diff --git a/desktop/flipper-common/src/server-types.tsx b/desktop/flipper-common/src/server-types.tsx
index 2472828f6..53725bc93 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-common/src/server-types.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-common/src/server-types.tsx
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ export type FlipperServerCommands = {
   ) => Promise<void>;
   'device-stop-screencapture': (serial: string) => Promise<string>; // file path
   'device-shell-exec': (serial: string, command: string) => Promise<string>;
+  'device-install-app': (
+    serial: string,
+    appBundlePath: string,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
   'device-forward-port': (
     serial: string,
     local: string,
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/src/devices/BaseDevice.tsx b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/src/devices/BaseDevice.tsx
index a393c16a2..9f88fe905 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/src/devices/BaseDevice.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/src/devices/BaseDevice.tsx
@@ -235,6 +235,14 @@ export default class BaseDevice implements Device {
     return this.flipperServer.exec('device-navigate', this.serial, location);
   }
 
+  async installApp(appBundlePath: string): Promise<void> {
+    return this.flipperServer.exec(
+      'device-install-app',
+      this.serial,
+      appBundlePath,
+    );
+  }
+
   async screenshot(): Promise<Uint8Array | undefined> {
     if (!this.description.features.screenshotAvailable || this.isArchived) {
       return;
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/plugin/DevicePlugin.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/plugin/DevicePlugin.tsx
index db6939fe1..0e1b03f0d 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/plugin/DevicePlugin.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/plugin/DevicePlugin.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export interface Device {
   sendMetroCommand(command: string): Promise<void>;
   navigateToLocation(location: string): Promise<void>;
   screenshot(): Promise<Uint8Array | undefined>;
+  installApp(appBundlePath: string): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export type DevicePluginPredicate = (device: Device) => boolean;
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/test-utils/test-utils.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/test-utils/test-utils.tsx
index c1e6827a1..327c2dc7b 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/test-utils/test-utils.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/test-utils/test-utils.tsx
@@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ function createMockDevice(options?: StartPluginOptions): Device & {
     get isConnected() {
       return this.connected.get();
     },
+    installApp(_: string) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    },
     navigateToLocation: createStubFunction(),
     screenshot: createStubFunction(),
     sendMetroCommand: createStubFunction(),
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/FlipperServerImpl.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/FlipperServerImpl.tsx
index e94d70f23..09e810e45 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/FlipperServerImpl.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/FlipperServerImpl.tsx
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ export class FlipperServerImpl implements FlipperServer {
   }
 
   private commandHandler: FlipperServerCommands = {
+    'device-install-app': async (serial, bundlePath) => {
+      return this.devices.get(serial)?.installApp(bundlePath);
+    },
     'get-server-state': async () => ({
       state: this.state,
       error: this.stateError,
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ServerDevice.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ServerDevice.tsx
index 2c9bcdc40..89dd1439e 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ServerDevice.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ServerDevice.tsx
@@ -80,4 +80,8 @@ export abstract class ServerDevice {
   async navigateToLocation(_location: string) {
     throw new Error('navigateLocation not implemented on BaseDevice');
   }
+
+  async installApp(_appBundlePath: string): Promise<void> {
+    throw new Error('Install not implemented');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
index 00d895a4a..163ef0d64 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/android/AndroidDevice.tsx
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ export default class AndroidDevice extends ServerDevice {
     }
     super.disconnect();
   }
+
+  async installApp(apkPath: string) {
+    console.log(`Installing app with adb ${apkPath}`);
+    await this.adb.install(this.serial, apkPath);
+  }
 }
 
 export async function launchEmulator(
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSBridge.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSBridge.tsx
index 97806af0c..a8269247c 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSBridge.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSBridge.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {DeviceType, uuid} from 'flipper-common';
 import path from 'path';
 import {exec, execFile} from 'promisify-child-process';
 import {getFlipperServerConfig} from '../../FlipperServerConfig';
-
 export const ERR_NO_IDB_OR_XCODE_AVAILABLE =
   'Neither Xcode nor idb available. Cannot provide iOS device functionality.';
 
