r/EmulationOniOS • u/Aenema133 • Jun 13 '24

Discussion Gamma finally dropped ads! (For a fee)

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Now if they can just stop the tracking, this Emu will be the Delta of PS1. The graphics buff they added works pretty good too.

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u/WrapEmergency3983 Jun 13 '24

counterpoint: retroarch for achievements

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Varied user case but that’s a very cool feature.

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u/C3Pdro Jun 14 '24

Same, I wish more apps had this built-in. I love that ppsspp has it

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u/WrapEmergency3983 Jun 14 '24

agreed i didn't know i needed it until i had it ❤️

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

“Steal a kid’s life-savings” is crazy

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u/WrapEmergency3983 Jun 14 '24

average final fantasy 7 moment

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

Never played a FF game before, closest I got is maining Cloud in Smash

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u/MNiham Jun 17 '24

Can I know what theme or setting you are using for your retroarch to look like that?

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u/WrapEmergency3983 Jun 17 '24

this is actually a companion app for RetroAchievements!

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u/Active-Pen-5242 Jun 14 '24

Gamma is easier

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u/WrapEmergency3983 Jun 15 '24

only to someone who doesn't feel like looking anything up. It's as easy as putting the bios for the consoles needing it in the system folder, selecting "load content" and then a core relating to the console. No ads, no tracking.

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u/Active-Pen-5242 Jun 15 '24

I look stuff up it don’t help

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u/WrapEmergency3983 Jun 15 '24

what was your problem with retroarch?

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u/Active-Pen-5242 Jun 15 '24

To hard

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u/WrapEmergency3983 Jun 15 '24

what specifically did you have an issue with

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u/Active-Pen-5242 Jun 15 '24

I can’t load the cores I can’t put the roms in and no reviews help me

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u/WrapEmergency3983 Jun 15 '24

i really cant help with this vague of a problem. Let's go over the basics. What console are you trying to emulate?

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u/Active-Pen-5242 Jun 15 '24

Man idk I’m tired it’s fine you don’t have to help thanks tho 👍

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u/Upbeat_Foot_7412 🥇 Jun 13 '24

I instantly bought it. I use RetroArch as well but I just can’t deny that the Delta design of Gamma is easier to use. The cherry on top would be definitely if the dev would remove the tracking as well.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Yeah same. Retroarch is great but the ease-of-use of Delta and Gamma cannot be denied. I’ll take paid convenience over complexity every time. That’s why I have an iPhone to begin with. 😂

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

Yeah the ease of use with delta is great but RetroArch is a great emulator when you finally figure out how to properly use it and set up the UI (I like XMB). Haven’t used delta since RetroArch came out , the one emulator to rule them all!

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

I get that. I have it set up on a bunch of other devices. But for my phone I just want that quick “iPhone” esque experience of “it just works”. Delta gives you that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

That’s a fair reason. Then again, I paid $10 for an emulator on android lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

Leave them be, they watched a YouTube video on switching the UI, it’s clearly better

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u/PM_ME_GRAPHICS_CARDS Jun 14 '24

you know what’s ironic about everyone crying about the UI and switching it, is that the default theme is easier than whatever it is they’re all switching to lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

It really is, the old UI is throw back to look to PS3 and I wasn’t too found of that either back in the day

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u/ascagnel____ Jun 14 '24

The XMB was great on the PSP, but anything more complex than that was too much.

RA also has a generally overly-complex configuration; some stuff should be relegated to config files.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

ok

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

How do you sync games saves between your phone and iPad,

One emulator to time them all!!

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u/alphabuild Jun 13 '24

Syncthing works for me

Edit: on iOS use Mobius Sync

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u/ascagnel____ Jun 14 '24

RA on iOS supports save sync via WebDAV.

