IOS – How to browse or search the iOS app store from the desktop

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Now that iTunes no longer lists apps in the iTunes store, the only way I can find to browse or search the iOS app store is on an iOS device itself. This is rather inconvenient when, say, I'm trying to do research on which of several related apps to get – or even if I just want to look up info on an app while I'm at my computer and my iPad isn't nearby.

Is there any official way to browse iOS apps from a desktop computer?

Best Answer

Apple have very quietly released iTunes 12.6.3 - compatible with iOS 11 & still containing the App Store.

Apple KB: Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes

You need the direct link, it apparently does not appear as an update.
Mac link.
Windows 32 bit link.
Windows 64-bit Link.

If you've already been using 12.7 you may have luck importing your 12.7 lib to a clean 12.6.3 Library, as outlined on MacRumors, but I had no joy.

I ended up restoring a backup of my Library [just the catalog not all the tunes] from a time before i updated to 12.7.