Nostalgia vs Super Emulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nostalgia
Explore a vast collection of classic video game consoles and their libraries. View game details, cover art, and screenshots. Save your favorite games and track eBay listings for them.
- Browse classic game consoles
- View game descriptions and screenshots
- Save favorite games
- Track eBay listings
- Supports multiple retro systems
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The Nostalgia iOS application takes you on a nostalgia trip to browse a large library of old video games consoles. Several systems are currently supported, such as Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Playstation, Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, and several others. Game descriptions, cover art, and screenshots are included. Create a library of your saved games and track current eBay listings for them. Terms: https://nostalgia.darkworks.io/terms.html
Super Emulator
This application allows users to play classic games from various retro consoles and arcade systems. It supports multiple game formats and offers features like save/load functions and dual import modes for a nostalgic gaming experience.
- Supports FC, GBA, SFC, MD, NES, SNES, MAME/NEOGEO
- Smooth 8-way joystick control
- Save and load game progress
- Local and online multiplayer modes
- Supports zip packages
- Joystick gamepad controller support
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Super Emulator is an All-in-One Cross-Platform Retro Game Emulator that supports landscape/portrait rotation, multi-slot unlimited save states, 6x fast forward speed, and cheat code management. Super Emulator support for more than 18 game systems such as NES, GBA, SFC, Arcade, MD, H5, GG, SS, PS, PS2, PSP, N64, NDS, NGP, PCE, DOS, Java, Flash, etc. Supported Game Systems: • FC/NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) • SFC/SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) • GBA/GB/GBC (Game Boy Advance/Color) • Arcade (MAME/NeoGeo) • H5 (HTML5 Web) • MD (Sega Mega Drive) • SS (Sega Saturn) • GG (Sega Game Gear) • PS (PlayStation) • PS2 (PlayStation2) • PSP (PlayStation Portable) • N64 (Nintendo 64) • NDS (Nintendo DS) • NGP/NGPC (NeoGeo Pocket/Color) • PCE (PC Engine) • DOS (MS-DOS/Win9x) • JAVA (J2ME) • FLASH (Flash) FEATURES Online Import & Play • Super Emulator supports online import / download ROMs, or play with online website, such as Astrocade AI Games. Landscape/Portrait Rotation • Super Emulator supports landscape/portrait rotation. 6x Fast Forward • Super Emulator supports up to 6x fast forward. Multi-Slot Save States • Supports unlimited save states with up to 100 slots. Cheat Codes Support • Supports unlimited Cheat Codes in many games(Cheat Codes only take effect when matched with the ROM version). Joystick GamePad Controllers • Supports Bluetooth and wired game controllers compatible with computers and mobile. Cross Platfrom Emulator • Super Emulator can run on PC, Mobile and Tablets Operating System with same experience. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ **Super Emulator is in no way affiliated with Nintendo. The name "Nintendo" and all associated game console names are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.**
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Super Emulator at 4.0 against Nostalgia's 1.0. Super Emulator also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Nostalgia sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per 3 months and Super Emulator sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Super Emulator holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Emulator has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nostalgia | Super Emulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Gosling | 玉立 戴 |
In-app purchases
Nostalgia
- Nostalgia Pro$2.993 Months
Super Emulator
- Monthly VIP$0.991 Month
- Annual VIP$4.991 Year
- 2个金币$0.99
- Donate Coffee$1.99
- Lifetime VIP$9.99
