4.6
14.6K 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
24 Feb 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
Sean Robinson
6 May 2024
App is currently useless, and so is the GBC one. Why is it so important that the ROMs are saved in the specified folder? If it was so important could it have been all that hard to make it actually work properly? Tried putting them in the specified folder, can't find ROMs. Tried putting them several other places and it just refuses to work. Why did one of my favorite apps suddenly get nerfed? I actually paid money for this. I used to praise the fact that it still gets updates, but you ruined it.
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Tyrone Williams
28 May 2024
It's beautiful. I've never seen a emulator like this, no sound clipping. No lagging. Even the lite version is the same, minus the automatic game finding. And very few ads, and only when you open or reopen the app. Low ads, easy use. Good emulator.
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Nathen Martin
25 May 2024
If you came here like me, annoyed that nothing seems to fix game files not being found, do the following: 1) Copy all your game data, saves, etc. to a backup folder somewhere (just in case) 2) Uninstall and re-install this app 3) The newly reinstalled app has instructions you need to follow to grant proper file access to John GBA 4) Do as the app says and put your game files into the JohnEmulators > game folder Hope this helps other people.
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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