The situation escalated when AltStore posted on X, calling Hot Tub “the world’s 1st Apple-approved porn app.” Apple strongly refuted this claim, stating, "Contrary to the false statements ...

But starting this week, an iPhone porn app called Hot Tub is available — only in the European Union — from one of the non-Apple mini app stores created under a landmark E.U. law to jump-start ...

the arrival of Hot Tub in AltStore caught as much attention as it did at least in part because this app had passed Apple review. Even though Apple was no longer in a place to approve software on a ...

Apple retained the right to vet apps for safety before they were cleared to be made available in third-party stores, and it did this with the porn-browsing app Hot Tub. AltStore subsequently said ...