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John GBA is GBA emulator. This emulator is easy to use.
John GBA is GBA emulator for android 6.0+. This app does not work without your own game files. Please try John GBA lite before purchasing. John GBA can take over John GBA Lite data. Features - Original GBA engine - Cheats (Raw/GameShark/CodeBreaker) - High quality rendering - Search game files in SDCard & Internal Storage - Virtual On-screen keypad - Zipped file support - Save States (with previews) - Customizable keys - Turbo buttons - Screenshot - Fast forward / Slow down (x0.25 - x16) - Bluetooth / MOGA controller support - Dropbox support (requires John DataSync) - No ADs - No internet connection Hardware requirements -CPU: 1.0GHz Dual-core -RAM: 1GB
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-Added support for Android 16<br>-Fixed bugs
Rebuilt core to support 16KB page sizes
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59 of 59 loaded reviews
worth every penny.
- Edwin Lor · vv4.15
great experience.
- Thomas Dahn · vv4.15
When I originally purchased this it did not require a connection.
- Jamie Cox
you need internet to use the app
- David Bottomley · vv4.14
Very convenient, i can load my games and save it via cloud save!
- Jhay Basco
great picture great platform great price
- Aviaire Evans · vv4.15
Trash. No scan games
- Italo Daniel Trivinos Falcon · vv4.15
Can't load/find any games. Tried reinstalling game twice. My Boy emulator found it just fine. Tried moving it to different folders, nothing works.
- MadeMeMake AUserName · vv4.15
need update for D-Pad, it's so unenjoyable because lacking diagonal move and the range of dpad "button" is so limited! when moving around with dpad outside the dpad layout it's stop detecting my finger
- Jovan A.E.W
wasted money.. paid to remove ads. guess what still get ads... John boy be scamming.
- Andrew Keeling · vv4.14
Easy to use, smooth and fast !
- Vinh Pu · vv4.14
Awesome
- Anwar Razali · vv4.14
always been a fan. now I'm having issues with the fast forward buttons and save and menu buttons when editing at the top. it simply cannot be used or selected. tried with the GBC version and it works fine. only this one. I'm on a pixel 10 pro
- Eloy S · vv4.14
Runs all traditional roms (wouldn't run hacks but whatever) and is super easy to use. Seperate save and load States for each game means no digging through files to find your last save. You can configure the buttons to whevere you like on screen, plus only three dollars to remove ads but fully functional otherwise? Definitely worth the money. I highly recommend this.
- Hawkedoesstuff · vv4.14
fast forward function is way too laggy, totally ruin the play. also it always prompt "do you want to save before exit" and i can't turn that off, i always saved with quicksave
- Fahmi
Great
- Human Earthling · vv4.14
I was using the free one but now this one is free
- Connor
Bought it thinking I could play offline. Now, when I'm in a place where I don't have internet access and wanted to play. It's checking for licence and won't let me play.
- Sagar Singh Rana · vv4.14
worth every dime
- Jaharow Jah · vv4.14
guys you can understand from my profile i just play pokemon in john gba i like pokemon so much i have so much pokemon photos in my house
- Muhammed Ensar Akkaya
best for gba. It also saves game automatically
- DHRUV Gulia · vv4.14
best one I know
- Skye coleman · vv4.14
this is by far the best Game Boy Advance emulator that I have used on Android it is very smooth very little bugs even with many cheat codes enabled I wish these guys (John Emulators) would make a DS emulator or a 3DS emulator because the other ones on the store are trash
- Mitch Blankenship · vv4.14
It runs great!
- Bagus Dermawan · vv4.14
IDK what your update did, but I can't acess my roms anymore. This is unacceptable. I want my money back
- Vinny Treth · vv4.14
not very easy to use or it's not compatible with old GB roms that are in BIN format
- Vincent Judah · vv4.14
Its perfect the controls are simple and clean making it fun
- Dikshan Lakhmapurkar · vv4.14
pretty great and easy to use, I just wish I could adjust the screen size in portrait mode, but that's it. pretty great app.
- Bandi Hartsfield · vv4.14
The only GBA emulator I recommend. Why it's only 3 stars is beyond me.
- Darius Patrick · vv4.14
why it dont have option for bluetooth or wifi for multiplayer?
- selayg90 arshad · vv4.14
'Tis great.
- Nokkie · vv4.14
best possible experience with gba emulation on phone, and one for a completely disregardable price. the app has all the usual emulator features, lets you edit button layout and sizes, and overall is a treat to use. and again, cost wayyyy less than every other phone gba emulator.
