15.2K reviews
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Rated for 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
John GBA is GBA emulator. This emulator is easy to use.
Updated on
Jul 26, 2026

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Ratings and reviews

14.3K reviews
Andre Darius
September 11, 2026
The emulator works amazingly across my two devices! Though I had some problem with using joycons that I hope you can fix 1. you can't map analog as dpad 2. you can't map two joycon into one controller which is already a common concurring problem for any other emulator
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Maggie Dol
October 1, 2026
I have been using John for years now. God, I must've been in high school when John and I began fooling around. I played with John all through the wee hours of the night, and let me tell you this, he never disappointed. See, John is the simple type, but don't let that fool you! He's reliable and delivers exactly what you need... and want! I'm now 30 years old, and found myself going back to John even after all of these years. When I want to play, and play hard, I know who to download.
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Josiel Cazares
December 5, 2021
Love it, if they had a way to connect to other phones using the emulator to simulate a Link Cable, that would be incredible! Also, it would be neat to have an option to disable the top left save state button. It's a bad habit to develop when you want to play Fire Emblem the way it was intended 😅 (won't deny that it saves time tho). Other than that, money well spent.
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What’s new

-Added support for Android 16
-Fixed bugs