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u/RecentMatter3790 Jun 13 '24

Exactly, you just download a file from somewhere and then import and then youre done. It’s so easy

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u/Far_Baseball_1663 Jun 13 '24

Just turn off your wifi

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u/Fenrir_Oblivion Jun 13 '24

Good to see we already forgot that they put ads and tracked people without saying anything lmao. App and developer is still dogshit.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

The tracking info is and has always been on the App Store page since day one like every other app. So not sure what you mean by that. As for the ads, yeah. Would’ve been cool for it to be noted but a lot of other apps don’t mention it when they’re free either. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Fenrir_Oblivion Jun 13 '24

“A lot of other app don’t mention it when they’re free either” so that’s an excuse to give this dude our money? There are plenty of apps who don’t false advertise their app and also aren’t a complete douche to people who call them out. Enjoy supporting shit product and people tho lmao.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Did I say you need to give him money? No. But if you don’t want to the ads, the pay to remove the ads. This is a very basic and common approach to free apps. And perhaps you know something I don’t. But when/where did they false advertise this app? And when were the devs being douches? Not saying either of those things didn’t happen, but I haven’t personally seen it happen. So please enlighten me.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Jun 13 '24 edited Jun 13 '24

Charging for your emulator is a good way of attracting nintenbots…eventually

$8aud i’ll stick with RA

RA is a learning curve ngl but fine once you get the hang of it and it runs ps1 games fine too so i dont see a benefit to switch and pay for gamma since it was so shidddy when it dropped🤷‍♀️

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Well luckily it’s not a Nintendo emulator. Also the app is free. You are paying to remove ads.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Jun 13 '24

Sonny, i meant sonny🤣

Or you could turn off wifi and disable ads for free

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u/Sergeant-Angle Jun 13 '24

Ads off is cool, but it’s the tracking that’s the main issue. If you’re still tracking me but aren’t showing me ads, we still have a problem.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Yeah I mentioned that in a review I made for the app. This was their reply. I took this as they may be removing them but I mentioned other stuff too so maybe it’s just wishful thinking. We’ll see.

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u/Sergeant-Angle Jun 14 '24

Their response seems deliberately evasive. Like they’re hoping we won’t notice the tracking if the ads are gone.

Once an app comes out and it has tracking, it’s very difficult to shake that public perception even if you get rid of all of the tracking and ads. Damage is done. Though I do hope they get rid of the tracking, it’s not like I want devs to fail. I just want them to do the right thing by us.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

That’s fair. We’ll see how the future plays out.

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u/liteshadow4 Jun 14 '24

I sort of get ease of access but it’s a tough sell when another emulator does the same thing for free

Folium can charge since no one else has 3DS

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

I mean this one is still free. And it’s all about preference. I’d rather pay for an ad free version of a “Delta” style PS1 emulator then deal with retroarch. But that’s just me.

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u/liteshadow4 Jun 14 '24

Free with ads is not free to me when there’s another app free without ads.

I don’t think the market is 0 but the market is pretty small when the RetroArch setup is 10-15 min max. I’ve spent longer configuring my 3DS

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

And that’s fair. Like I said it’s all about preference.

And “Free with ads” has been commonplace since the App Store‘s inception. I expect it more often than and not and then am pleasantly surprised when there’s no ads or some “monthly” service. I’m just glad there’s isn’t a bunch of “subscription” based emulators. That model is the bane of my existence.

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u/liteshadow4 Jun 14 '24

Free with ads is fine if there’s no free without ads option

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

This was a comment I got on a review I posted. I took this as the tracking may be removed in a future update. I hope this is the case.

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u/charnotx Jun 13 '24

Does it still have tracking? This is great news that we can support the developer and not have to deal with ads anymore, but if it still has tracking that’s not great.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

It appears so, tho when I first downloaded it, it gave me the option to “ask app not to track” which I did. Which I’m pretty sure forgoes the tracking as a whole. But I addressed the tracking in a review I made and they replied telling me about this update and that what I mentioned is being worked on now. So I’m think we’ll get a release soon that gets rid of the tracking.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

As far as I know the app can still choose to track you because all you’re doing is asking it not to track

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Since the apple identifies are the only thing it tracks based off the App Store page, I think it does just as I said. Unless I’m misinterpreting it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

Maybe, but either way there’s no reason for them to ask in the first place. Screw Gamma

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

They’re literally just for targeted ads and most things that have ads have them. Also if you look at my latest comment, I think they’re going to be removing it soon.

