My Boy! - GBA Emulator

This game boy is the best one in my experience! It allows you to place controls however you want on your screen, has a fast button you can add, many save slots, and it runs smoothly. It has an option to stretch so that I can utilize my entire screen. I had to remove 2 stars because for some reason it keeps asking for permissions for my Gmail accounts through a system notification and the free version didn't.

Great emulator. The paid version is amazing I love the features. But no update for so many years. Needs to allow files to be opened from google drive too so we don't have to download the same games to each device. If they are all on google drive then its easy to just have it all in one place and play on any device.

This emulator is almost perfect in every way but I wish there was an option to cast the game to your TV and use your phone as a controller/duplicate screen. I get that you can simply cast using androids built in screen sharing but lets be honest the latency issues and screen stuttering that option tends to elicit makes for a poor gameplay experience. I hope the devs find a way to implement native casting capabilities, that is if it's even possible...

Great Emulator, Bad Permission Requests. This app has worked great for playing a variety of GBA ROMs, supports external controllers and remapping of the on screen interface. However, it repeatedly asks for access to my other Gmail accounts on my device every day, suggesting the permissions component is either outdated or broken. You can't turn these notifications off in the latest version of Android, and it makes the app look dodgey due to this flaw.

Excellent app. MyBoy has been around for quite some time, and it's nice to see it still here. The emulation is great, video and audio come through clear. I myself had no problems with crashes or lag, I am using a Samsung A8. The only thing holding it back from a 5-star, is the constant notification asking for access to our gmails. It apparently has something to do with backing up through Google Drive, but it still asks even if the option is disabled. All in all, great emulation app, recommended.

Almost perfect! I love this emulator, as it runs better than the rest and has a really easy to use interface. Very easy to remap buttons for physical controllers as well, which is a must for me. Well worth throwing a few bucks at the creator for all their hard work. That being said, my one issue (and it's an incredibly small one) is that the sound when fast forwarding is EXTREMELY high pitched and grating. Havent found a way to fix that. Still, a phenomenal emulator. Highly recommend this one.

I've used this emulator for years now and I can say it's absolutely solid. $5 is a steal. This would be an easy 5 stars. However, please stop pestering me to sync my email. It's unnecessary when the "Sync to Google Drive" option is disabled in the settings. If I want to sync my saves, I'll do it myself. If the option is disabled, don't send me daily notifications to allow access. It's annoying and a bit suspicious. If this is fixed, then I will give this 5 stars. Until then, it gets two.

The app is great. It runs everything I throw at it with no issues at all. However I have cloud sync turned off as I have had some corruption with other apps in the past and don't necessarily trust it. Even though sync is turned off multiple times a day I get a request to connect to the Drive of every account on my phone. If I have it turned off why am I still getting requests?

Been better. Have been using this emulator for years. Possibly since the beginning. Recently the controls have been buggy. And soda can't get into the buttons. Looked for an update, saw the last update was 2017. Can we please get a bug update? First issue with this came around a week ago. Cleaned up my phone to make sure my phone wasn't bugging out, haven't had an issue with anything else. Love the emulator and have for years, getting annoying to use.

Frustratingly close, but the save function just doesn't seem to be reliable. Even if I save in multiple slots, sometimes it will not register the saves. The emulation is great but that doesn't matter if I go to load my file and its not the most recent save. It doesnt happen everytime but when it does I lose hours of time. It's enough to not want to use this otherwise fine app.

I love it. It's great for Fire Emblem, and Pokémon when I want to play that occasionally too. I love the customization and everything and the fact you can have both landscape and portrait setup within one option for quick switching, and on a new phone it is a super smooth experience. 10/10, I would recommend. I only wish there was an NES or SNES version by these guys. I have some super old Fire Emblem games I would want to play on it..

Despite others complaining about the gmail access (which is for backing up saves), I don't have any big complaints. My only one is that screenshots (that i'm assuming are from save states) keep reappearing in my gallery. Having to delete them every day, sometimes several times a day, is a bit annoying. Otherwise I have no problems. Have been happily using the app for a year I think.

It's a great emulator with all the basics, and plenty of useful features. If you play a game that requires you to connect to another system to enjoy the full experience (Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald for example), you can start another file with the same game or a different one, and link it with the one you're already using. It's a brilliant feature! It works wonderfully with my 8bitdo SN30 Pro, with the minor drawback of an annoying bug that makes the D-Pad unresponsive. It's a simple fix, tho.

Fantastic emulator, but it definitely needs some updating as it's not the best it could be for a premium item. I personally haven't had the issues some others have, but that doesn't invalidate their troubles. Also, guys, there is indeed a reason why it runs in the background and has email activity -- It's literally for the save backups and sync options. Just turn that feature off if it troubles you.

Every day, multiple times sometimes, a notification will come up requesting access to your Google account. This is an unnecessary permission that has no legitimate purpose. Makes you wonder why they want it so bad. It will push this notification for every account you have on your phone. I use four accounts so I get between four and twelve notifications every day. This is very frustrating. Overall this is a very good emulator, games run smooth, speedhacks are nice, and the save states work well.

