The console you grew up with. Now in your pocket.
Play your GBA, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Nintendo DS games on iPhone. No ads, no required subscription. Forever.
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Three things you'll never find in Retro Pal. That's the editor's column this month.
We sell an app. We don't sell you.
One emulator, four generations. From the gray brick of 1989 to the dual-screen of 2004.
Connect your RetroAchievements account (optional and free) and earn achievements in your games, on all four consoles. In-game unlock banner, per-game dashboard, badge wall, your profile in the library and share cards for your best unlocks.
GBA, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Nintendo DS, powered by mGBA and melonDS. 60 frames per second, Metal acceleration, stereo audio.
Five save state slots (two free), preview images, automatic background save. You always pick up exactly where you left off.
Your saves follow you from one device to the next via iCloud. Switch iPhones, restore, pick up where you were. No cable, no fiddling.
Came from another emulator? Import your .sav and .srm files and resume exactly where you left off. Nothing to replay.
Xbox, PlayStation, MFi, 8BitDo. Plug in and play. The on-screen buttons fade away on their own and the picture grows.
Made a mistake in a boss fight? On GBA, Game Boy and Game Boy Color, rewind up to thirty seconds (Pro), five free. The fastest way to avoid the game-over screen.
Slow it down for tough sections, turbo through grinds. Your call. 1× and 1.5× free, everything else with Pro.
GameShark, CodeBreaker, Action Replay, Action Replay DS. Named cheats, individual toggles, automatic backup before activation.
Drag and resize every element, the buttons and the screen itself. Adjust opacity, hide what you don't use. As many presets as you like, per system. Your hands, your layout.
Dress the screen like a real handheld: an in-house style for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, GBA and Nintendo DS, shell and buttons included. Create your own in any colours you like (Pro), or import and share others'.
Three ways to show off your session: the "retro story" card with your playtime and games, a polished screenshot, and a gameplay clip. Dress them like the console too (Pro). Pretty, instant, ready for Insta.
No connection required to play. Your games, your saves, your progress: it's all yours. Forever.
French, English, German, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Swedish, Romanian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese. Localized by a human, not a machine.
"The best emulator is the one you don't notice."
You've been told about subscriptions so many times you don't even remember what "buying an app" means. This is what it means: you pay once, and it's yours.
What you unlock:
The lifetime deal is our primary offering. The subscription exists for those who prefer to pay piece by piece. Cancel anytime from the App Store. Switch from monthly to lifetime whenever you want.
No ads, no ad profiling. To improve the app, Retro Pal sends only anonymous usage statistics, no personal data, no advertising IDs.
Your data only ever moves under your own Apple account. If you're signed into iCloud, your saves sync to your private iCloud space so they follow you from one device to the next. And when you choose to share a screenshot, your Photos app handles it. Never us.
A question, an idea, a bug, a compliment, a complaint? Write to us. We read everything, we reply.
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