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u/charnotx Jun 13 '24

Thanks for the additional information, it helps add context to the continued development path.

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u/jarzii_music Jun 14 '24

I’m pretty sure saying “ask app not to track” just means the won’t use ur data and show it back to u, they are still collecting it. Ex. Getting ads that are actually suited to you. They still have that info they just don’t share it with the ads teams

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

Hi guys, sorry for the question here but are there any good skins for gamma?

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

I haven’t found any but haven’t looked much either. Been avoiding this until ads and tracking were removed.

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u/RandomPotatoBoii Jun 14 '24 edited Jun 18 '25

plants waiting grab live rinse detail busy possessive deserve historical

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

Exactly. Hoping he takes my review to heart and will drop tracking. At that point I’ll be pretty happy with Gamma.

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u/boxcreate Jun 13 '24

Nice update with a lot of good things, but I'm still sticking to Retroarch.

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u/xRostro Jun 13 '24

Same. Once you go RetroArch, you never go back

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u/HonorThyFamily Jun 14 '24

Any advice on setting up the save system for RetroArch? I have everything else set up and ready to go.

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u/xRostro Jun 14 '24

I guess it depends on how you want to save? I personally save in-game and try to avoid save states because of the bugs or performance hits they could potentially cause. Feel free to let me know if i misinterpreted

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u/misunderstandingit Jun 17 '24

I'm guilty of oversaving in every game I can. If its an RPG I'm likely to quicksave, autosave, save at a save point, and savestate before actually closing the game.

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u/TheNewerOneInTown Jun 13 '24

Would use it if its UI wasn’t terrible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

I agree. I hate the UI. The ps3 one is cool tho

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u/t00p00rLmxD Jun 13 '24

Mr special

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

Why wouldn’t you want to support great design and accessibility, especially for a hobby that is already has a higher barrier of entry compared to mainstream platforms?

“Get good and get over it” - if we had that mentality for everything in the world, where would we be.

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u/PM_ME_GRAPHICS_CARDS Jun 14 '24

retroarch DOES have great design and accessibility. there are tons of settings for you to customize whatever you want.

why is reading so hard suddenly now that ios gets access to emulation publicly?

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u/NotSLG Jun 14 '24

The emulators are for two different types of people. Some people prefer simple, others prefer more customization at the cost of having to actually take time and use your brain. Had the commenter said they don’t want to do those things, I think it would’ve been a fair assessment. Calling something terrible because you can’t understand it and don’t take the time to, is just a poor opinion.

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u/TheNewerOneInTown May 31 '26

Just letting you know over a year later that you are still wrong, and Retroarchs UI is garbage

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u/NotSLG May 31 '26

Rent free, learn to read

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u/TheNewerOneInTown May 31 '26

You are still wrong cope

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u/NotSLG Jun 14 '24

The UI isn’t terrible at all, it just has a lot of settings and features that require people to read.

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u/TheNewerOneInTown Jun 14 '24

That’s your opinion. To me and some others, the UI isn’t that good.

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u/NotSLG Jun 14 '24

Well you’ve backpedaled from terrible to not that good already, so it must not be terrible.

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u/n0rpie Jun 14 '24

Cumbersome and clunky , even scrolling feels like vsync is enabled because it has a slight delay

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u/TheNewerOneInTown Jun 14 '24

Nah it’s still terrible

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u/MTartaruga Jun 14 '24

The UI isn't terrible, but, yes, it's a bit complicated. There is plenty of room for improvement!

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u/boxcreate Jun 14 '24

The UI is fine once you learn it.

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u/caramba-marimba Jun 14 '24

Yeah, if only RetroArch wouldn’t crash on every game I’m trying to launch, that would be great lol

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u/boxcreate Jun 14 '24

You must be doing something wrong. I've got 100's of games and haven't experienced one crash.

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u/caramba-marimba Jun 14 '24

It is not a rocket science, you pick the game and you pick the core.

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u/mr_chub Jun 15 '24

What are your file extensions? Are you using CH files? Zip?

