GBDev vs Antenna IPTV
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!!
Antenna IPTV
This app plays your M3U playlists and XMLTV guides with a clean interface. It supports multiple playback engines and offers features like channel zapping, audio/subtitle selection, and guide integration. Your data remains private as it operates without accounts, ads, or tracking.
- M3U playlist playback
- XMLTV guide integration
- Dual playback engines (AVPlayer, VLC)
- Channel zapping and search
- Audio track and subtitle selection
- Automatic playlist refresh
- Private by design (no tracking)
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Antenna is a player for your own M3U playlists and XMLTV guides. You bring the content; Antenna plays it with a clean, fast interface designed for iPhone, iPad and Mac. IMPORTANT: Antenna ships with no channels, playlists or guides, and never suggests any. Only load content you are entitled to watch: free-to-air broadcasters, services you subscribe to, or your own server. PLAYBACK • Two engines: AVPlayer (HLS, Picture in Picture and AirPlay) and VLC (MPEG-TS, RTSP, UDP, DASH and more). • Pick the engine automatically or switch by hand; if one fails, Antenna tries the other. • Zap with a swipe, by number or with the keyboard; jump back to the last channel instantly. • Choose audio tracks and subtitles. GUIDE • XMLTV guide (.xml and .xml.gz) as an hourly grid with a live “now” line and programme details. • Now and next in the channel list, with a progress bar. • Time shift in case your provider’s guide is off. YOUR PLAYLISTS • Add M3U/M3U8 playlists by link or by importing a file. • Groups, favorites, recents and search. • Automatic refresh by age. • Supports tvg-id, tvg-logo, group-title, tvg-chno and a per-playlist User-Agent. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. • Your playlists, favorites and recents stay on your device. • Antenna only connects to the addresses you add. DESIGN • Liquid Glass on the latest iOS and macOS. • Keyboard shortcuts on Mac and iPad. Antenna is free with no limits. If you like it, you can leave an optional tip from Settings; it unlocks nothing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GBDev at 3.3 against Antenna IPTV's 2.0. GBDev also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 1) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). Antenna IPTV's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model and iOS requirement 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 1 one-off in-app purchase. Antenna IPTV asks for nothing beyond the download.
GBDev holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GBDev has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of GBDev's written reviews are positive against 0% of Antenna IPTV's.
| Parameter | GBDev | Antenna IPTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (18 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Winter Bagley | IVAN SEVILLA RUANO |
Customer experience
GBDev
Antenna IPTV
In-app purchases
GBDev
- GBDev Pro$2.99
Antenna IPTV
No in-app purchases









