Apple has allowed Fortnite back onto the iPhone for the first time in over four years. You can now get cashback on purchases if you don't use Apple's payment method.

On top of all the problems, Fortnite is not available to all iOS users who use the search function in the App Store. For some reason, the game can be downloaded through the direct link, yet it doesn’t appear after users search for it. However, this is likely a temporary issue that will soon be fixed by Apple.

After nearly five years of absence — almost as long as The Blip from Avengers: Endgame — Fortnite has returned to iOS devices in the United States. The

Fortnite is returning to the US iPhone App Store. Here's the main things you missed while you couldn't download it.

The mobile version of Fortnite was banned from Apple’s and Google’s app stores near the height of its popularity.

Fortnite's return to the iOS App Store is imminent. This follows a US court ruling that mandates Apple must allow developers to

Epic made Fortnite available to play on iOS, macOS, and iPadOS devices via cloud streaming on Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now in 2022, but without a native app players were subject to increased latency. Now it seems like Fortnite fans on iPhones, iPads, and Macs in the US will soon be able to play the game like everybody else.

The problem is that Apple is specifically not allowed to “prohibit” the use of external payment links. It can reject apps, or ban developer accounts, at its own discretion. But if it rejects an app or bans a dev for no reason other than its use of such links, does that amount to a de facto prohibition? Again, that’s debatable.