As a user, I really appreciate this feature. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below. This is about installing a previous version of an app, not dealing with newer versions on an old iOS. So, unfortunately, you will not be able to install older app versions. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Why can't I download apps on the iPad anymore? Can someone help me? The common reasons why the application cannot be downloaded on the iPad are: 1. Not enough storage space. Internet connection error. The iOS version is too old. Server failure. The older devices aren't exactly snappy when responding to queries, and can have limited wi-fi speed.
That all said, on with the show! To speed this up a bit, power-cycle your iPad completely before you get started. Hold down the power button for a while, and slide the toggle on the screen to turn the device off. Turn it back on by holding down the power button again. Let the list load. The names of the apps will load first, and icons will follow, if you wait long enough.
We did say you'd have to be patient. Find what app you used to use, or you know has a version for your device. Click on it, and select Install. The App Store will consider your request for a moment, and then pop up a dialog box, asking you if you want to install the old app. Click Download to get the older version, and the app store will chew on your request for a minute, and start installing.
However, this procedure does not allow you to access deprecated cloud services, if the app developer has shifted to a new architecture. It is also, obviously, not the most recent version of the app, and will likely lack some features found in the newest version.
This same procedure can also be used to download apps that have been stricken from the App Store — if you own them already. If you're having trouble navigating the larger display of your iPhone, Apple's Reachability feature can make it significantly easier to use your device one-handed. Since the App Store only ever shows you the latest versions, it looks as if you're stuck unable to get your old apps back.
Yet you can do it, and you can do it easily — if you know where to look. Open the App Store on this older device of yours and then tap on the Purchased button. As great as older iOS devices are, they are older and they are usually slower so this won't be quick.
Especially not as you need to wait until the complete list of your previously purchased apps is displayed. Once the list is complete — and all the icons have displayed too — search for the app you want. Just tap on that iCloud download icon and you're done — or very nearly. The trick here is to wait. And maybe wait for a considerable time, too. Don't tap away, don't leave the App Store, just wait. After some amount of time, the App Store will display a notification saying that no, you can't have this app because it doesn't work with the version of iOS that your device has.
However, it will also offer to let you download a previous version. This is a really smart feature from Apple because it offers you this compatible version but it also makes sure that you're getting the newest that you can. If an app has been updated five times a year, you'd struggle to know which was the very latest you could use but Apple knows and Apple tells you. Apps get updated for a reason.
You're not going to have the same experience with an older version of an app on an older device than you will with a newer setup. Speaking of newer setups, though, it looks as if you can only use this download trick with apps that you have previously bought. If this older device is your sole iOS one then that's true, but if you have a newer one as well, you can do something more.
On the newer iOS device, find and buy an app you want — that you know has a previous version which will work on your older machine. This is a common solution to most problems on the iOS device. It's no exception when it comes to the issue "can't download Apps" on iPhone or iPad.
If you are using a cellular network, make sure you allow using cellular data from App Store. If you are using a Wi-Fi network, make sure it works well. If you have a Wi-Fi connection problem , fix it first. However, if it's something wrong with the App Store and you find you can't download and update Apps in it, read the article that details the methods about how to fix the App Store Not Working problem.
This tip is similar to one of the solutions to the " Cannot connect to iTunes Store " problem.
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