GBAGo: Visual Saves
Game Emulator: .gba .gbc .gb
$4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Optimized for iPhone Duo: truly full screen. Play your own .gba, .gbc and .gb files at 60 fps offline, with touch or a controller.
Optimized for iPhone Duo: truly full screen.
GBAGo is a game emulator for iPhone and iPad. Import your own .gba, .gbc and .gb game files (or a .zip containing one) from the Files app, then play at 60 fps with on-screen touch controls or a game controller. Visual save slots and automatic snapshots every 2 minutes keep your progress safe. Bring your own legally owned files: GBAGo does not include or provide any games.
GBAGo is designed around one promise: never lose your progress again. Every game gets a Recovery Map, one screen that gathers all of its save points: the automatic resume point, your save state slots, automatic snapshots and the battery save, each with a clear status such as Ready to load or Not safe to load. Safe Continue resumes from your newest checkpoint only when it checks out.
A brand-new library starts with three original demo cartridges made by Lumi Studio: Lumi Orbit, Pearl Garden and Cloud Atelier. They contain no third-party content, so you can explore save slots, automatic snapshots, Recovery Map and Game Info right away, and delete them whenever you like.
WHAT MAKES GBAGO DIFFERENT
- Recovery Map: every checkpoint for a game in one place, with a Verify Progress check
- Safe Continue: a damaged checkpoint is never loaded silently
- Visual save slots: 4 slots to start, expandable to 12, each with its own screenshot thumbnail
- Auto Snapshots: during normal play, a quiet snapshot about every two minutes; the latest 15 stay available as thumbnails you can jump back to
- Auto save when leaving: close GBAGo and continue exactly where you stopped (on by default)
- Game Info: long-press a game to check its identity and integrity on device, including internal title, game and maker codes, revision, file size, SHA-256, header checksum, save hardware and real-time clock, then export a JSON report
- Fast-forward at 2x, 4x, 8x or all the way to 32x, with music and sound effects speeding up in step with the game
- Pinch to zoom: resize the game screen from 100% to 150% with two fingers; GBAGo remembers your choice
EVERYDAY PLAY
- Touch controls with adjustable button size and opacity, plus Turbo A and Turbo B
- Game controller support
- Screen filters (Pixel Perfect, Smooth, CRT) and aspect ratio options
- Cheat codes
- Backup export and import, with game files optional
- Play Stats: total play time, the last 30 days, most active time of day, streaks and top games
- Library covers captured from your own play
- Interface in 50 languages
In Low Power Mode GBAGo takes automatic snapshots less often; if your device runs hot, it also lowers the fast-forward limit and pauses snapshots until it cools down.
COMPATIBILITY
Opens .gba, .gbc and .gb files, including files inside .zip archives, that you import from Files. Importing a BIOS file is optional.
PRIVACY
GBAGo runs fully on your device. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no data collection. When iCloud is enabled, GBAGo syncs save states, thumbnails and .sav battery saves through your private iCloud account. The developer does not receive this data.
Local data remains until you delete it in GBAGo or remove the app. Turning off GBAGo under Apple Account > iCloud stops future sync; deleting existing iCloud copies is a separate action in GBAGo or iCloud storage settings. Export and Share send only files you explicitly select to destinations you choose.
Support: hourstag.app@gmail.com · https://alice51849.github.io/gbago-support/
LEGAL
Apart from the three original Lumi Studio demo cartridges, GBAGo contains no games and does not supply or link to game files. Import only files you created yourself or are authorized to use under applicable law. GBAGo is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo Co., Ltd. Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance are trademarks of Nintendo, used here only to describe file compatibility. Emulation is powered by the open-source mGBA core, licensed under MPL-2.0.
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Optimized for iPhone Duo: truly full screen, filling the entire inner display.
- Wide screens: Settings and other screens now use the full width in landscape and on large displays.
- Fast-forward up to 32x: music and sound effects now speed up together with the game.
- Clearer name: the automatic snapshot history is now called “Auto Snapshots”.
- Welcome screen and Legal page: Apart from the three original demo cartridges, GBAGo includes no commercial games.
- Last played, save slot, snapshot and sync times follow the language you choose in the app.
- The widget description now appears in your language.
The developer, Guan Feng Lai, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Guan Feng Lai
- Size
- 11.6 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 43 more
- English, Arabic, Bengali, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Caitlyn
