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Best Game Emulation Apps for iPhone (2026)

8 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Manic EMU - Game Emulator is the top-ranked of 8 game emulation apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 16,322 ratings.

  1. 1
    Manic EMU - Game EmulatorS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 16,322 ratings · score 94
  2. 2
    Gamma - PS 1 Game EmulatorS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 11,003 ratings · score 93
  3. 3
    Gamuroid: All Game EmulatorA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 14,410 ratings · score 90
  4. 4
    Lucky Emulator - GBA & DSA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 13,567 ratings · score 84
  5. 5
    Delta - Game EmulatorA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 28,189 ratings · score 81

What belongs in this list

Play classic console or computer games on my iPhone by running them in an emulator.

Not here: Simulation games alone; Terminal emulation alone; A single retro-style game alone; Game development tools alone; A list of game cheats or walkthroughs alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Manic EMUGamma
A
GamuroidLucky EmulatorDeltaEmu
B
None at B yet
C
iGBA
D
Retra
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Manic EMU - Game EmulatorS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 16,322 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  2. 2
    Gamma - PS 1 Game EmulatorS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 11,003 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  3. 3
    Gamuroid: All Game EmulatorA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 14,410 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  4. 4
    Lucky Emulator - GBA & DSA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 13,567 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  5. 5
    Delta - Game EmulatorA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 28,189 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  6. 6
    Emu - Game Consoles AppA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 10,008 ratings · score 80 · excellent
  7. 7
    iGBA: GBA & GBC Retro EmulatorC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,697 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  8. 8
    Retra - app console emulatorD
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,011 ratings · score 51 · weak · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best game emulation app for iPhone?
Manic EMU - Game Emulator, S tier, ranked #1 of 8, rated 4.7 by 16,322 people.
Which game emulation apps are free?
8 of 8 are free to download: Manic EMU - Game Emulator (S), Gamma - PS 1 Game Emulator (S), Gamuroid: All Game Emulator (A), Lucky Emulator - GBA & DS (A) and more.
Which game emulation app has the best App Store rating?
Retra - app console emulator at 4.8 from 3,011 ratings.
How many game emulation apps reach S or A tier?
6 of 8. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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