Retro Pal - DS, GBA Emulator
No ads. Just play.
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Game Boy, GBC, GBA, Nintendo DS, Super Nintendo & NES on your iPhone. No ads. No subscription required. Made in Europe.
The console of your childhood, now in your pocket.
Retro Pal plays your Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Super Nintendo and NES ROMs on your iPhone. Your old games, on the screen you always have with you.
No ads. Free to use. Pro is optional: pay once for life, or month by month if you prefer.
WHAT'S INCLUDED (FOR FREE)
• Native emulation via mGBA, melonDS and MesenCE
• Six consoles: Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Super Nintendo, NES
• 60fps Metal rendering
• Bluetooth controllers: Xbox, PlayStation, MFi
• Local-first iCloud save sync across your devices
• Save import from other emulator apps
• Stereo sound, mixable with background music (Spotify, Apple Music, podcasts)
• Touch controls: D-pad and action buttons
• Console skins: pick a built-in look, or import and share custom ones
• Portrait and landscape modes
• Two save slots + auto-save with image preview
• Rewind up to 5 seconds, on all six consoles
• Capture and share gameplay clips as a video card
• Screenshot sharing with a styled card
• Your Retro Story: a shareable recap of your play stats
LOCALIZED, NOT TRANSLATED
Retro Pal is available in ten European languages: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish. Each is written, not run through a translator at the last minute.
RETRO PAL PRO (OPTIONAL)
One-time purchase, yours forever. Or a small monthly subscription if you prefer to spread the cost.
• All speeds (0.25× to 4×)
• Five save slots
• 30-second rewind
• Cheat codes (GameShark, CodeBreaker, Action Replay, Action Replay DS)
• Full controls editor: move, resize, fade or hide every button and the screens, with unlimited presets per console
• Create and edit your own custom console skins
The subscription can be cancelled at any time from the App Store. You can switch from the monthly subscription to the lifetime purchase whenever you want.
Terms of Use: https://retropal.fr/en/terms
Privacy Policy: https://retropal.fr/en/privacy
MADE IN EUROPE.
No ads, no ad profiling. To improve the app, Retro Pal sends only anonymous usage statistics, no personal data, no advertising IDs. Your ROMs, your saves and your progress stay on your iPhone.
The app contains no games. You must provide your own ROM files, which you certify you legally own.
Need to reach us? We reply within a day: support@retropal.fr
Website: retropal.fr
Privacy: retropal.fr/en/privacy
Terms: retropal.fr/en/terms
Retro Pal integrates the open-source emulator cores mGBA (MPL-2.0 license), melonDS (GPL-3.0 license) and MesenCE (GPL-3.0 license, used with one small change published as a patch file alongside the source). The app's complete source code is published under GPL-3.0: github.com/Larvouu/RetroPal.
Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo Entertainment System are trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd. This application is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Nintendo.
Two more consoles
• Super Nintendo and NES games play in Retro Pal now, and both consoles are free for everyone.
• Saves, speed, rewind, cheat codes and achievements all work on them from the first day.
They look like the real thing
• Each new console wears its own shell around the game, in portrait and in landscape.
• Build your own skin and give every face button its own color, then share a card of it (Pro).
Rewind on every console
• Rewind reaches Nintendo DS, which needed a much smaller way to keep its much larger snapshots.
• Five seconds for everyone, thirty with Pro, on all six consoles.
Cheat codes, fixed
• A code printed on several lines goes in as one entry, and the app says so before you get it wrong.
• A game whose own release has no codes can borrow them from another region of the same cartridge.
RetroAchievements
• A game with several achievement sets now shows each set with its own count and badge.
• Finishing a set, or a whole game, gets its own moment on screen.
With a controller attached
• Move and resize the game screen when a clip-on controller covers part of the display (Pro).
• Each console remembers its own arrangement, in portrait and in landscape.
The developer, Antoine Ghiassi, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Antoine Ghiassi
- Size
- 21.3 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 12 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Retro Pal Pro Lifetime $3.99
- Retro Pal Pro Monthly $0.99
- Retro Pal Pro, yearly $4.99
- Copyright
- © Antoine Ghiassi
