There's cydia impactor which is much more straightforward. It only needs your apple id and an IPA.

Unless you have a paid developer account you will have to reload every 7 days.

...on a MacBook - I forgot to tell you - you have to buy first.

You also need an iOS device too. Crazy.

Is that a rebuttal? That makes no sense: as it is the target platform, of course it is required.

The point was I don't need a Chromebook to develop Android applications. I don't need a Microsoft Surface laptop to develop Windows software. Somehow, Apple requires you to buy their expensive hardware to develop for their platform. There's no technical reason you couldn't just get their OS and development tools; they just want you to shell out for overpriced x86 hardware along with those.

Unless your mom seriously understands the security implications of sideloading, she should probably just stick with the App Store.

What kind of app is your mom needing that wouldn’t be App Store approved?

HKMap maybe? Did you just forget the main topic? Or are you insinuating that protestors fighting their regime must also be expert at hacking electronic devices?