GBDev vs Disc Collection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GBDev
Play your favorite Game Boy and Game Boy Color games on your iPhone with this emulator. It features a beautiful game library, responsive on-screen controls, and customizable palettes and themes for a comfortable gaming experience.
- Game Boy & Game Boy Color ROM support
- Personalized game library with box art
- Save states for instant progress capture
- Customizable on-screen controls
- Adjustable game palettes and app themes
- Integrated cheat engine
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GBDev is a fast multi emulator with an immersive feel and lots of good ways to customize your emulation experience. Emulates: GB • GBC • GBA • NES • SNES • DS • DSI • 3DS • GC • Wii Get cozy under the covers with our screen bleed and crt scanlines options. Reposition the screens and buttons to maximize the emulation feel. Enhance the look with animated themes and custom buttons. Landscape mode goes hard too especially when a bluetooth controller is connected. SNES Mouse works for mar10 pain7 too!! GBDev even has 3ds mii support. Connect to a tv with airplay, connect some controllers via bluetooth, and set the phone on charge for a night of retro gatherings. Button haptics make you feel more immersed so we have that too. Our game library is seperated by console. Thank you for using GBDev!!
Disc Collection
Digitally catalog your physical game and movie collections in interactive 3D. View your cases from all angles, track your collection, and discover what others own. Built for enthusiasts who love their physical media.
- Interactive 3D case models
- View inside and outside of cases
- Track owned and wishlisted items
- Discover other users' collections
- Automatic data extraction from photos
- Home screen widgets
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A photo is flat. Your case isn’t. Disc Collection is built for people who own the disc. Take two photos of a game or movie you own, and it becomes a 3D case you can pick up. Turn it over to read the back. Open it to see the inside art and the booklet. Take the disc out and flip it to the shiny side. It’s built from your photos, so it’s your copy: your edition, your scuffs, the sticker from the shop you bought it at. Then put it on display, and see what everyone else owns. YOUR COPY, IN 3D • Turn, open, and explore every case • Lift the disc out and turn it over • Each case comes in the size and plastic of its platform or format, from PlayStation blue to Xbox green to the red of PlayStation Hits THE GALLERY Every case in the Gallery is a real copy on someone’s shelf, newest first. • Heart the ones you want. They go on your wish list, a checklist for your next trip to the store • Already have it? Mark it with the check, and it waits in your collection, ready to capture with its name and platform filled in • See who else wants or owns a case. Names only, never a count • Tap a collector to see everything they have on display • Pick a Collector Tag, like #retro_rhea, or stay a collector number. It’s up to you • When someone wants one of yours, you’ll get a quiet notification • No followers, no likes, no algorithm. Your reviews stay private • Share an image of any case, from any side TWO PHOTOS, THAT’S IT • Scan the outside and the inside with Apple’s document scanner, the camera, or a photo you already took • The app flattens each photo to the exact shape of the case • It reads the title, platform, and year off the case for you, all on your device • Picked the wrong platform, or a photo came out upside down? Fix it anytime with Edit • Start a capture from Control Center, the Lock Screen, or the Action button KEEP TRACK • Games and movies, each in their own tab • Ratings, reviews, hours played, finished or watched • Every case numbered as you add it, like a real catalog • See your whole shelf without pulling a single case off it ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Widgets for your newest covers, open cases, or a shelf of spines • Every size, from small to extra-large on iPad • Show games, movies, or both PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your collection and your wish list sync between your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud. In the Gallery you’re a collector number, or a Collector Tag if you choose one. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Disc Collection isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by any console maker, game publisher, or film studio. The app includes no cover art: every case shows photos its owner took of their own copy, and the artwork in them belongs to its copyright holders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Disc Collection at 4.5 against GBDev's 3.3. Disc Collection also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). GBDev's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. GBDev sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Disc Collection asks for nothing beyond the download.
Disc Collection holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 4 respectively.
GBDev ships an update every 5 days, Disc Collection every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GBDev | Disc Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (19 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Winter Bagley | Akshat Saladi |
Customer experience
GBDev
Disc Collection
In-app purchases
GBDev
- Theme Pack 1$1.99
- Theme Pack 2$1.99
- Visual Pack 1$1.99
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- Visual Pack 2$1.99
- Visual Pack 3$1.99
- Theme Pack 4$1.99
- Theme Pack 3$1.99
- GBDev Pro$2.99
Disc Collection
No in-app purchases









