Best GB-EMU Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from Game Boy emulators ranked against GB-EMU on the same published basis.
- 1GB-EMU vs Virtual Jaguar
- 2GB-EMU vs GBCC
- 3GB-EMU vs SkyEmu
- 4GB-EMU vs binjgb
- 5GB-EMU vs ChillyGB
- 6GB-EMU vs Coffee GB
- 7GB-EMU vs GB Enhanced+
- 8GB-EMU vs PyBoy
- 9GB-EMU vs Pizza Boy C
- 10GB-EMU vs Gearlynx
- 11GB-EMU vs oxGBC
- 12GB-EMU vs BGB
- 13GB-EMU vs PHPBoy
- 14GB-EMU vs RetroGBm
- 15GB-EMU vs DocBoy
- 17GB-EMU vs GoBoy
- 18GB-EMU vs SameBoy
- 19GB-EMU vs SDL2-GNUBoy
- 20GB-EMU vs Lynx.emu
- 21GB-EMU vs VaporBoy
GB-EMU alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virtual Jaguar | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | GBCC | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Android, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 3 | SkyEmu | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 4 | binjgb | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 5 | ChillyGB | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Web, Windows |
| 6 | Coffee GB | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Android, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | GB Enhanced+ | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 8 | PyBoy | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 9 | Pizza Boy C | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Android |
| 10 | Gearlynx | 5.8 | No | — | Android, API, Browser, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 11 | oxGBC | 5.8 | No | — | Android, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 12 | BGB | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 13 | PHPBoy | 5.5 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Web |
| 14 | RetroGBm | 5.5 | No | — | Android, Windows |
| 15 | DocBoy | 5.4 | No | — | Android, iOS, Linux, Windows |
| 17 | GoBoy | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 18 | SameBoy | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS |
| 19 | SDL2-GNUBoy | 5.3 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 20 | Lynx.emu | 5.2 | No | — | Android, iOS, Linux |
| 21 | VaporBoy | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
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Questions about GB-EMU alternatives
What is the best alternative to GB-EMU?
Virtual Jaguar, number 1 in Game Boy emulators with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: GBCC, SkyEmu, binjgb and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to GB-EMU?
Virtual Jaguar is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 9 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.