@fr0gpil0t @Roger:
I've been using my Almond+ in AP mode, upgraded from R066 to R069, AP mode remains enabled, as Lars had pointed out.
That said, however, I'm still having problems with app updates on iOS devices...downloads need to be retried multiple times. On my iPad Air (iOS 8.1) for example, I found that it was just impossible to download the iMovie app (613MB file size) at all, have to fall back to using my ISP-supplied router's wireless. For some reason, the Almond+ wifi works slightly better with my iPhone 6+, also on iOS 8.1, as I'm able to download app updates (including iMovie) with noticeably fewer retries.