WIPI Emulator vs Super Emu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WIPI Emulator
Relive classic 2000s Korean feature-phone games on your modern device. Load your legally owned game files and enjoy an authentic experience with on-screen controls, haptic feedback, and original audio. Play offline with no ads or tracking.
- Load .zip/.jar game packages
- Automatic game library with cover art
- On-screen keypad with haptic feedback
- Hardware keyboard and controller support
- Authentic PCM sound and MIDI music
- Vibration faithful to original API
- Offline play, no ads or tracking
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WIPI Emulator brings classic 2000s Korean feature-phone games back to life on your modern device. Load and play the WIPI games you owned on early-2000s Korean feature phones. FEATURES - Runs Korean feature-phone game packages (.zip / .jar) - Game library with automatic cover art and title extraction - On-screen keypad with haptic feedback, plus hardware keyboard and game controller support - Authentic audio: PCM sound effects and MIDI music via a built-in soundfont, with separate volume for music and effects - Vibration faithful to the original WIPI API - Pause anytime; the game is frozen while the app is in the background - Fully offline. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, and no data collection. IMPORTANT This app does not include any games. You can only load game files that you legally own. Built on the open-source wie emulator and RustJava. Released under the MIT license.
Super Emu
This application allows you to play classic handheld and console games on your iPhone and iPad. It supports multiple systems, offers customizable controls, and includes features like save states and rewind.
- Supports Game Boy Advance, Color, NES, and SNES games
- Customizable multitouch controls with haptic feedback
- Full controller and keyboard support
- Rewind, save states, and fast-forward options
- iCloud syncing for saves and progress
- Online multiplayer via Room Link
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SuperEmu is a fast, beautiful emulator for the handhelds and consoles you grew up with, built natively for iPhone and iPad with the new Liquid Glass design. ONE LIBRARY FOR YOUR CLASSICS • Plays Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Game Boy, Super Nintendo (SNES) and NES games. • Add games from the Files app, “Open in…”, or by copying them into the SuperEmu folder. • Artwork is captured automatically from your last session. Filter by system or search by title. CONTROLS MADE FOR EVERY CONSOLE • Multitouch buttons laid out for each system, with an 8-way D-pad, sliding between buttons and haptic feedback. • Full support for MFi, Xbox and PlayStation controllers and hardware keyboards. • Touch controls step aside automatically when you pick up a controller. REWIND, SAVE, SPEED UP • Rewind: hold L2 + R2 and jump back up to 20 seconds, then pick the exact moment to play from. • Save states: 4 slots per game with thumbnails and timestamps. • Fast-forward at 2×, 3× or 4×. SYNCED WITH iCLOUD • In-game saves, save states and thumbnails sync between your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud Drive. • Games are matched by their file’s fingerprint, so progress follows you across devices. ROOM LINK — PLAY TOGETHER ONLINE • Create a room, share the 5-letter code, and play with a friend over the internet through Game Center. • Handheld games connect like a link cable: trade, battle and play versus modes. • Console games play like two controllers plugged into the same machine. LOOKS THE WAY YOU REMEMBER • Pixel-perfect scaling plus Metal filters: Sharp, Smooth, LCD Grid, Scanline, CRT, color correction, Retro Green and Scale2x. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your games and saves stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. IMPORTANT SuperEmu does not include any games. Play only games you own or that are legally free to use, such as homebrew. SuperEmu is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Nintendo. All product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Open-source emulation cores: mGBA (MPL 2.0), Snes9x (Snes9x license, non-commercial) and FCEUmm (GPL 2.0).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Super Emu at 5.0 against WIPI Emulator's 4.7. WIPI Emulator's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Super Emu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | WIPI Emulator | Super Emu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeongseop Park | Kiet Nguyen Tuan |
In-app purchases
WIPI Emulator
No in-app purchases
Super Emu
No in-app purchases





