ArcEmu appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ArcEmu is 100 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

ArcEmu Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: ArcEmu
Rating: 4.90448 (1340 reviews)

ArcEmu

Raffaele D'Amato

🎮 Games

🎬 Entertainment

Customer Experience

Positive experience94.6% of reviews

Neutral2.8% of reviews

Negative experience2.6% of reviews

~ Based on 533 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about ArcEmu

Reviews of ArcEmu are mostly positive: the game is rated 4.9/5 from 1.3K App Store ratings. What users like most: fully functional, impressive emulation on Apple Watch. Top complaints: compatibility issues with some games, audio quality problems on certain games. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

🚀Fully functional
🚀Impressive emulation on Apple Watch
👍Great emulator for both phone and watch
👍Seamless save state transfer between devices
👍Customizable controls and layout
👍Ridiculously awesome for the price

Negative things

🐛Compatibility issues with some games
🐛Audio quality problems on certain games
👎Limited functionality on Apple Watch
👎Difficult controls for action-heavy games on watch

Is ArcEmu Safe?

ArcEmu appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for ArcEmu is 98/100.

This assessment is based on 1,340 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

98.3% of ratings point to a safe experience

0.8% of ratings suggest some concerns

1.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,333 App Store ratings for ArcEmu.

Is ArcEmu Legit?

ArcEmu appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ArcEmu is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Most Recent Highest Rated Lowest Rated

Worth the small price

Got this to play games on my watch while on transit a few years ago. At the time it was the only emulator I could find for my Apple Watch. Question for the future will there be an update for the iPhone duo?

SSSick N Sane

10 days ago

Response from developer

Support for iPhone Duo is coming in a few days with version 3.0, which will also introduce support for Sega consoles!

Sega cd would be awesome

Love this app. Make the impossible possible

PPresentlight

12 days ago

Love it on my watch and phone!

Thank you for this great product!

GGreg0h1111

16 days ago

Worth

Adding games is incredibly simple, and while playing on a watch definitely isn’t how games are intended to be played it’s a great little way to waste time while bored. Plus, if you feel the watch is too limiting you can play on your phone with a controller. Only loses a star because it seems that progression is lost between the watch and phone, though that may be user error.

EEve536

a month ago

Response from developer

To transfer save states between your iPhone and Apple Watch, just select Save State on one device, then Load State → From iPhone or Load State → From Apple Watch on the other. You can also use the iCloud Slot.

Amazing emulator! Would buy again!

Very good, button placement good, the colors are the most vibrant on any emulator I’ve ever seen, and the only thing I’d add for this emulator is a rewind feature, yet everything else is perfected! Five starts, would give six if possible.

YIYour local idiot

a month ago

待望の…

待望のFC/SFC対応神アプデ
マルチタッチ対応してくれたとはいえやはりアクションゲームは厳しいですがRPGやボードゲーム等は楽しめます

TTETRAN

a month ago

Great application

This is the best application and it works great.
No PSP emulation, is this because of the watch ? 🤔

S:Steve :o)

a month ago

Lov it needs 2 things

I like how you keep expanding on it more and more it definitely does help out to customize your control and move around. What I would really like is for the emulator to connect to a controller like an 8bitdo. The other suggestion and people would probably be against it is a donation option.

I know we already bought the app but to help support your endeavors also support you with a little bit that I got good job keep it up

00ctavos

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your kind words and support! 8BitDo controllers should already work with ArcEmu. We’ve tested the FlipPad, for example, and confirmed it works. You can also remap your controller’s buttons from the new options screen for the console you’re using.

Au secour

POURQUOI AVOIR RETIRER LA TOUCHE POIR BLOQUER UNE TOUCHE SUR WATCH ??

Déjà que les jeux rétro que vous avez sortis sur Apple Watch étaient déjà excellent mais là c’est légendaire.
En plus c’est en français.

Jouer aux jeux rétro de notre enfance sur son poignet c’est tellement fun.
Essayez Mario kart sur GBA en verrouillant le bouton pour accélérer et ça se fait très bien 😂 Je dois bien reconnaître que ce n’est vraiment pas pratique de jouer avec l’écran tactile de l’écran de la Watch (dans mon cas il s’agit de Ultra 2).
Certains jeux sont injouable sur la montre mais c’est logique.
Il faudrait intégrer le gyroscope de la montre, ça serait peut être plus facile 😂.

