# AppSheriff

> AppSheriff is a $10 Mac app for iPhone and iPad. Plug in with a USB cable to see every app's size, version and App Store status. It flags apps that are abandoned or no longer on the App Store, and deletes the ones you pick in one go.

AppSheriff is a macOS app for Macs with Apple silicon on macOS 26 or later that connects to an iPhone or iPad over a USB cable using Apple's own MobileDevice framework. No jailbreak, no Developer Mode, no drivers. Price: $10 one-time (USD), no subscription, no account. The free download connects to your iPhone or iPad, lists every app and shows how many are abandoned, stale, gone from the App Store or waiting for an update. The $10 license shows which ones, adds sizes, App Store details, permissions and capabilities, and deletes the apps you pick. It is sold directly from https://appsheriff.cc, not on the Mac App Store (the Mac App Store does not allow Apple's private MobileDevice framework).

## What it shows for every app

- Size of the app plus its data, measured on the device
- Installed version, latest App Store version and its release date
- When your Apple ID first got the app ("Owned since")
- Permission prompts the app declares (camera, microphone, contacts, photos, location, tracking) with the developer's reason text; background modes, push, iCloud, app groups, URL schemes, plain-HTTP exceptions

## Statuses

- Not on App Store: Gone from every storefront checked. It will never update again.
- Offloaded: iOS already removed the app and kept its data.
- Abandoned: The latest App Store version is two years old or more.
- Stale: No update from the developer in a year.
- Update available: The App Store has a newer version than your phone.

Thresholds for Stale (12 months) and Abandoned (24 months) can be changed in Settings. The App Store check uses the phone's own storefront first, then the US and UK stores.

## What it cannot do

- It cannot see when an app was last opened: iOS does not expose last-used dates to a Mac over USB or any Apple API.
- It does not work over Wi-Fi.
- Deleting an app removes its data too, exactly like Delete App on the iPhone, and cannot be undone.

## Privacy

Only app bundle IDs leave the Mac, sent to Apple's App Store lookup service to get versions, dates and icons. The Apple ID fields in each app's purchase metadata are never stored, shown or exported. No account, no analytics.

## Pages

- [Home](https://appsheriff.cc/): what AppSheriff does, statuses, bulk delete, permissions, privacy, pricing
- [FAQ](https://appsheriff.cc/faq): direct answers about deleting iPhone apps from a Mac, abandoned apps, offloading, permissions
- [How to delete iPhone apps from a Mac](https://appsheriff.cc/guides/delete-iphone-apps-from-mac): every method compared
- [Apps removed from the App Store](https://appsheriff.cc/guides/apps-removed-from-app-store): how to tell, and what happens if you delete one
- [Privacy](https://appsheriff.cc/privacy): exactly what the app and the site send

## Optional

- [Command line](https://appsheriff.cc/cli): --list-devices, --list, --delete, --dump; iOS Simulator support
- [Full text for LLMs](https://appsheriff.cc/llms-full.txt)