ことだまAR vs Haptic Emulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ことだまAR
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Haptic Emulator
Experience a vast library of retro gaming consoles on your iPhone and iPad. Load your own games and enjoy immersive gameplay with haptic feedback and customizable controls. Play on your TV with AirPlay support.
- Supports 21 retro systems
- Haptic feedback on button presses
- Customizable on-screen controls
- MFi, PlayStation, and Xbox controller support
- Save states and cheat codes
- Various screen filters
- Import ROMs from Files or folders
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Every console you grew up with, in one app. Haptic Emulator runs 26 retro systems on iPhone and iPad - NES, SNES, Game Boy, NDS, 3DS, N64, Gamecube, PlayStation, PSP, Dreamcast, Genesis, Saturn, Atari, arcade cabinets, MS-DOS and more. Load the games you own and play. Your library sits on a shelf as real 3D boxes that spin as they launch, not a list of filenames. Box art is found and downloaded for you. Every button press taps back through the Taptic Engine, and when a game rumbles, that rumble comes straight from the emulator into your hand. SYSTEMS NES • SNES • Game Boy • Game Boy Color • Game Boy Advance • Nintendo 64 • Nintendo DS • Nintendo 3DS • Gamecube • PlayStation • PSP • Genesis • Master System • Game Gear • SG-1000 • Saturn • Atari 2600 • 5200 • 7800 • Lynx • Jaguar • Arcade (MAME) • MS-DOS • TurboGrafx-16 • NEO-GEO • Dreamcast FEATURES • Controls built per system - analog sticks, N64 C-buttons, DS stylus, DOS keyboard and trackpad • Rearrange the on-screen pad and set stick sensitivity per game • MFi, PlayStation and Xbox controllers, with per-player remapping and two-player local play • Save states and battery saves, exportable any time • Cheat codes - Game Genie, GameShark • Screen filters: CRT, aperture grille, VHS, handheld LCD, scanlines, bloom, Game Boy green • Import from Files, a folder, or the clipboard - zipped ROMs and multi-disc PlayStation games, with in-game disc swapping• Immersive landscape mode with controls floating over the game • Play on your TV over AirPlay, using your phone as the controller • Blackout mode for night play • 25 languages Free to play, all 25 systems. Everything stays on your device. Nothing you import ever leaves it, and your saves are yours to export on any tier. Haptic Emulator is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment, SEGA, Atari, Microsoft, or any other hardware or software rights holder. All system, console, and game names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used solely to describe supported game environments. Haptic ships no games, no disc images, and no BIOS files, and provides no way to find them. Haptic is meant to play games you legally own and have backed up yourself. We do not support or condone piracy. [Subscription Information] • Use of advanced features including unlimited save slots, auto save, batch importing, fast forward, screen shaders, screen mirroring/airplay and full library backups require a subscription to Haptic Pro. Available in monthly, yearly and lifetime plans. • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase • Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period • Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in your App Store account settings after purchase Privacy Policy: https://hapticemulator.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://hapticemulator.com/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ことだまAR at none against Haptic Emulator's 7. ことだまAR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Haptic Emulator's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price 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. Haptic Emulator sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. ことだまAR asks for nothing beyond the download.
ことだまAR ships an update fortnightly, Haptic Emulator every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ことだまAR | Haptic Emulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 642 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shoma Yamaguchi | Patrick Watkins |
In-app purchases
ことだまAR
No in-app purchases
Haptic Emulator
- Weekly Haptic Pro7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Haptic Pro Monthly 4.99$4.991 Month
- Haptic Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Haptic Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
- Haptic Pro Lifetime 9.99$9.99
- Haptic Pro Lifetime 50% Discount$19.99
- Haptic Pro Lifetime$39.99









