How can I distribute iOS apps that have been rejected from the App Store?

Question

I have made multiple simple but fun apps for iPhone in the past few months and have had them rejected by Apple during the approval process.

I have put many weeks or months of effort in some cases. I just hate to have these apps go to waste without anyone downloading them.

Since those apps of mine are never going to see the light of the day on the App Store, is there a way I can let family and friends download those apps if I host those binaries on my website? Can anyone tell me the process or walk through instructions?

Are they simple enough that if I post them on Facebook most average users are going to get it? Is there already a website out there that lets users like me (with unapproved apps) to host those files for everyone in the world to download them?

Answer 1

Have a look to testflight.

You just need an email that can be accessed on the iPhone and add the specific user to test flight, once he is register you can get the iPhone id and add it to the provisioning profile.

When you create the build and upload it , the users are notified by email and the app is installed remotely by a few clicks.

Answer 2

You can authorize a limited number of users to test your app through ad hoc provisioning. The free service provided by http://www.testflightapp.com makes the over-the-air distribution and provisioning process fairly simple.