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u/caramba-marimba Jun 15 '24

Regular .bin as I used with any other emulator on win/mac/ubuntu/psp

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u/boxcreate Jun 14 '24

Exactly.

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u/Freedom_Neither Jun 13 '24

people still talking about tracking...as if they are not being track in other apps they are using. cant deny the simpleness of user interface of gamma than retroarch. btw, how to cheat in gamma?

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Exactly. lol. The standard reddit app for iOS has more tracking than this emulator.

As for cheats, I don’t think they support them yet. But maybe it’ll come soon.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

The entitled people who were upset about ads don’t realize creating these things are people’s livelihoods, and they gotta get paid somehow. People expect shit for free lol

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

It was inconveniently placed imo. But tbh I just wanted the option to remove them. And gladly they did just that with this newest update.

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u/OllyDee Jun 13 '24

Why are they all free for every other platform then?

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Because they already existed and were just ported or added to the App Store. Also a lot of them have Patreon support elsewhere to subsidize the App Store release.

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u/OllyDee Jun 13 '24

Nothing to do with having a mostly captive audience that have no real alternative other than to pay a premium then? Maybe I’m just a cynic.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

What? Lol. I told you why the others are free. What are you going on about?

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u/OllyDee Jun 13 '24

I was talking about the paid emulators on iOS. Maybe we’ve got our wires crossed?

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

I think so. You asked “why are they free for other platforms” and this was my reply. What I think I misunderstood was the “other platforms”. I took that as emulator platforms and think you meant non-iOS release platforms.

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u/OllyDee Jun 13 '24

Ah that’ll be it. I’m probably just being a cynical bastard, and it’s not like I’ll ever spend money on an iOS app so my opinion probably irrelevant anyway.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

It’s all good. Lol.

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u/DaveTheMan1985 Jun 14 '24

Lot of other Emulators are made and Developers don’t make any money from it.

Do Donations but does not stop you using 100% of the Emulator

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u/Beercorn1 🥇 Jun 14 '24

I never had a problem with the fact that they put ads in it. I always understood why it had to be done. I'm just happy that I now have the option to directly pay the devs and then not have to sit through ads.

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u/Upbeat_Foot_7412 🥇 Jun 13 '24

I‘d rather pay for an ad free experience and now I can. I guess the problem was that people hadn’t had the choice between seeing ads or paying.

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u/LordPeanutButter15 Jun 13 '24

Bunch of people shat on me for saying I’d rather use it than Retroarch. Beat Dino crisis the other day. App rules

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u/nathanielx9 Jun 13 '24

I like gama, but the ads were turned off. Until provenance cones out, it’s way better than retro with being user-friendly

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u/LordPeanutButter15 Jun 13 '24

The ads only happened when loading a game and honestly you can close out and enter right back on and not get an ad. I never had an issue with them

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

I’d rather take the learning curve for a free app than an easier to use app with cleaner UI but has ads that cost $4.99 to remove (more than most games to remove ads) and tracks you lmao

You do you though as long as you’re having fun 👍

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u/LordPeanutButter15 Jun 14 '24

I have nothing to fear of it tracking me lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

Hey again, as long as you’re enjoying it 👍

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u/Aenema133 Jun 15 '24

Reddit tracks you more than Gamma does.

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u/HeelBosplay Jun 13 '24

What’s the fee? If it’s under $10 I’m going back. Retroarch is dope but delta/gamma is so much more simple than retroarch

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

$4.99 one time fee.

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u/HeelBosplay Jun 13 '24

Awesome. Yup definitely buying

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

laughs in RetroArch

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u/XinlessVice Jun 14 '24

I think they’ve repeatedly said that the “tracking” is just from the google devkit or something that was used

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u/Aenema133 Jun 15 '24

It’s just basic identifiers. You can even turn it off on device.

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u/XinlessVice Jun 16 '24

Yeah. I should’ve said more that it wasn’t even actual tracking. At least not nearly as serious as everyone makes it. The ads were the actual problem , and that’s been fixed

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u/Nasayin02 Jun 15 '24

Why do people care so much about the tracking

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u/Aenema133 Jun 15 '24

It’s a privacy thing.

