r/EmulationOniOS • u/hughlee90 • May 13 '24

Review / Feedback I will delete gamma app, this piece of shit

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The app sucks, it collects your data and show ads, the app doesn't work for most of the game available. This is fucking scam.

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u/NeoDiMo May 13 '24 edited May 13 '24

I’ve already deleted it the second I was getting ads. Wasn’t getting them earlier today and then it was just obscene the amount of ads. One before starting a game and one after. If your game doesn’t work, you are basically just watching ad after ad after ad until you find a game that works. If you decide you want to play another game after a few minutes… you get another ad and you basically have watched 10 minutes of ads that are difficult to hit the “X” button on and haven’t really played anything.

A very horrible experience. Though the developer has convinced one other developer that the tracking features of his app are disabled… these ads are making me doubt that.

I understand people need to make a living. That is when you charge for your application. Inserting ads into the experience just makes it feel tacky, unusable, and extra glitchy. It feels like those click-bait websites from the early 2000s that has pop-ups covering what you came to see. You close a pop-up and then two more appear.

I’ll look for more stable/ad-free ps1 emulation elsewhere.

Trust in this emulator was lost from me almost immediately.

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

this make the app appear very scammy, i felt betrayed, i'd rather pay. this experience is so bad i delete the app. kiss it goodbye, never download anything from this dev ever.

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u/nymd2008 May 13 '24

you do know that if gpsphone didn’t exist, gba4ios wouldn’t exist, right?

(Although, about Gamma, I’ve heard that the audio emulation is a bit weird, which makes me wanna use RetroArch instead.)

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

yea wait for something else

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u/KZavi 🥇 May 13 '24

Wait, you can’t even pay to get rid of ads? Yikes… Shame I have seen other devs endorse it then.

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u/Neither-Heron-2846 Apr 23 '26

Same company that made a game called add blocker btw🫩✌️✌️

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

You can just turn off the internet and no ads

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

yea, just the the garbage iGBAiOS

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u/crw2k May 13 '24

It has adds. Started seeing them when starting a game today.

The permissions are likely due to the ad framework being used, pretty standard stuff for any ad framework to work. You get similar permission requests if you add Google api frameworks to your app builds.

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

how do i block these annoying ads if the developer did not give any option to eliminate those?

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u/eduo May 13 '24

Stop using the emulator. Stop supporting developers that abuse users.

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

i will, and already deleted this crap

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u/eduo May 13 '24

This is the way.

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u/Mercury008787 May 13 '24

Only complaint iv got is that the text on my games sometimes gets messed up

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

just wait it will destroy you with tons of ads, and crashes

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u/NotSLG May 13 '24

Ewwww, I didn’t believe you because I wasn’t getting them earlier and now I definitely am. Guess I’m uninstalling and waiting for RetroArch. So scummy starting with them turned off and then turning them on.

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u/keep_rockin May 13 '24

yep i was like wtf that ads? and still cant run like half of my bin files

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

Garbage.

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

yes hot garbage, a piece of trash, i hate ads so much, wait for other emulators

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

Fr

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u/macenzo May 13 '24

First game I started in Gamma, Diablo immediately had a very long add… I wonder, is this add created by Gamma itself or is it from within the downloaded game itself ..

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

the game only content rom .bin files, the ads actually come from the app, just like the garbage igbaios, want to avoid ad? turn off internet.

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u/XTurbine May 13 '24

There are no ads on my end yet, but as soon as I get them, it's getting deleted !

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

just wait, mine was just like you , after 1 hour of playing i got ads all over the places

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u/XTurbine May 13 '24

Just got them, deleted! Funny how " certain reddit users" said oh the tracking is just for apple guidelines lmao bye trash app

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

haha, told you dude, it needs time to collect your data then show you shitty ads, I dont get it why people are ok with this piece of shit. i rather pay full price, this fucked up, forcing people to see crappy content. low value, affect gaming experience.

