Hackulous - the development team behind the Apptrackr website and Installous iOS application which have been one of the most popular sources to get pirated paid apps published on Apple's App Store announced closure of there services with immediate effect.

The website now shows the following notice and Installous app displays : "Outdated version. Installous will now terminate" or "API Error. API unavailable." followed by an forced quit.

Install0us is one of the most easiest and popular way to get pirated iPhone applications and games but not anymore as the developer of Install0us will be shutting down the application and repository facing legal threats, according to the Install0us developer puy0 he was under the wrong impression that since Install0us was offering same services as other installer apps : browse / download / install, without providing any links to cracked materials he had something legal and legitimate to offer but after having a conversation with a copyright lawyer recently he is now convinced that it is indeed illegal to share someone's hard-work this way and he might end-up facing a legal trial for this - so Install0us has started to shutdown it's doors as servers got offline one after another.

iPhone application DRM is cracked and users actively share cracked iPhone applications and games but now here is something which lets you get paid iPhone games and applications legally for free - the only thing asked in return is that you post a honest review of that application at iTunes store.

RipDev has released a new iPhone anti-piracy system to prevent iPhone Applications and Games from getting cracked by Crackulous, named Kali Anti-Piracy the service lets iPhone developers protect their work from getting cracked and pirated, the Kali anti-piracy system is a server-side service allowing developers to wrap their applications using the anti-piracy wrapper for protection from crackers, RipDev team also assured that underground hacker communities and trends will get constantly monitored to make sure that Kali anti-piracy system remains effective and uncrackable.

Apple iPhone and iPod Touch Games and applications purchased via the iTunes Store are protected with DRM and can only be used on a single device they were purchased for, but not anymore as Crackulous the one-click iPhone application cracker is here, the free application allows users to crack the protection and use application/games purchased via the iTunes Store on as many devices as you like, once installed on your iPhone or iPod Touch you can crack any game or application that you purchased via iTunes Store using a simple to use GUI, once cracked the decrypted .IPA files will get saved at /var/mobile/media/DecryptedIPAs/, from where it can be downloaded via SSH and shared with your friends or community.

To install Crackulous use the simple instructions as follows :