It works fine on the iPad too once it is downloaded, but the app is a scaled version since the iPhone app is stretched to fit onto the iPad screen. In the example here we download the iPhone-only app “Snapchat” to an iPad.
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How to Download and Install iPhone Apps onto iPad
The Apple ID is required to download any app from the iOS App Store. You’ll obviously need an iPad and an Apple ID for this to work.
This tutorial will detail how to download and install iPhone apps onto an iPad using the App Store in iOS. This applies to many games, messaging apps, and social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram, where iPhone exclusive versions of an app exists, but with a little know-how you can download and use the iPhone app on an iPad. Many iPad users would rather use the scaled up iPhone version of an app that is intended for a different screen device than no version of the app at all.