EmuGBC XL vs Retro Cloud Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EmuGBC XL
This application emulates classic 8-bit portable game consoles with high accuracy for graphics and sound. It offers a fast, fullscreen, and user-friendly experience, supporting various hardware peripherals for gameplay.
- Accurate graphics and sound emulation
- Supports gamepads, joysticks, and keyboards
- Fullscreen and fast gameplay
- Easy to use interface
- Load and play games directly
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EmuGBC XL is an Amebo based emulator of the famous 8 bit portable consoles GB and GBC. The app emulates graphics, sounds and peripherals to perfection and supports hardware peripherals such as gamepads, joysticks, keyboards and more. This GB / GBC emulator is fullscreen, fast and very easy to use. Simply load your games and play! Have fun!
Retro Cloud Player
Play classic games on your Apple devices with this emulator. It utilizes iCloud for ROM storage and requires a companion app for collection management. A gamepad or keyboard is necessary for gameplay.
- Legacy gaming emulation
- iCloud ROM storage
- Libretro cores integration
- Companion app for ROM management
- Gamepad/keyboard support
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The Retro Cloud Player is an emulator for legacy gaming systems. The ROMs are stored in iCloud. The Retro Cloud Companion app is needed in order to manage your collection of ROMs. A gamepad or keyboard is also required. This emulator include cores from the Libretro project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Retro Cloud Player at none against EmuGBC XL's shown. Retro Cloud Player also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). EmuGBC XL's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EmuGBC XL against 5.0 for Retro Cloud Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | EmuGBC XL | Retro Cloud Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raffaele Amuso | Julien Eyriès |
Customer experience
EmuGBC XL
Retro Cloud Player
In-app purchases
EmuGBC XL
No in-app purchases
Retro Cloud Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
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