So far this emulator has been great! it works well and hasn't crashed on me once but I have had a few issues with the controls that are very annoying. 1) Sometimes the D Pad and A Button quit working if I'm holding my thumb over the D Pad or I'm trying to press A through dialog, 2) Sometimes the left D Pad button and the menu button switch functions randomly. I've searched through every setting this app has and I can't figure out what the problem is. I'm playing on a Samsung Galaxy Note 9.

Amazing app. Can't fault it. I mainly use it to play Pokemon though... People are commenting about the access to emails... This app saves your saves (enabled by default) to your Google drive, which can only be accessed by having permission to access emails. The devs are not allowed to view or send emails from these accounts as that is extremely illegal. Just thought I'd express that before more people complain about a feature which is outlined in the description.

The emulator works well enough. It isn't perfectly accurate, especially with sound but the only game this really breaks is Mother 3. My big gripe is that the automatic savestate on closing feature has one big bug: It won't work for a second running instance when linked locally. This means if you have two games linked and you close one, not only will it not save the state but even if you save in the actual game, the next time the emulator opens it it will automatically open the previous savestate and overwrite the .sav file. This has been game ruining for trading pokemon and caused me to lose more than one. My other gripe is that my phone was stolen and when I went to open the old savestates backed up on Google drive, they wouldn't load. Actual .sav files worked fine, but savestates caused the emulator to freeze so I lost a lot of progress I was relying on having backed up

Even if you deny the pernission to access your Google accounts and turn off the "Sync to Google Drive" setting, the app will still keep requesting the permission every single day through a notification, which is incredibly annoying. The emulator is perfect otherwise. I wanted to send a bug report instead of leaving a review but there's no option to do that in the app's menu... Might want to add that in so people can report issues and give you a chance to fix them before writing a review.

Emulator works great, I have no problems with the functions. GUI could get some improvements. Red flag for me is that after a week of using this app, it started to request access to all of my emails in the background. Luckily my phone detected this and I denied access but it feels fishy. Someone should investigate what is going on.

This is a perfectly serviceable emulator - It has speed-ups, savestates and other features you expect. The bad: it request access to your Google accounts, constantly. This is supposed to be so that saves can be stored in your Google Drive, but there are better ways to go about it than for the app to appear in the notification tray every single day requesting access to each of your Google accounts. I therefore reccommend you check out any of the other excellent GBA emulators out there.

Love the app, but I wish I had known that I could backup my games to my Google drive sooner! I had to get a new phone, and I tried to backup my save files to my Samsung cloud and my SD card, but I still lost them all. Use the sync to Google drive option in the settings!! (This option is also probably the reason that a lot of people are getting permission requests to their Google accounts.)

App works exactly as described. not sure what the current top positive review or what the top critical review is even talking about as of 5/9/19. The app never crashes for me and it certainly isn't trying to "exploit people for money" regarding email access. If you're experiencing any types of crashes, uninstall and reinstall the app or ensure your phone can handle it. If it's asking for access to your Gmail, then you likely enabled the Google Drive option for save backup.

The emulator is good, but IT WILL ASK FOR PERMISSION TO ACCESS YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTS CONSTANTLY, no matter how many times you deny it. Many people may not think twice before pressing allow. I can't think of any legitimate reason why an emulation app would need access to your email. It is VERY suspicious, potential phishing or identity theft. Just be careful, DO NOT allow this permission. One star until I hear an explanation from the developer about it and they fix it.

I've used this emulator for awhile now, and love it. Recently though I've switched to a Sony Xperia X, and it keeps crashing on certain games. Mostly having problems with Pokemon Fire Red, and Emerald. Otherwise a very solid emulator in terms of speed, and ease of use. Worth the $5 spent, but would love to see the crashing issues fixed.

Alleyway doesn't work. Paddle sticks to the left hand side. Without a minimal emulation of a disconnected serial cable, Alleyway will boot to the first level and the paddle will stick to the left side of the screen. Note that in order to play all games correctly you must fully implement a disconnected serial cable, with timing etc., but to only fix Alleyway you only need the define valid constant read values for the two serial registers.

I've been using this app for like 7 years. It was my introduction to emulation, and finding out I could play games I used to love nearly drove me to tears when I was a kid and discovered this app. Got really significant memories with Legacy of Goku II especially, and was thrilled beyond words to be able to appreciate that game again. Needless to say, I've never had an issue with this emulator. Always my go-to. Kinda wish a Windows version existed even.

Keeps asking permission to access my emails, I uninstalled and re-downloaded so I'll see what happens, but until then, 1 star. I also see in other reviews that multiple people are getting the same notification multiple times as I did. This is unacceptable, especially with the fact that it's supposedly a "premium" app with a no-ad perk. It might as well have ads, or rather yet, this odd request is even worse!

It works exactly as advertised. My only complaint is that the D-Pad's hitbox seems to be slightly to the right and up of the actual graphic for the D-Pad. It rarely causes any issues and doesnt impact the games I play, but this is certainly something that could be an easy fix. All in all, I love this app as well as My OldBoy! App. They're great for brief gaming. Totally worth the few bucks I threw at it.

This emulator is awesome. Plays really well, good frames per second, customizable buttons on the touchscreen. One thing i suggest be added is gamepad support (Playing with a paired Bluetooth Switch Pro Controller, Xbox controller, etc.) So people can further enhance their gaming experience as if they had an actual gameboy advance in their hands. But still, awesome game though, and a TON of apk games for it are free online.