Comparison

iDOS 3 vs CloudpilotEmu

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
Currently charting
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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

CloudpilotEmu

This application allows you to run classic PalmOS handheld devices on your modern iPhone or iPad. It emulates various devices and supports PalmOS versions up to 5, offering features like continuous state saves and file management.

Highlights
  • PalmOS handheld emulation
  • Supports PalmOS 4.1 and 5
  • Continuous state saves
  • Savestate file import/export
  • Manage .prc and .pdb files
  • Emulated SD cards and memory sticks
  • Audio emulation
Features
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CloudpilotEmu runs PalmOS handhelds on modern devices. It emulates a wide range of devices up to PalmOS 4.1 and the Palm Tungsten E2 for PalmOS 5. Its features include: * Continuous state saves — reopen the app and continue right where you left off * Export and import of savestate files * Switch between multiple emulation sessions * Direct installation and export of .prc and .pdb files * Realistic emulation of timers and device speed * Emulated SD cards and memory sticks * File browser for managing memory cards * Audio emulation * Keyboard input on OS4 and earlier * Clipboard integration on OS4 and earlier * Network support (including network HotSync) on OS4 and earlier This app enables you to run CloudpilotEmu on your iPhone or iPad as a native app.

Screenshots

iDOS 34 screens
CloudpilotEmu3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CloudpilotEmu at Free against iDOS 3's $4.99. CloudpilotEmu also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). iDOS 3's advantage is chart position (#29 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CloudpilotEmu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of iDOS 3's written reviews are positive against 100% of CloudpilotEmu's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDOS 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, CloudpilotEmu every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
iDOS 3 versus CloudpilotEmu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDOS 3CloudpilotEmu
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (51 ratings)5.0 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#29 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer潮激 李Christian Speckner

Customer experience

iDOS 3

All ratings51 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive69.3%
Neutral11.4%
Negative19.3%

CloudpilotEmu

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iDOS 3

No in-app purchases

None

CloudpilotEmu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDOS 3 free?
iDOS 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CloudpilotEmu free?
CloudpilotEmu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iDOS 3 or CloudpilotEmu?
CloudpilotEmu is rated higher. iDOS 3 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while CloudpilotEmu averages 5.0 from 20 ratings.
Do iDOS 3 or CloudpilotEmu have ads?
Neither iDOS 3 nor CloudpilotEmu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDOS 3 or CloudpilotEmu?
iDOS 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, and CloudpilotEmu every 3 months. Most recently, iDOS 3 was updated on September 24, 2026 and CloudpilotEmu on September 9, 2026.

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