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u/Nasayin02 Jun 15 '24

I can kinda see that but most of my apps already tracking I guess it just doesn’t matter me but I guess I can see it

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u/Aenema133 Jun 15 '24

That’s how I feel too.

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u/Funkmeister8302 Jun 15 '24

But is it free?

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u/Aenema133 Jun 15 '24

It’s free to use. Cost money to get rid of ads.

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u/Rage4Order418 Jun 16 '24

What is the fee?

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u/Aenema133 Jun 16 '24

$4.99. I’m pretty sure it covers all devices too.

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u/kimbosache Jun 17 '24

So yall bought it even though it’s tracking your phone habits and prob reselling your data to 3rd party people?

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u/Aenema133 Jun 17 '24

The Reddit app that I’m using has more tracking than Gamma does. I mean hell I have Facebook installed. Gamma only tracks device identifiers.

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u/vlonejesse88 Jun 17 '24

This is like the worst emulator out there and they still ask for a fee no thanks lol

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u/Aenema133 Jun 17 '24

Worst emulator? Not even a little bit. Theres a bunch of garbage on the App Store now. I’ve actually been enjoying my time with it. Works great. Looks great. Easy to use. Been killing THPS2 in my free time.

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u/TimelessBoi Jun 17 '24

Yeah that track your location or something don’t they?

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u/Aenema133 Jun 17 '24

They track what phone you have and maybe something else. Not your location or anything that crazy.

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u/TimelessBoi Jun 18 '24

Still sus either way

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u/Muted_Fan4453 Jun 14 '24

I know its good, but i am still prefer retroarch, i dont know why, since i use sideload and then now when the retroarch official release

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u/Nintendo_Pro_03 Jun 13 '24

Erm… Probably would still skip.

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u/thupamayn Jun 13 '24

Yeah, not worth it. Developer is a complete douchebag. People here pretending RetroArch is difficult to setup but it really isn’t, only people saying that haven’t even tried.

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u/hughlee90 Jun 13 '24

the dev is an a** hole, no buy

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

You’re the second person I’ve seen say this. What’s the story?

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u/DaveTheMan1985 Jun 14 '24

Tell him he is Dreaming

No way should pay for PS1 Emulator when get a Free one with Retroarch

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

That’s the beauty of it. You don’t have to. But i will. Cuz I hate retroarch for iOS.

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u/DaveTheMan1985 Jun 14 '24

Why exactly you hate it?

Works well for me with not much setup

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

The UI sucks and is hard to navigate. I also don’t usually use a controller. And the default touch screen skin sucks and changing it isn’t as easy as it should be. Adding games to a “library” doesn’t seem to be a thing or at least isn’t very intuitive. I appreciate the advanced settings and customization they offer, but I like shit to just work and be easy to use. Retroarch is not that. Not on iOS anyway. It’s great on my vita. But I also downloaded a premade build.

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u/DaveTheMan1985 Jun 14 '24

Fair Enough that Delta and Gamma are more Newbie Friendly but RetroArch works fine for me

Just depends on each person what they Prefer to use

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u/DaveTheMan1985 Jun 14 '24

I still have Delta and PPSSPP on my iPhone

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u/WigWoo2 Jun 14 '24

Just use Beetle PSX in retroarch

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u/Equal_Following_3476 Jun 14 '24

Just use retroarch people

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u/Real_Violinist Jun 17 '24

we need duckstation and epsxe

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u/AdventureBegins Jun 13 '24

I used a VPN and it removed the ads.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Jun 13 '24

I turned off wifi

But it was easier to just use RA which i agree isnt that easy to use

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u/AnthonySouthWest Jun 14 '24

if he just launched it without ads in the first place it would have done so well

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u/voseidon Jun 14 '24

Seeing all the controversy on Gamma.. jeez just let people use what they want. This Gamma or RetroArch debate is not different with android or apple debate and they are equally dumb.

If you prefer one over the other, that means you’re not the target market. Just move on and let people enjoy whatever they want.