@@ -44,6 +43,11 @@ export interface IOSBridge {
     outputFile: string,
   ) => child_process.ChildProcess;
   getActiveDevices: (bootedOnly: boolean) => Promise<Array<IOSDeviceParams>>;
+  installApp: (
+    serial: string,
+    ipaPath: string,
+    tempPath: string,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export class IDBBridge implements IOSBridge {
@@ -51,6 +55,12 @@ export class IDBBridge implements IOSBridge {
     private idbPath: string,
     private enablePhysicalDevices: boolean,
   ) {}
+
+  async installApp(serial: string, ipaPath: string): Promise<void> {
+    console.log(`Installing app via IDB ${ipaPath} ${serial}`);
+    await this._execIdb(`install ${ipaPath} --udid ${serial}`);
+  }
+
   async getActiveDevices(_bootedOnly: boolean): Promise<IOSDeviceParams[]> {
     return iosUtil
       .targets(this.idbPath, this.enablePhysicalDevices)
@@ -96,6 +106,31 @@ export class IDBBridge implements IOSBridge {
 }
 
 export class SimctlBridge implements IOSBridge {
+  async installApp(
+    serial: string,
+    ipaPath: string,
+    tempPath: string,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    console.log(`Installing  app ${ipaPath} with xcrun`);
+    const buildName = path.parse(ipaPath).name;
+
+    const extractTmpDir = path.join(tempPath, `${buildName}-extract`, uuid());
+
+    try {
+      await fs.mkdirp(extractTmpDir);
+      await unzip(ipaPath, extractTmpDir);
+      await exec(
+        `xcrun simctl install ${serial} ${path.join(
+          extractTmpDir,
+          'Payload',
+          '*.app',
+        )}`,
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rmdir(extractTmpDir, {recursive: true});
+    }
+  }
+
   startLogListener(
     udid: string,
     deviceType: DeviceType,
@@ -214,6 +249,16 @@ function makeTempScreenshotFilePath() {
   return path.join(getFlipperServerConfig().paths.tempPath, imageName);
 }
 
+async function unzip(filePath: string, destination: string): Promise<void> {
+  //todo this probably shouldn't involve shelling out...
+  await exec(`unzip -qq  -o ${filePath} -d ${destination}`);
+  if (!(await fs.pathExists(path.join(destination, 'Payload')))) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `${path.join(destination, 'Payload')} Directory does not exists`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 async function readScreenshotIntoBuffer(imagePath: string): Promise<Buffer> {
   const buffer = await fs.readFile(imagePath);
   await fs.unlink(imagePath);
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSDevice.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSDevice.tsx
index 06c6e2d75..0123a8dfc 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSDevice.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/IOSDevice.tsx
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ export default class IOSDevice extends ServerDevice {
     return output;
   }
 
+  async installApp(ipaPath: string): Promise<void> {
+    return this.iOSBridge.installApp(
+      this.serial,
+      ipaPath,
+      this.flipperServer.config.paths.tempPath,
+    );
+  }
+
   disconnect() {
     if (this.recording) {
       this.stopScreenCapture();
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
index 1635abed8..dba9384af 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/devices/ios/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
@@ -196,3 +196,18 @@ test('uses idb to record when available', async () => {
     '/usr/local/bin/idb record-video --udid deadbeef /tmo/video.mp4',
   );
 });
+
+test('uses idb to install when available', async () => {
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge(
+    '/usr/local/bin/idb',
+    true,
+    true,
+    async (_) => true,
+  );
+
+  await ib.installApp('sim1', '/tmp/foo/bar.zip', '/tmp/hello');
+
+  expect(promisifyChildProcess.exec).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    '/usr/local/bin/idb install /tmp/foo/bar.zip --udid sim1',
+  );
+});
diff --git a/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts b/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
index 42b0b1306..571bc112d 100644
--- a/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
+++ b/desktop/types/adbkit.d.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ declare module 'adbkit' {
       local: string,
       remote: string,
     ) => Promise<boolean>; // TODO: verify correctness of signature
+
+    install: (serial: string, apkPath: string) => Promise<boolean>;
   }
   export function createClient(config: {port: number; host: string}): Client;
 }