games and apps for ios 4.2.1

Alas, iOS 4.2.1 is the newest one for that device. However, there is a way to find compatible games and other apps, so don't despair!

Find Old Apps for iOS [ http://findoldapps.com/ ] lets you search the App Store for older iPod apps by country; filter by iOS version, device type, or category; and search by a free-form text field. You can also sort by rating, app name, category, year it was last updated, and price. It uses Apple's iTunes API to interface with the iTunes databases so that the site can find the apps for which you are searching.

To find games and apps compatible with your iPod, use the drop-down menus on the left of that Web site to select your iOS (4.2.1) and your device (iPod touch 2nd gen.). After that, select the options you want to find the apps for you! Be aware that some of them might not be available for download anymore, but most of those apps from the listings shall still be on the App Store.

Note: I am not affiliated with that Web site nor its author, but I spent far too long searching the Internet before I found his site once again after months of forgetting its name and Web address and yearning to find it. I'm going to make sure others and myself don't have to search nearly as much in the future by posting a link to it here alongside a description.

- Your 2G iPod can only go to iOS 4.2.1

- There is not way to search for just compatible apps.Yu nust have to find an app that inters you and look at the requirements section to see if it is compatible.

- if you have the version that was compatible on your computer such as in the recycle bin/trash or in a computer file backup. In that case delete the current version that is in your iTunes App library and replace it with the older version. Then sync.

Not sure if this will help, but I was running into the same problem trying to find apps for my daughters Iphone 3g running 4.2.1. What I did was go to the Itunes store through Itunes on my PC, and then went to the bottom of the main page and clicked "Browse." On the browse page I selected, App Store, Games (category), Kids (subcategory), and then a list of apps appears below. I sorted by date (oldest to newest) by right-clicking next to "price" and choosing "release date" on the menu that pops up. The date created field will then be showing, which you can click on to sort newest to oldest or oldest to newest. I downloaded a bunch of free apps starting from the oldest (by name - you don't have much else to go on). Of the 30 or so I added to my Itunes, about 27 of them were compatible with 4.2.1. This is defintely not a perfect way of finding apps, but after spending a lot of time searching for a better way this was the best I could come up with.

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I followed your directions step by step and was able to download a ton of games onto my older Ipod. Thank you so much for your help!

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Thanks for your helpful idea.

edit... I just added the column POPULARITY. Now, couple that with FREE and when you see a long bar depicting a popular app, it should be fairly good, at least.

Hope this helps: Finding iOS Apps Compatible with Older Devices

It sounds like vintapps in the app store is just made for you.

This really helps!

Thanks, this was very helpful 🙂

I tried that method, but while in the iTunes browse page, apps wasn't one of the categories, just media.