Cerise sur gâteau: la synchronisation des sauvegarde entre l’iPhone et la Watch.

Continuez à nous éblouir et franchement pur le prix j’ai même pas réfléchi.

NNumerobiss

a month ago

Response from developer

Concernant la fonction permettant de verrouiller un bouton sur l’Apple Watch, il s’agit malheureusement d’un bug. Elle n’a pas été supprimée et sera de retour avec la prochaine mise à jour. Merci pour votre soutien et votre message !

O app piorou nas últimas atualizações

A interface que antes era simples e responsiva ficou com vários ícones dos sistemas, e não dá pra ocultar os que você não tem interesse. O áudio da emulação de NES possui falhas e jogos aparentam ter mais slowdown que o normal. Em resumo, era bom quando se limitava a GBA e GBC, hoje peca pelo excesso.

NINão deveria ser meu Apple ID?

a month ago

Retro Wrist

Now I can play old Nintendo games on my wrist, which is twice the portability than the gameboy

MMriosReviewerman

2 months ago

ArcEmu lowk saved me

ArcEmu is one of the reasons I even wear my watch.. ArcEmu saved me during music class.. it’s.. amazing. I’m so glad I can play Mario kart on the Game Boy Advance on my Apple Watch on the go when I’m bored. It’s a gift from God. Thank you.

NGNosey Goober

2 months ago

Perfect, just perfect

A perfect app, the ui looks so retro and modern at the same, playing on both watch and phone I haven’t felt any lag. Being able to pull out pokemon on my wrist is amazing. Worth SO much more than $2

The only thing I wish this app supported was Retro Achievements, but even then, the app is amazing, a must have for any Apple Watch.

DDev_Lion

2 months ago

Hold button option

The new update is incredible but why remove the hold button option, that was very useful in games like Mario Advance and Donkey Kong Country advance where if you hold R button it allows you to run at all times but also allowed you to attack as well with the B button. It made playing these games on my watch possible, is there a new way to enable the hold option?

CClintosfan

2 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, the hold/sustain button is still there, it’s just been moved further down in the game menu. Just scroll down. If it’s missing, then it’s a bug

It works great !

Now this is just crazy. Gameboy games on my watch ! Plus they work so well. Just been playing Tetris and Mario land. It’s not just a gimmick. It actually plays very well! Full speed. Thanks so much to the dev !

Edit - can we have Atari 2600 working on the watch ???

Ppsj3809

2 months ago

Response from developer

Yes, I lowered the volume in the last update, but maybe I overdid it. I'll raise it a bit with the next one then

Apple Watch emulator

Flawless playing all my favorite Pokemon games on my watch at work😂.

NNotQuannie

2 months ago

Doesn’t work on my watch now

I bought this two weeks ago because it supported older Apple Watches but then they updated it to no longer support older models. Kinda disappointing. It was working perfectly before.

Ccrow_black

2 months ago

待望の…

待望のFC/SFC対応神アプデ
applewatchがコントローラ等bluetooth接続不可、マルチタッチ反応ないのでアクションゲームはまともに遊べませんがRPGやボードゲーム等は楽しめます

TTETRAN

2 months ago

Great app, problem with update

I understand if the additional NES & SNES means this app can’t work on version 8 Apple Watches now but can there please be like an alternative legacy app without those two emulators so it can still work on my Apple Watch Series 3? I paid and have really liked this app and hate losing my Mother 3 & Kirby Nightmare I’m Dreamland save files when I was so far and close to beating those games just on my watch.

ASAlexander Scribbles

2 months ago

Response from developer

I’m sorry you can no longer play on your Series 3. Unfortunately, Apple has removed support for building watchOS 8 apps in Xcode 27, the development tools used for the current release. These tools require a minimum of watchOS 9. A separate legacy app without NES and SNES would face the same restriction, so removing those emulators would not solve the long-term compatibility problem. Your saves are synced through iCloud and remain available on your iPhone, so your progress isn’t lost. You can check whether an older compatible version is offered under App Store → Account → Purchased on your Apple Watch. I haven’t yet confirmed whether this works for the app on Series 3.

Doesn’t work on my watch anymore

Pretty disappointed that just randomly one day this doesn’t work on my watch anymore it was one of the few apps to still have support for older watches. Now I can’t use the app I paid for anymore

Aanazade

2 months ago