# UTM SE: Retro PC emulator — user reviews > 550 indexed App Store user reviews of UTM SE by Turing Software, LLC, rated 3.90/5 from 454 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/utm-se-retro-pc-emulator/id1564628856/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/utm-se-retro-pc-emulator/id1564628856.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 264 · 4★ 56 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 24 · 1★ 79 ## What do users think of UTM SE? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Great app that can run Windows and macOS - 👍 Useful for nostalgic reasons - 👍 Can run Linux VMs **Cons** - 🐛 Slow performance, especially on older devices - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🐛 Display and boot issues - 🐛 Incompatible with some ISOs and VMs **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to select .img files as floppy boot images - Crashes when trying to leave a VM - Crashes when adjusting virtual CD-ROM drive settings **Most requested features** - Add support for JIT compilation to improve performance - Improve Magic Keyboard support - Allow exporting VMs to run on other platforms ## Newest reviews (14 of 550) ### 3/5 — You need much more than it gives the impression *2026-08-29, version 4.7.5* If you’re looking at the images in the listing and thinking you’ll be able to just install this app and start playing Oregon Trail, then you’re sadly mistaken. You’ll have to install the app, then you’ll have to download an image, then you’ll have to find an OS .iso and download that, and then you’ll no doubt have product key issues, etc. Which isn’t to say all that isn’t doable, but if you’re hoping for a simple install-and-play retro emulator, this is not the platform you’re looking for. ### 4/5 — Good but also Bad *2026-08-25, version 4.7.5* My iPhone 17 Pro Max ran Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11 good, but Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1 are slow (Apple removed iOS/iPadOS JIT), but if I try XP, the XP BSoDs. ### 3/5 — Update *2026-08-13, version 4.7.5* Please update your app in the App Store . It is long overdue ### 4/5 — Older Windows Systems won’t run *2026-08-09, version 4.7.5* So if I try to run like Windows 98 it won’t run or Windows XP it won’t run please fix this in later Updates ### 3/5 — 官方的arch版本/boot分区太小 *2026-08-07, version 4.7.5* 无法完成pacman -Syu滚动更新鉴定为基本不可用 ### 4/5 — The best VM app in iOS *2026-08-03, version 4.7.5* Well though it might take a long time to create and run a VM like Windows 10 or Windows 11,it still gives us a chance to run Linux like Debian quickly without JIT. I recommend it ### 4/5 — It’s fast on my iPad Air 5 but on my iPad 8 it’s slow *2026-07-09, version 4.7.5* So basically UTM se stand for slow edition and I tested it on my iPad Air 5 and it can run windows 11 and Mac OS 10.6 smoothly but on older devices like iPad 8 it’s slow and laggy and crashes I was able to emulate windows 8 and Mac OS 9 and older the reason why I was saying my iPad Air 5 is faster because it has that hyper visor feature which allows to virtualize instead of emulation and it has the M1 chip and has 8gbs of ram and 256 gbs so if you have a older devices get a newer one I hope apple will allow jit ASAP and my iPad 8 has 3gbs of ram and 128 gbs so older devices are for nostalgia and new devices are for modern use so 4/5 stars ### 2/5 — Nooooo *2026-07-07, version 4.7.5* I can’t run windows 11 on utm se ### 3/5 — Idk *2026-06-29, version 4.7.5* Idk where to get the emulator rom for windows xp I need help ### 4/5 — Great idea needs work *2026-06-19, version 4.7.5* I really would love this to work. Windows XP is slow motion on iPad Pro M5. It installed in 1.5 hours. If it did work however it would justify the price I paid for iPad (I feel like hardware spent on iOS could be a great desktop machine) If you maintain this we’d be willing to pay. ### 4/5 — Amazing *2026-05-28, version 4.7.5* Its truly amazing that you can officially run virtual machines on iOS now but VMs are a bit slow due to apple not allowing JIT compiling. I’m hoping you guys can figure out a workaround that makes VMs a bit faster tho. ### 4/5 — How *2026-05-25, version 4.7.5* How do you get the iso ### 2/5 — Untested *2026-05-19, version 4.7.5* A good start, but clearly not tested properly. Ubuntu is given as an option, but doesn’t work. It needs A LOT more testing, and I wouldn’t have shipped