Comparison

Widower's Sky vs BigPEmu

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Widower's Sky

Embark on an emotional journey as a father and son seeking a new home after a profound loss. Explore breathtaking landscapes, battle wildlife and machines, and manage resources to survive. This adventure blends puzzle, platforming, and survival elements with a compelling narrative.

Highlights
  • Explore gorgeous landscapes
  • Engaging soundtrack
  • Living environments
  • Engaging story told through narration
  • Mix of puzzle, platforming, and survival
  • Battle wildlife and machines
  • Helpful dog companion
Features
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***Note this game is recommended for iPhone 6/iPad Air 2 and higher Experience the mobile exclusive only on iOS: Alone in a mysterious land, follow a father and son on a voyage to find home after the loss of their beloved wife and mother. They will endure a daunting journey of towering buildings and beautiful vistas using the ancient portals they happened upon. Equipped with only his bow and devastating dash attack, the father must fight against the wildlife and the machines while keeping the son fed and rested. Widower's Sky is a game about adventure, survival and family. Like chapters in a novel, you play through the future while listening to the past until the two timelines converge and the story reaches it's climax. Features • Gorgeous landscapes: Beautiful and varied worlds to explore. Stick to the path set before you or take your time wandering, it's up to you. • Engaging soundtrack: A hauntingly moving score that reacts to your progression. • The world: Living environments, including docile and vicious wildlife, set the stage for an ancient history that was ahead of it's time. The Rest • Engaging story told through narration that reveals itself through the chapters of the game. • Just the right amount of everything. A mix of puzzle, platforming and survival • A mix of enemies ranging from machines to wildlife • Compatible with MFi controllers • Make use of your hardware with stunning graphics • A helpful dog! A game by Michael Warren

About

BigPEmu

This application emulates the Atari Jaguar console, offering high accuracy and performance for its entire retail game library. It provides advanced features like saved states, movie recording, and customizable controller support, enhancing the classic gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Full retail library compatibility
  • High performance emulation
  • Accurate emulation
  • Saved states and movie recording
  • Jaguar CD support
  • Customizable controller overlays
  • Fast forward and rewind
Features
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BigPEmu is the first Atari Jaguar emulator to feature compatibility with the entire retail library, along with excellent performance and a wide variety of unique features: • Fast. The emulator runs the entire Jaguar retail library (with default settings) at full speed on most devices. • Accurate. It's the most accurate Jaguar emulator to-date, although it's still being improved all the time. • Better than hardware. Although the emulator defaults to settings which are catered toward compatibility and accuracy, it's capable of far more. BigPEmu enables you to play lots of Jaguar games at a full 60 frames per second for the first time ever! • Saved states and movies. Everything is completely deterministic, just like real life. That's right, I went there. This means that all "randomness" is also controlled by a preserved seed. BigPEmu can record movies from nothing but controller inputs, and play them back with perfect accuracy. You can even interrupt a movie's playback and start playing yourself at any point. • Jaguar CD support. In addition to supporting the entire retail disc library (along with Memory Track), complete hardware emulation means that the Virtual Light Machine is fully functional. Also featured is a virtual disc system with an audio loopback option, allowing the VLM to be used as a native audio/music visualizer. • Excessive presentation detail. There's native support for the Jaguar Game Drive's MRQ format in the software browser (as well as box art sourced from PNG files), support for global and per-game backgrounds, and even support for controller overlays! Everything about the touch overlay for the iOS port is fully customizable, from appearance to collision boxes. • Extra device support. Featuring emulated device support for analog controllers (both via external bank switching and the ADC), driving controllers, rotary controllers, and Team Tap. For native input devices, the iOS port supports any MFi "Extended Gamepad" type device as well as keyboards through Apple's Game Controller API. • Glorious shaders. The emulator comes equipped with a powerful, fully customizable postprocessing system. The system supports any type of effect you can imagine, from applying smoothing filters to simulating CRT displays. • Per-game profiles. Mapping the Atari Jaguar controller to anything other than a telephone with wings can get a little complicated, so you might want to switch your controller mapping up for different games. You can do that! With per-game profiles, you can automatically load up a new input scheme (or any other emulator setting) each time you load a game. • Time travel. Native fast forwarding and rewinding capability means you can speed forward through time or go back in time whenever you please. • Flexible scripting. BigPEmu features a powerful scripting system. The emulator comes with a variety of scripts to enhance popular Jaguar games in amazing ways, from analog controller support to native-resolution and stereoscopic rendering! • The usual. Enjoy all of the emulator niceties you've come to expect in modern times. Automatic preservation of EEPROM, PAL support, custom boot ROM images, native support for multiple display aspect ratios, resolution scaling, custom display cropping, extremely customizable input, and a whole lot more. BigPEmu and Swinecrafters LLC are in no way affiliated with Atari. The name "Atari" and all associated game console names are the property of their respective owners.

Screenshots

Widower's Sky4 screens
BigPEmu3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BigPEmu at 94% against Widower's Sky's 30%. BigPEmu also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). Widower's Sky's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Widower's Sky costs $0.99 and BigPEmu $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BigPEmu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Widower's Sky's written reviews are positive against 94% of BigPEmu's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widower's Sky ships an update every 2 months, BigPEmu every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Widower's Sky versus BigPEmu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidower's SkyBigPEmu
Price$0.99 — better$9.99
Rating2.4 (35 ratings)5.0 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size2.2 GB16 MB
Age rating9++9
DeveloperMichael WarrenSwinecrafters LLC

Customer experience

Widower's Sky

All ratings35 ratings
Positive25.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative62.9%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral14.0%
Negative56.0%

BigPEmu

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

In-app purchases

None

Widower's Sky

No in-app purchases

None

BigPEmu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widower's Sky free?
Widower's Sky costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BigPEmu free?
BigPEmu costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Widower's Sky or BigPEmu?
BigPEmu is rated higher. Widower's Sky averages 2.4 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while BigPEmu averages 5.0 from 27 ratings.
Do Widower's Sky or BigPEmu have ads?
Neither Widower's Sky nor BigPEmu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widower's Sky or BigPEmu?
Widower's Sky ships an update every 2 months, and BigPEmu every 4 months. Most recently, Widower's Sky was updated on October 21, 2026 and BigPEmu on October 24, 2026.

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