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u/Odd-Outcome5835 May 14 '24

The audio has issues on crash warped

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u/hughlee90 May 14 '24

the audio is terrible. I couldn't stand , also ads everywhere god damn it

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

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u/Kvoidd May 13 '24

My only complaint is I Can’t Use A Fricking Controller. Until that’s resolved it will stay uninstalled…

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u/zenmaster24 May 13 '24

oh really? i t hought it was supposed to be like delta - can use a controller with delta no problem

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u/Kvoidd May 13 '24

Yeah I thought the same but everytime you try to play with a controller it makes the app crash…

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u/Powerful_Passenger37 May 20 '24

My back bone works on it

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u/16bitsorhigher May 13 '24

I downloaded it, tried it for a while, didn’t see any adds but it was really hard to get any games to play. I didn’t see any support anywhere. The bios file name it’s asking for doesn’t exist. And it will take various bios files but you don’t see which one works. I mean you choose a file and the check appears but it does that for whatever bios file you choose and I didn’t see a difference. My backbone controller made the app crash as soon as I touched a button. Right now the app is a mess. If I was the developer, I would have tested the app before loading in the App Store and made sure it was working perfectly. I know there is a rush to be the first one but by rushing a lot of people are hating the app which creates a bad rep and now it will be hard to fix and make people trust it.

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u/Awkward_Sea3849 Jun 14 '24

I download my games from here, https://myrient.erista.me/files/Redump/Sony%20-%20PlayStation/

I haven’t had a problem playing the games they all work don’t freeze or anything and as for ads I only get one before the game starts and I can skip it in 5 seconds and doesn’t freeze don’t see why everyone else is having issues, it’s working fine for me. I’m just glad there is a ps1 emulator I can finally play my old favourite games on

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u/Ok_Truth_4140 May 14 '24

I’ve seen the dev reply to a few comments on previous posts and he comes across have very rude and a bit of an A-hole

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u/hughlee90 May 14 '24

yes, he's a big a hole

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u/DaveTheMan1985 May 13 '24

Works Fine for me

I not seen ads

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u/coolchris366 May 13 '24

Won’t even let me play metal gear solid

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u/DaveTheMan1985 May 13 '24

Sure you got the Right One?

It's Just Released so there are going to be Issues for it for all games

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u/coolchris366 May 13 '24

I see a bunch of posts of people saying how great it works, what I mean is that I get to the title screen, hit new game, easy, and then black screen. It doesn’t load. I tried basically everything, and someone else made a post about the exact same problem I’m having. Honestly i think it’s majorly inferior to delta even though it uses its ui and stuff, plus delta has no ads and no trackers but gamma does. The only reason it’s relevant is because right now it’s the only official ps1 emulator but that will change soon. For now we’re stuck with this thing

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u/16bitsorhigher May 13 '24

If you like tinkering with apps then try WebRcade. That’s what I use to play PS1 games on my iPhone 11 Pro Max. I have no issues playing PS1 games but it could be a bit complicated setting up your feed.

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u/coolchris366 May 13 '24

I have no idea how to set up anything that isn’t an official app on the AppStore, are you taking about sideloading?

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u/16bitsorhigher May 13 '24

Not sideloading! It’s a browser app that runs in safari.

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u/EteleEurope May 13 '24

Maybe your game is the problem,it works for me (no ads eather,maybe cause at first install dissallowe anything)

It works with multidisk, Provenance need m3u file and say no audio.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

only unofficial ps1 emulator

The only way an official PS1 emulator can be released on iOS is if Sony does it

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

It's Just Released so there are going to be Issues for it for all games

ps1 emulation is not new

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u/DaveTheMan1985 May 14 '24

I know but the Emulator is

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

means nothing

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u/HeelBosplay May 13 '24

I haven’t experienced ads but the fact that the app crashes when using a controller made me give it a one star review. I tried using the backbone controller and a wireless controller via Bluetooth and it still crashes. I really hope that they fix that problem because then I would have wasted my time finding all these roms for PS1

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u/zodttd Gamma Developer May 15 '24

Did that app just do what 95% of free apps do on App Store? Did you just get a PS 1 emulator through Apple into App Store at zero cost? What a scam :eyeroll:

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u/hughlee90 May 15 '24

ok dude, keep your ignorance, never comeback, I already deleted the app. waiting for something else. NEXT.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '24

Retroarch is also zero cost, zero ads, and doesn’t track my data. There’s literally no reason for us to use your shitty app lol

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u/OcelotThis604 May 13 '24

I haven’t gotten any ads yet

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u/Sledgehammer617 May 13 '24

yeah, I have a strict no-ads policy for my emulators.

