In the store the app is named Shadowrocket. It is paid — often about US$2.99, whatever the App Store shows that day. This site only points to the official App Store page. No IPA files, no shared Apple IDs, no “already purchased” logins.

An empty search is usually not a takedown, and you did not mistype the name. Some store countries do not list Shadowrocket — the mainland China store is the usual example. Refreshing, switching Wi-Fi, or reinstalling the App Store will not make it appear. What you change is the account country.

Check which country you are signed into first

Open the App Store, tap the avatar at the top right, and read the country or region on the account. That matters more than search. The phone language and the store country are not the same thing. A US, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan account can usually find it; a mainland China account usually cannot.

If the account country should carry the app and you still cannot find it, check whether you tapped an ad, a recommendation, or a look-alike. The official icon is a rounded white square with a blue-purple line-art rocket. Trust the developer name on the store page. Search the English name Shadowrocket — nicknames used on other sites are unreliable.

If the account country does not list the app, stop searching. Sign out, sign in with an Apple ID for a store that carries it, then open the official link above. After you buy or download, you can switch back to your everyday account. The app stays on the Home Screen and will not be removed just because you switched accounts.

What to do in each of the three cases

First: your everyday App Store already lists it. Open the official link or search Shadowrocket. Check the icon and developer, then buy. Payment must match that store’s rules. If checkout fails, fix payment first.

Second: search is empty. The catalog follows the Apple ID country you signed up with. Do not buy a shared account in a forum or chat. Use a payment method that works in that store. Once you can open local free apps, search Shadowrocket again.

Third: you bought it before, then switched phones or deleted it. Sign in with the Apple ID that paid, open Purchased, find Shadowrocket, and tap the cloud icon. You usually do not pay again. If it is missing, you are probably on the wrong account, or you installed it through Family Sharing — look in the family organizer’s purchases.

Installed is not the same as online

The store only puts the client on your phone. The app ships with no nodes and will not hand you a line on first launch. An empty SERVER list on Home is normal. Next you add a subscription or type a node yourself — that is a separate job from buying the app.

After you switch back to your everyday Apple ID, updating this app may still ask you to return to the paying account. That is normal App Store behavior, not a broken app. Sign back into the account that bought it when you need an update.

Your system version must meet what the store page lists. An old iOS build may refuse to install, or install with features missing. This site cannot bypass that, and a different package will not fix it. We do not provide any installers.

Paths not to take

Unknown configuration profiles, third-party stores, and IPA files from a cloud drive are out of scope here. You cannot verify that those files belong on your device. Anything cheaper than the store that promises “install without the App Store” is a reason to stop.

Do not jailbreak or switch to an enterprise certificate just to get the app. The official path is the App Store only. The device is an iPhone or iPad. An app with a similar nickname on another system is not this product, and this site does not cover it.

After you buy, do these two things first

Open the app and find the four tabs at the bottom: Home, Config, Data, Settings. If Home is empty, do not flip the connect switch yet. Add a subscription with Type set to Subscribe; if you only have one config, type it in by protocol. Then decide in Data how you will back up later. Purchase details are on the download page; on-screen steps are in the guide.

Search pitfalls you will still hit

Search the English name Shadowrocket. On the page, check: it is paid, the icon matches, the developer matches, and the app ID matches the official link. Free listings, “gift pack” wording, or screenshots with a shield or a giant round button are not this app.

Opening the store link in Safari does not change the account on the phone. Sign out and sign in inside the App Store first, then open the link. The store account on a computer is not automatically the same as the phone — trust the App Store login on the iPhone.

Family Sharing can let members who did not buy the app install it, if the organizer already bought it and sharing is allowed. A member’s own search still follows that member’s store country. When switching phones, keep the jobs separate: sharing covers the purchase, not node backups.

Price moves with region and exchange rates. The number on the page is what counts. Do not judge “is this genuine?” from a figure in an old article. Genuine means the official App Store page, not a particular price.

If checkout shows a currency you do not usually use, that is normal for a regional account — not a fake store. Trust the developer, icon, and app ID on the store page. You can switch back to your everyday account right after paying; the app on the Home Screen stays. Next time the store asks you to sign back into the paying account for an update, do that. You do not need to buy again.

If the store page opens and the icon is right, but payment keeps failing, the problem is the account and payment, not the client. Stabilize the store account before you talk about nodes and rules. When search fails, this sentence is enough: the shelf follows the Apple ID country. The search box cannot fix a region problem.

When the store search is empty, check the account region first, then the icon and developer. Do not hunt for an installer on a third-party page.