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Best Ways to Get App Downloads from TikTok

September 30, 2026 · 6 min read

TikTok will give you views for a joke. Downloads come from a post that names a job and tells people where the app is.

1. Slideshows made in Alma

Text on screen works with the sound off, which is how a lot of people scroll. A hook, a few steps, the app on the last slide. Alma builds these from your store link and you can schedule them to TikTok.

Pricing: $29/month for 500 slides, or $199/month with no cap.

See how Alma automates this

The short report on how Alma turns an app link into posts that go out every day.

Read the carousel report

2. A screen recording with the same hook

Ten seconds of the app doing the thing the slideshow described. Post it after a slideshow on that topic has already been saved, so you know the topic is worth showing.

3. A last slide that says the app name and "link in bio"

Views without that slide are a trailer for nothing. The caption repeats the same line. The bio goes to the store, not to a menu of links.

4. More versions of the slideshow people saved

Same promise, new example. This is how a small app gets downloads from TikTok. A new idea every day is how you stay tired.

5. Posting when that user is on their phone

A sleep app at night. A work tool on a weekday morning. The format stays a slideshow. The hour changes.

Do this before you open TikTok ads. Paid views of a post that never asks for the install will not fix the post.