# iDOS 3 — user reviews > 88 indexed App Store user reviews of iDOS 3 by 潮激 李, rated 4.30/5 from 51 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idos-3/id1580768213/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idos-3/id1580768213.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 36 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of iDOS 3? **Pros** - 🎮 Playable classic DOS games - 🤖 Great DOS emulator functionality - 🎨 Awesome interface and user experience - 🔍 Supports mounting of various disk formats (floppies, ISOs) - 🖥️ Works best on M1/M2/M4 iPads - 🚀 Actively updated and improved **Cons** - 🕹️ Steep learning curve for casual users - 🔧 Lacks support for some common disk formats (e.g. .img, .iso) - 🎮 Issues with game controls and mapping - 📁 Difficulty managing multiple floppy disk installers - 🔍 Limited disk mounting options in landscape mode ## Newest reviews (13 of 88) ### 3/5 — Floppy disk struggles *2025-09-29, version 3.3* Unable to install certain games due to it having more than 1 floppy disk. After the first floppy disk is done being installed. there’s no way to unmount it and mount the next floppy disk. Please do an update to correct this. Just a unmount floppy disk button on the interface would solve this. Doesn’t have to be pretty. Otherwise this is an amazing emulator. And I want to give it a 5, but can’t because of this limitation. ### 4/5 — Good! *2025-08-07, version 3.3* It’s just works like DOS - which is a positive and a slight negative. While DOS has some great games and functions, typing commands to launch is a pain on an iPad, especially without a keyboard. It would be great if we can create suspended states so we can jump straight back into a game without having to open the app, type the command and load a save. Or even to switch to a different game. Something similar to Delta game boy emulator. ### 4/5 — Wish it ran dos 7.0 *2025-08-07, version 3.3* The app is great I installed doom and windows 3.1 to the “c drive” by extracting floppy’s but if it ran a higher dos version instead of 5 I could run windows 95 ### 3/5 — 花钱下载后面靠自己 *2025-06-29* 要玩游戏或者安装win3.2全得靠自己天赋，还全程英文 ### 3/5 — Very laggy *2025-06-04, version 3.2* The app is very laggy when using the keyboard. ### 3/5 — Good, could easily be great. *2025-05-27, version 3.2* The main things this app is missing are an easy way to generate virtual hard drive files to use with it, and a beige option for the keyboard/controller. It did successfully make Wolf3D playable on the iPad though which is all I really wanted and well worth the low price for no ads and software that works well. ### 3/5 — Pouvez vous améliorer l’affichage paysage ? *2025-04-14* Utiliser mon ipad en mode portrait est vraiment pas pratique du tout pour moi, et en mode paysage, quand on met un peu trop de commandes, le clavier est vite par dessus les commandes, et du coup on voit plus rien et on est oblige de repasser en mode portrait… ### 2/5 — 无法打开ISO *2025-04-10* 无法打开ISO ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-04-07, version 3.2* But the app is not mounting img or ima files ### 5/5 — Tolle Software mit viel Liebe zum Detail *2025-03-29* Eine tolle Umsetzung von Dosbox für iOS. Schöne Integration mit der Files App. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-03-22, version 3.2* Perfect emulator for my work ### 3/5 — Пока не понятно. *2025-02-21* Всем привет. Я так и не понял какие образы дисков поддерживает данное приложение? Пробовал img, iso, mdf. Не один не заводится. Установил warCraft 2 игра установилась, но требует CD диск! А как его установить не понятно. Нигде нет ни одной инструкции на это приложение. И это вопрос к разработчикам! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-02-08, version 3.2* Does what it says on the tin. It’s perfect. Would love some customizable shortcut buttons above the keyboard (only to save my fat fingers from typing on a small screen) but this is excellent, minimal, love the design too. 10/10. