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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 report2. 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.