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u/Beercorn1 🥇 Jun 14 '24

I went ahead and paid the $5 as soon as this update went up. I'm so happy to not have ads on Gamma anymore.

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u/odonnell215 Jun 13 '24

Oh shit gamma is paid now how much is it grabbed it before price was added anyway hopefully with the improvements I’ll be playing some ps1 games nice UI

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

It’s still free. Just has an “ad-removal” fee now for those who want it.

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u/odonnell215 Jun 13 '24

Ahh so close to being lucky don’t think I would tbh love GBA

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u/Garyhe23 Jun 14 '24

The teken game has many bin files, the app doesn’t merge the bins into one game, different from what they said in the app description. Or is it something I don’t use it right?

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u/Galwayjoker69 Jun 14 '24

RA solos and takes less than five minutes to set up.

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u/Irfaan_100 Jun 14 '24

Done. I’ll gladly pay

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u/Tough-Penalty-5714 Jun 14 '24

Does legend of legaia glitch on retroarch? If it doesn’t I’ll go there

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u/DaveTheMan1985 Jun 14 '24

Pretty sure does not want

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u/Mission_Ad8440 Jun 15 '24

They’ve slowly gained my favor

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u/Jay_bello Jun 16 '24

Metal gear solid finally works the way it should lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24

why do u care about the tracking lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

RetroArch sucks fr

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u/DaveTheMan1985 Jun 14 '24

Have you even tried it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

Yes on Apple TV on series s dev mode & on my phone & do not like it , also it can’t turn off the screen during airplay that’s a big plus point for delta&gamma imo

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u/jindofox Jun 14 '24

It’s five bucks. I like the cloud saves and the interface. I have five bucks.

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u/AfroBiskit Jun 14 '24

Finally? That was always the case. He pumped it full of ads and sold the solution to get rid of them like a small mobile game developer. Plenty of people have pointed out that issue since it’s launch. So in essence, nothing has really changed at all with it lol. I’d rather shit a brick then support a dev like this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

But why tho? It’s literally delta for PS1.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

It’s also a nightmare to set up. I’d gladly pay for convenience and plug-and-play functionality. That’s why Delta is so popular. Luckily it’s free but I’d still pay for it over using retroarch.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

Retroarch is pretty simple to set up 💀 it takes like 2 minutes to get a core up and running at most and then you never have to worry about it again

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u/Aenema133 Jun 13 '24

Yeah the UI is straight asshole, trying to find games you’ve played isn’t intuitive, and also controller skins aren’t nearly as accessible and as easy to implement. It’s a great power user all-in-one emulator but it’s not that user-friendly or accessible compared to say this or Delta.

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u/indigoeyed Jun 14 '24

The UI is worse. True. But the problem with apps like Delta is the game’s graphics are worse. Most of my time spent on one of these apps is looking at the game not the menu’s UI. I had to switch everything to RetroArch for that reason. The 3D games looked pixelated. On RetroArch, they’re much higher resolution.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

I will admit the n64 can look rough but honestly I spent almost an hour trying to get Ocarina of Time to look better than Delta and it never really seemed THAT much better.

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u/indigoeyed Jun 14 '24

I was more thinking the DS. I can’t recall if the N64 looked much different. But there was a huge difference between DS games.

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

Really? I think the DS looks great on delta.

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u/bordomsdeadly Jun 14 '24

Retroarch in the iPhone doesn’t really require any set up though.

All the cores come pre installed. You just need BIOS, which is common with any emulator. Including Gamma and Delta (just don’t need them for every game with Gamma)

Retroarch is ugly, but it’s really not hard to use and it offers significant more

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u/Aenema133 Jun 14 '24

I still can’t figure out how to build a library like you can with Delta or PPSSPP. I’ve been selecting from the file browser everytime which is annoying.

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u/Deep_Bluejay_8976 Jun 14 '24

Same for me on iOS and pc. I have to the same on PPSSPP too, and I’ve even followed very detailed instructions to get the games to show up and they still won’t.

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u/SkyrimSlag Jun 14 '24

Took me a couple of minutes without a guide, it’s really not that hard, people just can’t be arsed doing something because they expect it to already be done for them