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Very hard to use *2026-07-25, version 3.3* I read dos apps but it is very inconsistent. Very hard to find the right dos packages. Could be apple’s iPod fault It keeps making copies. Of the iDOS package! ### 1/5 — Foxpro2.6 *2025-09-27* Dear developer Fox pro is not runni in idos3 ### 1/5 — Can’t run Elder Scrolls Arena *2025-07-14, version 3.2* I bought this to play the early Elder Scrolls games. Finally figured out how it all works to boot it up but the frame rate is near 0. Using a iPhone SE 3rd gen and it’s impossible to play it like this. Please help figure out why. Try running Arena in it yourself and see what happens and let us know something please. ### 1/5 — Must use a computer. *2025-07-11* The whole point of buying this was to download rom zips and open them on the app. At least make it possible to use without having to use a computer. ### 1/5 — app does not work *2025-06-30, version 3.2* nothing but error messages even after following youtube tutorial ### 1/5 — Most cantankerous rom emulator in existence *2025-05-20, version 3.2* Watched dozens of YouTube tutorials on how to use emulator, keeps coming up with “illegal command” despite following instructions to a tee. Other rom emulator developers made their app user friendly for the 21st century. ### 1/5 — paid reviews, zero updates *2025-04-28* it’s dosbox with zero (literally none) changes to accomodate iphones/ipads, and lacking features. use retroarch+dosbox_pure instead (free on the app store) changelog says the cuesheet support has been added — it’s not true, those still don’t work, only iso can be mounted (if you are lucky enough to find how, because IMGMOUNT command doesn’t work properly) most of the english language reviews are obviously fake ### 1/5 — Crashs *2024-12-15* Still crashing on colonization ### 1/5 — Fake app *2024-11-30* The app gave you a prompt and in The docs there is no instructions. I want my money Back. ### 1/5 — direcr touch doesnt work out *2024-09-14* first i set up the program it seems work out. but once after updating, dicrect touch doesnt work out even i set up the setting. fix it up asap ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 如何更换CD *2026-08-14* 有些游戏玩到一半要换cd，请问如何操作？ ### 5/5 — Super! *2026-05-17* Auf iPad mit norton Commander kommt richtiges Retro feeling auf. Folders Mount ist richtig gut. Schwierig ist es wenn man mehrere Disketten .img hat und davon installieren möchte aber 95% der dos Spiele laufen auf Anhieb :-) Ein Traum für mich. Da kann man die Erinnerung aufleben lassen ### 5/5 — Fantástica! *2025-11-11, version 3.3* Una joya… ### 5/5 — Excellent implementation *2025-10-08, version 3.3* I’m using Dosbox a lot for mostly nostalgic purposes. And was very surprised and excited to discover iDOS, never thought someone will get it running on iOS. I like the implementation, mounting directories from iCloud Drive is excellent feature, I usually mount a folder with my documents as drive E:. The video scaler, though, not perfect, works well, and it’s great that the 4:3 aspect ratio is supported. Wasn’t able to get an image of windows 95 running on it, but I blame the image, would have to bake my own. Highly recommended, and greatly appreciated. Thanks for the hard work of porting it to iOS ### 5/5 — Win 3.11 direct touch *2025-09-17, version 3.3* Direct touch doesn't work with win 3.11, otherwise awesome. ### 5/5 — Is there a file called setup.exe *2025-09-05, version 3.3* Setup.exe ### 5/5 — Thanks providing this App! *2025-05-29* Thanks providing this App! Appriciate your efforts! ### 5/5 — Great emu. *2025-05-21, version 3.2* Great emulator, every DOS game works without any problems, without any lag, even with music and sounds. ### 5/5 — Good emulator in this new Apple era (accepting emulators on AppStore) *2025-05-18* Good emulator with open iCloud folders to import everything that dos accepted on old days. Run even Windows 3.1 and maybe 95! Good to build retro environment from classics era ### 5/5 — Increíble *2025-05-07, version 3.2* Totalmente funcional. La mejor app de toda la Store. Una maravilla poder jugar a clásicos 😭😭😭 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-06.*