- marketa sobotkova · vv4.14
i like but controller victrix i manual map mario doesnt move right pad or analog only this emulator please can fix
- Raging
This is good just like My Boy, however I wish the speed you access to the save option is faster and more convenience
- Kuro_0o0 · vv4.14
D pad is not sensitive enough or too sensitive. No balance. Find myself finding it hard to move naturally, really bothers me.
- Natasha White · vv4.14
NEED TO FIX EMULATOR. Banjo Kazooie Gruntys Revenge looks weird after traveling in time and talking to old mole the game looks horrible. PLEASE FIX THIS. And the emulator is amazing the best of all GBA emulators.
- Carlos Jaramillo · vv4.14
used to be great, used it yesterday but today all of my files can't be found. the ROMS can't be found even when I select the folder they are in. I paid for this app years ago and now its trash.
- Dominick Nevarez · vv4.14
Very good, could you add a crt filter svp
- Bjorn V · vv4.14
the best literally.... better than the lite just so you know
- Donald Okubor
perfectly good
- Qasim A.K. · vv4.11
it is an amazing way to play but it would be better with multiplayer
- Idk Bro
Overall very easy to use.Downside is,its hard to Resize Screen.I want to resize the screen a little bit taller,Also can't use Trade for certain game to evolve etc,Otherwise its a perfect emulator.Pls allow user to adjust screen size like MyBoy.
- Azurius · vv4.13
Frustrated. I regret buying this app. Cheat codes will not work for Pokemon. I have tried every code imaginable for nothing to work. It has also just decided to close and I have lost progress too many times to count. Bad. I also cannot even trade for Pokemon so getting any mon that evolves via trade is impossible.
- Defective Cat57 · vv4.14
I have used this & the GBC emus for years. Definitely worth buying the premium version.
- Jash F. (JashFath) · vv4.14
has worked on every phone of mine from my Galaxy S4 to my ZFlip7 - optional cloud saving game files / save states is great too. chatcode input also works consistently
- C. Owen Graham · vv4.14
Reliable. Bought this after using the free version for months. Having an undo button for loading save states is clutch. Saw a review saying this lost their games/saves. The app now forces you to select the same folder for reading data.
- budaclees · vv4.14
Pretty okay. It runs games on my phone well for the most part, but for whatever reason, specifically BK Grunty's Revenge is so visually destroyed it is essentially unplayable. I checked, its not an issue with the ROM, it seems to be related to the emulator. Rest of the app is still fine though, if you aren't looking to get this for that one game its a 4, that game is just half the reason I bought this.
- Jorbert Fivesevenaetree · vv4.14
Very nice, does everything I need it to.
- Teddy Brosevelt · vv4.14
just bought it but I loved lite version so this gotta be good, no ads and more stuff hopefully
- Nicholas King · vv4.14
Amazing emulator app! As someone whose concern is with the internet connection when it comes to playing, this app really fits my expectations. For future updates, I want to add: shaders for more choices of graphics, and link share to be able to play with my friends. Anyways, this app is amazing!
- Mark Anthony Cinco
Excellent emulator, only 1 setback which is that there is no shader or filter options/functionality. The emulator itself is flawless and has nice customisation overall, but the lack of HQ, BRz etc makes the games I play less enjoyable.
- Steven · vv4.14
works great. have not had issues with any games that were properly unzipped or formatted.
- Dude Duderton · vv4.14
thanks john great app i recently brought a knock off gb but got scammed and realised I can just get it here. just wondering if it supports phone controllers 🤔
- Australia the GOAT Best Cunttree in the world · vv4.14
overall it's great but needs redesigning to its controls and stuffs but if it would be fixed then it's a perfect 5/5
- Dioven Tedlos · vv4.14
nice app for running pokemon emerald,fire red and ruby!you only have to pay a small amount and then you will have it ad free!i totally recommend it,and most importantly,we can use cheat code here unlike other emulator apps...
- Keii Senseiii · vv4.14
please give CRT Filter
- fery · vv4.13
only 4 star should have a local link so i can trade pokèmon with my self in my device
- Blas Emmanuel · vv4.13
It's been years since I bought and then one day had to delete this game cause I couldn't play. Hooray for the update. The cheapest and most reliable so far without ads. Hooray!!
- Sarah Halim · vv4.13
honestly it's not much of a difference other than the removal of ads. My opinion remains the same, still one of the best apps on mobile as far as gaming offline is consider.
- Randall Savage (Sav) · vv4.13
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