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RiPDev (Russian iPhone Developers) was an iPhone software development team founded in 2007 by Slava Karpenko. Their first release was a Russian keyboard, as part of the commercial Russian Project for iPhone OS 1. They are best known for Hood and Icy.

RiPDev was criticised by Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin, claiming that the business hadn't paid tax on their revenue.[citation needed]

On 24 October 2009 (2009-10-24), it became obvious that RiPDev had no working business model, and the team was dismissed.

RiPDev's repository closed around 1 October 2010 (2010-10-01). The RussianApple repository archived their packages. As of iOS 4, most of their iOS projects no longer work.

Projects

Icy

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Icy was an APT package installer. It was unsuccessful, largely as it deviated from how Cydia worked in some ways, requiring repository maintainers to support its functionality. Following the closure of RiPDev, it was open sourced. The project was continued by multiple teams.

Hood

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Hood was a settings popup tweak, similar to SBSettings. It can toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular, with the final button being customisable to either terminate the currently open app, or respring. It can display the memory usage of the device, and can expand to display all processes, with the option to terminate them. Following the closure of RiPDev, it was open sourced.

InstallerApp

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InstallerApp was designed to be the "iTunes for jailbreakers". It allowed users to install packages from repositories via a computer, without the need of Cydia or Installer. The app was paid, and was not commercially successful. As such, its source code has not been released.

It included a feature to jailbreak the device using Pusher.

i2Reader Pro

i2Reader Pro is an ebook reader. Apple details it as an innovative, award winning eBook reader. Development of app continued by one of the former RiPDev members under the Unsanity brand. It is now in the App Store.

iPref

iPref was a Preferans card game on the App Store. It was subject to controversy that its algorithms may have been taken from the OpenPref project in violation of its GPL license.

It used an early proprietary anti-piracy mechanism called Kali.

Kate

Kate (initially Caterpillar) was a package of unique customisation tools for iOS. It provided individual extension packages, including business tools, quick contact searches, system font replacements, a lock screen calendar, and a smart dialer.