it in its current form. ### 2/5 — Cool but hard to use *2026-05-16, version 4.7.5* idk what im doin so i literally use ai and everytime i just mess up at running a linux or windows xp like its very hard to use if you dont know what your doing i wish there was a tutorial to help me out man bc i never got to use it i only got to TRY to make a system to use ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Had to restart my progress over again… so annoying *2026-08-28, version 4.7.5* I’m giving this ONE STAR since the Windows XP thing I did AT 11PM and finished at 12:30PM, I thought it would save my progress. BUT NO. INSTEAD IT FKING LET ME RESTART MY GODDAMN SETUP so I’m never downloading this again. Farewell, utm SE ### 1/5 — I waste my whole week to install ubuntu and one problem solved there’s another appears wasted app *2026-08-21, version 4.7.5* Nothing ### 1/5 — the worst PC emulator ever. *2026-08-02, version 4.7.5* The SPICE servers don’t work and NO BOOTABLE DEVICE errors keep popping up. Delete this. ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-06-27, version 4.7.5* It doesn’t let me import any files at all no matter what you do I’ve tried so many things and nothing works. How do you even import a file everything‘s greyed out ### 1/5 — THE GOTDAMN APP SHOULDN’T BE EXIST! *2026-06-21, version 4.7.5* Somehow, I was trying download "Windows 7" Because I really want to but then there was a problem.. When I check to my File And type "ISOi"… it’s Not here And ALL I HAVE TO DO IS USE WINDOWS 7 WITHOUT A STUPID ISOI?! THATS STUPID MAN! (Yup I Checked it Not Lie) ### 1/5 — Pesima *2026-06-06, version 4.7.5* He intentado instalar CachyOS, Ubuntu etc y no he podido en un iPad Pro m2, incluso use el ubuntu de la galería de UMT y siempre el mismo error, no he podido solucionar el problema de “Display output is not active”. He buscado y dicen que la version SE, no es capaz de solucionar este problema, cuando esto cambien, la probare de nuevo y ya cambiare si eso la review. ### 1/5 — fix this *2026-06-04, version 4.7.5* macOS keeps crashing ### 1/5 — Why I don’t like it *2026-05-28, version 4.7.5* I tryed but it took over 1 hour to load a single os ### 1/5 — Terrible, bring back android *2026-05-27, version 4.7.5* It should have android ### 1/5 — . *2026-05-04, version 4.7.5* Х У Е Т А ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The app is amazing *2026-08-31, version 4.7.5* I can emulate Debian via the UTM gallery and it is amazing. Would recommend ### 5/5 — macOS runs so well *2026-08-15, version 4.7.5* Despite this app not having JIT support, macOS 9 runs so well! Just can't wait for its future. ### 5/5 — Question Of 2026 *2026-08-14, version 4.7.5* CAN IT RUN DOOM??? ### 5/5 — Really good for hackintosh! *2026-07-26, version 4.7.5* I ran the Intel version of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger! It runs PvZ AWSOME! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaàaaaaaaaaaaaavfgergbrbeginerbgbniugtiubgnrebeingrgbtnuigebtneregbuitgnbgrbibghrugbrinugrrggbirgurgiuninuiuignrbgiunbgrgigjgjuivtrvfoimfviomefvmievfomefrmoifeviomrceokervomirrvoemioerfimeroimerfimfmoierefr,erf,fipfoiemfevfmoiefvoimvfeoimfevimefvefoimimo From, Hackintosh HD ### 5/5 — Please don’t blame the creator… *2026-06-06, version 4.7.5* For the people saying that they weren’t able to get anything loading or it is super slow is not really the fault of the developer. Apple has purposely disabled JIT compilation due to security reasons. This slows down UTM. Hence why you have to go through loopholes to get JIT working on your device. ### 5/5 — Great for Windows 7 *2026-05-19, version 4.7.5* Slow but great! ### 5/5 — Really good!! *2026-05-19, version 4.7.5* So I've been looking for iOS emulators that runs VMS but I couldn't find any and this one is perfect, apple doesn't allow jit but it's still good👍👍 ### 5/5 — I don’t want to buy a computer so I downloaded UTM SE, Installed Windows 10 Lite… Here’s the catch *2026-05-14, version 4.7.5* I can’t afford a PC at the age of 16, so I downloaded UTM SE and Ran Windows 10 Lite ISO, its pretty good but here’s the catch, for those who care, the app is very slow because it doesn’t use JIT, other than that it’s fine ### 5/5 — got windows 9x *2026-05-10, version 4.7.5* yup ### 5/5 — Hard to load *2026-04-26, version 4.7.5* When I go to windows 7 it doesn't work --- *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 2026-09-02.*