EmuGBC XL vs Blockstorm!
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!
Blockstorm!
Navigate a ship through a wormhole, dodging asteroids and debris. Manage your crew and speed to survive the increasingly dangerous space junk. Compete for high scores in this endless survival challenge.
- Wormhole navigation
- Asteroid and debris dodging
- Speed control
- Challenge mode
- High score saving
- Customizable controls
- Game controller support
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Your ship accidentally flew into a wormhole, The throttle cannot be disabled, only temporarily slowed down, Asteroids and debris keep coming at you from all angles, can you make it out? Keep yourself and your crew in one piece as speed climbs and you get surrounded by space junk, How far can you run before the field claims you? - Touch controls with a movable layout editor - Game controller support - speed up and slow on demand - Challenge mode and high score saving - Screen filters and custom video backgrounds - In-game screen recording - Airplay + pass the controller - Infinite replayability
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EmuGBC XL at none against Blockstorm!'s 1. EmuGBC XL also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Blockstorm! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EmuGBC XL asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EmuGBC XL against 5.0 for Blockstorm!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | EmuGBC XL | Blockstorm! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raffaele Amuso | Dylan Mathurin |
Customer experience
EmuGBC XL
Blockstorm!
In-app purchases
EmuGBC XL
No in-app purchases
Blockstorm!
- Premium$0.99
