CPCemu vs Solo Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPCemu
Experience the Amstrad CPC, an 8-bit computer from the 1980s, on your modern device. Play classic games, explore demos, or learn Z80 programming with highly accurate graphics and sound emulation.
- Amstrad CPC emulation
- High graphics and sound accuracy
- Touchscreen joystick emulation
- M4 Board emulation (SD card, internet)
- V9990 graphics processor emulation
- Save and reload emulation states
- Real-time and turbo emulation modes
- Integrated monitor program (debugger)
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The Amstrad CPC is a semi-professional 8-bit computer with a 4 MHz microprocessor, introduced in 1984. If you owned one back in the 1980's or would have loved to do so, CPCemu is for you. If you would like to use special CPC software today or learn how to program a Z80 microprocessor, CPCemu is for you. You can also use it to watch the demos bringing the CPC to its limits, due to CPCemu's very high graphics and sound emulation accuracy, down to single microseconds. The type of graphics chip ("CRTC") can be selected in the user interface. Of course you can also play one or two of the amazing games still available using the touchscreen joystick emulation. CPCemu was the first emulator that provided emulation of an M4 Board (http://www.spinpoint.org) which provides an SD-card drive C:, configurable ROM slots and even TCP internet connections and HTTP downloads to the CPC. This emulation is compatible to the operating system SymbOS. CPCemu is the first CPC emulator that provides (basic) emulation of an external graphics card with a V9990 graphics processor, in particular for SymbOS. At any time, snapshots of the current state of the emulation can be saved and reloaded later. CPCemu provides real-time emulation and unlimited-speed emulation. Besides, the CPU speed can be switched between normal and 3x or 24x turbo mode. A simple monitor program (debugger) is integrated. It allows CRTC single-stepping (even if a CPU instruction takes more time than one CRTC step).
Solo Quest
This app provides tools for solo tabletop role-playing game sessions. It features a YES/NO oracle, dice roller, themed generators for encounters and NPCs, and an automatic journal for logging rolls and results. All features and theme packs are included, working offline without an account or ads.
- YES/NO oracle with twists
- Customizable dice roller
- Themed encounter/NPC generators
- Automatic campaign journal
- Offline functionality
- Markdown/PDF export
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Solo Quest is a pocket companion for playing tabletop role-playing games on your own. Whether you're improvising a one-shot, running a long campaign without a GM, or just want a quick scene to explore at lunch, Solo Quest gives you the four tools that make solo play actually work — bundled in one app, fully offline, no account. What's inside: • YES/NO oracle — the heartbeat of solo play. Ask any question, get a weighted answer with built-in twists, complications, and scene shifts. • Dice roller — d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d100, plus dice pools and custom notation. Roll history saved per campaign. • Generators — encounters, NPCs, locations, items, and plot twists, all themed to the world you're playing in. • Journal — every roll and result logged automatically, organized by campaign, exportable as Markdown or PDF. Twelve theme packs at launch: • Classic Fantasy — towers, dragons, sworn quests • Grim Dark — pyrrhic loss, broken armour, last embers • Cosmic Horror — coastlines, lighthouses, things that shouldn't be • Cyberpunk — rain, rooftops, signal interference • Frozen North — drakkars, mist, aurora • Mythic Greek — sun-bleached columns, oracles, hubris • Pirates — galleons, storms, salt and gunpowder • Post-Apocalypse — cracked highways, dust, slow decay • Steampunk — airships, soot, brass and clockwork • Wild West — buttes at dusk, dust devils, frontier silence • Wuxia — pagoda roofs, moonlight, poised stillness • Hong Kong Heroic Bloodshed — fluorescent corridors, falling shells, paper in the wind Every theme pack, unlimited campaigns, and journal export to PDF or Markdown are all included. Solo Quest is built for the table: • No account required • Works fully offline — once installed, never needs the network • No advertising, no tracking beyond anonymous crash reports you choose to send
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solo Quest at 5.0 against CPCemu's 4.0. CPCemu's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Solo Quest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | CPCemu | Solo Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rainer Loritz | Baptiste VICTOR |
Customer experience
CPCemu
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In-app purchases
CPCemu
No in-app purchases
Solo Quest
No in-app purchases









