iCloud ID. You can use the search bar at the top to find a specific app, too.
This will also show you the date the app was downloaded. If the app has a cloud icon with an arrow pointing down, the app isn't currently on your phone, but can be re-downloaded.
Under the "Not on this iPhone tab," you'll find all the apps you've had on previous devices, and apps you've deleted off of your current device. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Select the download button. You can't redownload apps on an Apple TV 3rd generation or earlier. Scroll all the way to the bottom, tap Account, then tap Purchased. Find the app that you want to download, then tap the download button.
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