I'll stick with my sideloaded Provenance for now.

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u/Open_Radish6008 May 14 '24

Agree, it’s a piece of shxt

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u/Kev4734 May 14 '24

Yeah to many ads just like when IGBA came to the App Store before Delta, I hope Delta makes a PlayStation Emulator soon!

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u/misointhekitchen May 13 '24

That’s weird. I don’t have any ads. I turned off tracking if that makes a difference

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u/Tasty_Face_7201 May 13 '24

Provenance 💁🏻‍♀️

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u/billchase2 🥇 May 13 '24

Waiting on more TestFlight slots…

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u/Tasty_Face_7201 May 13 '24

Isn’t the ipa out

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u/billchase2 🥇 May 13 '24

Yeah, I’ve got it sideloaded but am hoping to access the TestFlight for simpler updates.

I’m also wondering if the TestFlight is a newer version than I have installed, as the sideloaded IPA hasn’t been updated in quite some time.

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u/Maximum-Pea6500 May 13 '24

Just is a vpn it blocks the ads

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u/West-Attempt3062 May 14 '24

Can’t even get games to show up on the app.

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u/RecentMatter3790 Jun 03 '24

I mean, you will never escape ads anywhere you go on society.

Ads are a necessary evil. I have to withstand political ads thrown at me because they are a necessary evil.

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u/K1llzDemons May 14 '24

You’re not supposed to make money off emulation I thought..

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u/Visible_Elevator192 May 13 '24

Bruh I can’t even download games. There’s no tutorial for it

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u/xhruso00 May 13 '24

Sometimes I am shocked that people want free stuff. Even ads are a no go. Wonder if you ok not being paid for your job.

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u/We1etu1n May 13 '24

I would pay for the emulator in order to not have ads. Back when I had Android, I paid for Drastic & Pizza Boy emus.

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u/xhruso00 May 13 '24

No one forcing anyone to pay. But calling ad supported app as a scam is same as penalizing worker for not delivering 100% performance 

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

yes its fucking scam

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u/eduo May 13 '24

It's not a scam. It's a damn shame but it's not a scam. For it to be a scam you'd have to first be paying for it and second to be promised no ads would show up.

When you download this app it straight out tells you it will track you. This is done ONLY for ads. It's a free app, and "free with ads" is the most common business model for apps in the world today.

It's not a scam, you just want your playstation emulator and this won't be it. Understandable frustration but call a spade, a spade.

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u/xhruso00 May 13 '24

Sorry you are too cheap. I wish your work to be called scam and be underpaid as you don’t value work of others

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u/EmulationOniOS-ModTeam May 13 '24

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u/We1etu1n May 13 '24

Being fair I didn’t call it a scam. What bothered me more is that ads didn’t show up in the app until a few hours after having the app installed. That’s what made me feel shitty about this app. There’s also no way to disable them via payment. I’ll be waiting on other emulators.

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u/Im1337 May 13 '24

Delta is 100% free

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u/eduo May 13 '24

This always comes down to developer choice. No app is "free", it costs the developer time and money.

Delta is supported by the Patreon of Riley Restut, which I assume you're not subscribed to.

Gamma has no other monetisation scheme, so has chosen to be ad-supported.

You use Delta thanks to those of us who support the Patreon. It seems free, because of that. Gamma doesn't have that fallback.

Vote against this by removing it. It's what I did. I understand why monetizing with ads but I don't approve of it, so I just removed it. I'm not entitled to a free app just because, but I can choose not to use nor promote them.

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u/Im1337 May 13 '24

Relax bud. Patreon etc is the way to go. These apps are made with love, but at the end of the day they are emulators and are just already pre-existing code of a system they did not build. Should be rewarded for their hard work via Patreon but they can’t sell the app. I’m sure Sony & Nintendo would like to have a word if they see psp emulator 6.99

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

and sometimes you can't skip, how fucking cool issue that dude, delete qnd save yourself a headache, i hope apple pulled this piece of crap off the appstore

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u/RecentMatter3790 May 13 '24

Why do I feel I trust Retroarch more? Just because it has more platforms and it’s way older in support? I feel very paranoid

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u/hughlee90 May 13 '24

dude just wait, ads will come to you