4.6
14.5K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this game

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
Updated on
Feb 24, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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No data collected
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Ratings and reviews

4.6
13.7K reviews
Thomas Jarvis
April 27, 2024
I've been using this to replay my old pokemon games, and it's been working well so far. Fast forward functionality is very handy. It couldn't find my game files at first, but putting the ROM in my documents folder did the trick. If you're new to old gen pokemon emulation, I recommend trying out the lite version or a computer emulator to get a basic understanding of ROM and SAV files.
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William Skelton
April 8, 2024
Previously 5 star...however the new update makes it functionally useless. It can no longer scan your files for games, and anything you download is no longer playable. If you try to manually open it it Says it's not playable or the folder cannot be used to load things from. Considering I paid for this app and its not functionally garbage I'm pretty pissed off. I'd rate it negative stars if I could.
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Ashley Carr
April 16, 2024
Shocking is an understatement was one of the best apps for downloading roms, not you can't download and play anything on this. I've had the app for years uses to love it, but now its a complete waste of time and money until the issues are fix, I'll find a new app. Just poor !!!!!!!
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What's new

-optimized for Android14
(Notification icon does not appear on Android14)
-enabled multi-window mode
-changed and optimized UI
-changed default layout
-fixed many layout bugs
-fixed many ANR and crash bugs