John GBA

John GBA

Arcade
3.4
580.3K+ Downloads
"John GBA is GBA emulator. This emulator is easy to use."

About this app

John GBA is GBA emulator for android 6.0+.
This app does not work without your own game files.
Please try John GBA lite before purchasing.
John GBA can take over John GBA Lite data.

Features
- Original GBA engine
- Cheats (Raw/GameShark/CodeBreaker)
- High quality rendering
- Search game files in SDCard & Internal Storage
- Virtual On-screen keypad
- Zipped file support
- Save States (with previews)
- Customizable keys
- Turbo buttons
- Screenshot
- Fast forward / Slow down (x0.25 - x16)
- Bluetooth / MOGA controller support
- Dropbox support (requires John DataSync)
- No ADs
- No internet connection

Hardware requirements
-CPU: 1.0GHz Dual-core
-RAM: 1GB

App Info

Version
v4.15
Updated on
Jul 26, 2026
Size
Requires Android
6.0
Installs
580.3K+
Category
Arcade

What's New

-Added support for Android 16
-Fixed bugs

App Permissions

  • Photos/Media/Files
    • read the contents of your USB storage
    • modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
  • Storage
    • read the contents of your USB storage
    • modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
  • Other
    • control vibration
    • Google Play license check

Ratings and Reviews

3.4
Total ratings
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Emmanuel Bravo
Sep 25, 2026

did not work. would not find or recognize game files. uninstall and reinstall did nothing

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Joh Ta
Sep 21, 2026

I love this gba emu, the only problem I have is with my old saves, it keeps saying "wrong wave type" in a Pokemon game, and I don't want to lose my progress, please help! other than that it's a very nice and easy to use app 🙌

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Christian
Sep 16, 2026

Good soup

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Ricky Blosser
Sep 15, 2026

games are no longer loading

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Andre Darius
Sep 11, 2026

The emulator works amazingly across my two devices! Though I had some problem with using joycons that I hope you can fix 1. you can't map analog as dpad 2. you can't map two joycon into one controller which is already a common concurring problem for any other emulator

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Mileina Celesteria
Sep 11, 2026

my 1st ever emulator from 2016, happy its become so good now & is now better than myboy in every way, can run modern romhacks along with pizzaboy. but theres a lot yall can improve: add shaders, give option to turn off warning when cheats enabled, have more less input delay (like pizzaboy). other than that - this got everything. i compare this to pizzaboy's amazing performance cuz this can become the best free emulator ever, honest. been using this since i was a kid & love to see becomes better.