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Mr. Steves has recommended a number of apps in his GB book, that I would be interested in downloading to my phone.
I am coming from the US, and I have been unable to download any of the apps, due to only being available to UK store, not the US one.

I have attempted to change the country my account is linked to, but it requires a payment method, which requires a UK address.

I am stumped. Has anyone else been able to download apps successfully? I am not sure if once I get over there, using a UK sim card, if that will fix things...because my Apple account will still be my own, and I will still not have a UK payment method/address. Has anyone else been able to beat the system?

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Which specific apps are you trying to download? Unless the it's a video streaming app with regional restrictions, most all apps can be used and downloaded worldwide. Try downloading them directly from the "App Store" app on your phone instead of via a web page link. You'll probably get better results. Don't change the country setting your account is linked to it will really screw things up on your phone.

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Citymapper, the Tube Map, Stagecoach, etc.
The message I get is that the apps are only available in the UK Store. But, of course, it won't let me switch to the UK Store.

Yes, I have tried from both the app store itself and from the websites. No dice on either.

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Stagechoach is indeed only available via the UK store, but the other two I had no problems installing on my phone.

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Yup, I was able to get Tube and Citymapper just fine, but still can't get Stagecoach.
I think what may have happened was I tried to dl Stagecoach first, and switched from the US store to the UK store, and then when I tried to download the other two, and wasn't able to get success.

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Switching your country setting is a catch-22. You can download a country specific app, but your US apps won't be available.

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