How to download .ipa from App Store

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There are two ways to download iOS apps from Apple App Store for your attention:

1.Using Apple Configurator 2 (legal way)

Here you need to have an app on your phone.

2. Using anyone iOS executable dumper (illegal way)

Here you need to be Jailbroken.

Those apps placed here. HTTP, Carl! ~ http://iosapps.itunes.apple.com

Using Apple Configurator 2

1. Download an app from App Store to you phone
2. Open Apple Configurator 2 on your Mac and log into your Apple account
3. Connect your phone to your Mac using a USB cable
4. Into Apple Configurator 2 select your phone
5. Then tap on the “Add” button in the top, then tap on “Apps” button
6. Choose the app and tap on “Add” button
7. Finally it could tell you an app already exists, but don’t worry — just be in a hurry to grab an .ipa using this path:

~/Library/Group\ Containers/K36BKF7T3D.group.com.apple.configurator/Library/Caches/Assets/TemporaryItems/MobileApps/

Using anyone iOS executable dumper

On device:

1. Make Jailbreak
2. Open Cydia app
3. Add the source https://build.frida.re
4. Search for Frida and install it

On computer:

1. Install frida

$ pip3 install frida-tools

2. Install frida-ios-dump

$ git clone https://github.com/AloneMonkey/frida-ios-dump.git
$ cd frida-ios-dump
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt --upgrade

3. Connect to your phone using ssh

$ iproxy 2222 44 & sleep 3
$ ssh -p 2222 root@localhost # default password: alpine

4. Open a new Terminal window and pull decrypted .ipa:

$ cd frida-ios-dump
$ python3 dump.py "<your_bundle>" # default password: alpine

Conclusion

Downloading apps from Apple App Store is pretty hard process, but still possible as manually as automated.

Also you might to find an answer how to download APK from Play Store here.