Comparison

iDOS 3 vs Agilysys Pay Planet

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

Head to head
About

iDOS 3

Experience classic DOS games and applications on your iPhone and iPad. This app emulates a DOS PC, offering modern controls for enhanced playability. It also supports productivity tasks like word processing and programming.

Highlights
  • On-screen keyboard with custom layouts
  • Virtual gamepad with customizable bindings
  • Trackpad mouse emulation
  • MT-32 emulation and MIDI support
  • Bluetooth keyboard and gamepad support
  • Bluetooth mouse support
Features
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Play classic DOS games on your iPhone and iPad! iDOS turns your device right into a powerful DOS gaming PC, with modern game control to make your old favorites as playable as possible. You can also use iDOS for non-gaming purposes, such as word processing, casual programming. Apps in the DOS days are often simpler and surprisingly productive. KEYBOARD iDOS provides a PC compatible on-screen keyboard with carefully designed layouts for different devices and orientations. The keyboard has a sliding control in landscape mode so that you can keep it from covering critical part of the screen. Bluetooth keyboard is fully supported on iOS 14+. GAMEPAD iDOS provides a virtual gamepad with key bindings that are fairly common in DOS games. You can customize the bindings. The DPAD works in 8-axis way. It can also be toggled into a joystick. External bluetooth game controllers are supported. Make sure your game controller is connected (System Settings->Bluetooth). To customize button bindings, go to iDOS in landscape mode, tap on bluetooth icon on the auto-hiding top bar. MOUSE The screen area serves as a trackpad for moving mouse pointer. Tap on the screen for left click. If direct touch is enabled, the mouse pointer will move to where you tap. Hold one finger on the screen, and tap with another finger for right click. On-screen mouse buttons are also provided for your convenience. Bluetooth mouse are fully supported on iOS 14+. AUDIO iDOS supports mt32 emulation, MIDI sound fonts, cuesheet based CDimage with compressed audio tracks (ogg/mp3/flac). SUPPORT - Visit https://litchie.com/dospad for more information - Send email to idos@litchie.com - Follow the developer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/litchiedev - iDOS is open source, report issue on https://github.com/litchie/dospad

About

Agilysys Pay Planet

Features
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Agilysys Pay – Agilysys Planet app is a payments app that allows merchants to connect their Agilysys POS (Point of Sale) iOS application with Planet gateway devices. This app does not store any data or password details. Incorporates PCI-DSS Compliant, 128-bit SSL & Fraud Protection Who can use: Merchants purchasing Agilysys POS products and choosing Planet Gateway as their payments solution provider will be able to use this app. How to use: Merchants should download the POS app in their iOS device and then download Agilysys Pay Planet iOS app. Once the POS app and Agilysys Pay – Planet app are configured/synced then it will be ready to connect to the Planet gateway devices. How it works: Once the iOS app and gateway devices are synced, payment will be initiated from POS app and the payment request goes through Agilysys Pay – Planet app which will prompt for payment in Planet gateway device. Once the prompt is displayed, guest can swipe/dip/tap their credit/debit cards in the Planet gateway device and complete the payment.

Screenshots

iDOS 34 screens
Agilysys Pay Planet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Agilysys Pay Planet at Free against iDOS 3's $4.99. iDOS 3's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 17 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Agilysys Pay Planet is free to download; iDOS 3 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDOS 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, Agilysys Pay Planet every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iDOS 3 versus Agilysys Pay Planet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDOS 3Agilysys Pay Planet
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (52 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings52 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer潮激 李Agilysys NV, LLC

In-app purchases

None

iDOS 3

No in-app purchases

None

Agilysys Pay Planet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDOS 3 free?
iDOS 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Agilysys Pay Planet free?
Agilysys Pay Planet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iDOS 3 or Agilysys Pay Planet have ads?
Neither iDOS 3 nor Agilysys Pay Planet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDOS 3 or Agilysys Pay Planet?
iDOS 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Agilysys Pay Planet every 17 months. Most recently, iDOS 3 was updated on October 30, 2026 and Agilysys Pay Planet on October 27, 2026.

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