In this guide, we show you how to quickly update apps on your iPhone or iPad. You can follow these steps to update apps on iPhone running iOS 18 or later.
Keeping apps updated is an important step in keeping your apps free of bugs, compatible with iOS, and complete with the latest features.
You can easily update iOS apps by following these steps. With this technique, you can also force update iOS apps that are not updating even with the Automatic App Updates feature enabled.
- On iPhone launch the App Store app.
- Tap on your profile picture from the top right corner.
- Scroll down and tap on the Update button located next to the app’s name that needs to be updated. You can also tap on Update All to quickly update all apps.
Bonus tip: To make your life easier and avoid manually updating apps, we recommend enabling the Automatic App Updates feature by going to Settings -> App Store -> App Downloads. When this feature is enabled iOS will automatically update apps.