# Lucky Emulator – GBA & DS — user reviews > 641 indexed App Store user reviews of Lucky Emulator by Lucky Emulator Ltd, rated 4.70/5 from 13,220 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lucky-emulator-gba-and-ds/id6504077594/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lucky-emulator-gba-and-ds/id6504077594.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,665 · 4★ 712 · 3★ 259 · 2★ 99 · 1★ 485 ## What do users think of Lucky Emulator? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth emulation - 💡 Access to classic games - 👍 Easy to use - 🎮 Nostalgic gaming experience **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 💰 Subscription required for full functionality - 🔍 Inconsistent subscription behavior - 🚫 Inability to use cheat codes **Commonly reported bugs** - Subscription issues (loss of access, unable to restore) - Crashes and data loss - Ads persisting despite paid subscription **Most requested features** - Add cheat code support - Improve save/load functionality - Expand game library beyond GBA ## Newest reviews (10 of 641) ### 2/5 — Ads *2026-07-26, version 1.2.9* Great emulator for the Pokemon games but so many ads, every time I save ad, every time I load a save there’s an ad. ### 4/5 — Add DS games *2026-07-23, version 1.2.9* Add it now! ### 3/5 — Price increase *2026-07-20, version 1.2.9* Dont buy this, get delta emulator, 3x the price increase is insane, $10 to $30, this happened in one year ### 2/5 — I am real mad *2026-06-27, version 1.2.9* It was great till my whole game froze the stupid thing won’t work i reastarted my whole game with three legendary Pokémon it’s really fustrating other wise it’s great but I’m still really mad! ### 2/5 — Bonne application mais bien trop chère ! *2026-06-26* C’est plutôt une bonne application. On peut jouer à d’anciens jeux le gros problème et pas des moindre reste le prix : 5,99€ par semaine. ### 4/5 — Great emulator, but I have a problem *2026-06-03, version 1.2.9* This app is great! I use it a lot to replay games like Pokémon Emerald and New Super Mario Bros. However, there is a problem, specifically with DS games. When saving the game, The game doesn’t actually save. So you have to make a save state every time you need to save. ### 4/5 — J’adore mais *2026-05-30* Bonjour, J’aime beaucoup votre appli seul bémol quand on lance le cheat code ça crash il faudrait le rétablir ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-05-27, version 1.2.9* The best emulator ever it played pokmon greatly!!!!! ### 5/5 — W *2026-05-22, version 1.2.9* I’m gonna be honest this is lowkey fun considering that i can’t afford retro games and since this is free i can play retro games and not modern games ### 5/5 — People are lying about this *2026-05-14, version 1.2.9* This is great you can actually play this for free and yes a I know you get the pop up’s for premium when you press play but if you press x and re enter the game three times I’m pretty sure premium is for no ads speaking of which if you play it offline you don’t get ads but you should watch them once and awhile cause it’s how they make money to keep the app free and working offline five stars best gba emulator on mobile ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Saving in-game does not work. *2026-08-03, version 1.2.9* You get limited save-states, and in-game saving does not function. ### 1/5 — Terrible game options & Too much pay to win *2026-07-21, version 1.2.9* I clicked on what said “Pokemon White” but instead I got power puff girls! Not only that, but every time I click to do something, it’s always “buy this” and “buy that” and I don’t even want any of it, I just want to play Pokemon gens 5-7 as their the only gens I haven’t played. ### 1/5 — Limited saves is insane *2026-07-11, version 1.2.9* I understand you need to keep your game funded so you can keep it running and active, but locking how many saves you can make is too far. I'll forgive ads on boot, but i'm not paying a membership or watching an ad any time i want to make a save because i hit a limit that i was unaware of. Forget it. ### 1/5 — I like it but don’t *2026-07-07, version 1.2.9* I hate that you have to pay for silly stuff I don’t want adds but I don’t want to pay but I would definitely recommend it 😅 ### 1/5 — How are so many of its reviews paid *2026-07-05, version 1.2.9* Clearly they set up their own reviews. This app is ad central. Maybe make the adds before you start the game not in the middle of trying to play ### 1/5 — Ads kept on popping up *2026-06-25, version 1.2.9* It’s fun, but annoying because of them ads keep popping up like at lease once every 45 seconds soo disappointing. ### 1/5 — Worst version of delta *2026-06-05, version 1.2.9* This app is horrible it is just a worst version of delta but with ads and subscriptions all in place ### 1/5 — Nao presta *2026-06-03* Ruim demais ### 1/5 — No save files *2026-05-25, version 1.2.9* Doesn’t create real save files, starts spamming ads at you non stop once you get a little way into the game, impossible to export your save, pure scam (which is a shame because it works well!) ### 1/5 — L *2026-05-20, version 1.2.9* Why is the name GBA & DS and only GBA games are available ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best *2026-08-16, version 1.2.9* The best ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-03, version 1.2.9* Plays lots of Pokemon games and tons of random games very fun ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-07-31, version 1.2.9* I can play the old Pokémon games on my phone now. Perfection. Game runs great some ads but not very many. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-07-29, version 1.2.9* One word fun ### 5/5 — Do not waste money on physical emulators! Use this instead! *2026-07-10, version 1.2.9* I was going to to buy the Powkiddy V10 before I used this. It costs $40! This app is the exact same and is free! The only adds I’ve seen are when I’m not playing a game. Easy way to download games, amazing controller support 10/10 ### 5/5 — Is app is so good *2026-06-25, version 1.2.9* I love Pokémon ### 5/5 — 10out of 10 *2026-06-24, version 1.2.9* My ### 5/5 — Please *2026-06-21, version 1.2.9* I use this app a lot the games are Amazing and I happily pay for but please can you do a PS2 one ### 5/5 — 5 stars *2026-06-21, version 1.2.9* This is a great emulator and all you have to do is just load the rom file and you can play and you can save whenever not like those other ones when you have limited uses ### 5/5 — Meilleur émulateur de jeu *2026-06-17* Il y a aucune pub c’est incroyable c’est pas complexe à utiliser c’est parfait si tu t’ennuies --- *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 2026-09-03.*