The Setapp Mobile iOS store is shutting down on February 16th

January 17, 2026 Terrence O’Brien

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Setapp Mobile seemed like one of the many alternative app markets with promise that launched in the wake of the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). While the law may have forced Apple to allow third-party app stores on its devices, it couldn't make users actually embrace them. MacPaw, the Ukrainian developer behind the subscription-based Setapp, posted on a support page that it would be sunsetting the service next month and users would lose access to any apps:

Important: Setapp Mobile sunset notice

Setapp Mobile is scheduled to sunset on February 16, 2026, due to still-evolving and complex business terms that don't fit Setapp's current busi …

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