Best Emulator Software in 2026
Updated
37 emulator software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
37ranked
0free plans on this page
5 Oct 2026last checked
0 of the 12 here have a free tier you can use, 0 have open-source code on record, and 0 have full bars: free, open, on most of your devices and documented.
| # | App | Signal | Free tier | Open code | Devices | From | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Accessibility InspectorMac | One bar | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.3 |
| 27 | Apple SimulatorMac | One bar | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.3 |
| 28 | Arm Fast ModelsWindows · Linux | No signal | — | — | 2 of 6 | — | 5.3 |
| 29 | z390Windows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.3 |
| 30 | 86BoxWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.2 |
| 31 | CemuWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.2 |
| 32 | DOSBox-XWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.2 |
| 33 | FCEUXWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.2 |
| 34 | MesenWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.2 |
| 35 | Spike (RISC-V ISA Simulator)Linux | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.2 |
| 36 | Vita3KWindows · Mac · Linux · Android | One bar | — | — | 4 of 6 | — | 5.2 |
| 37 | OpenEmulatorMac | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.0 |
Compare all 12 in a table
| # | App | Score | Free plan | Free plan | Paid from | Supported targets | Host operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Accessibility Inspector | 5.3 | No | Yes | — | iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS | macOS |
| 27 | Apple Simulator | 5.3 | No | Yes | — | iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS | macOS |
| 28 | Arm Fast Models | 5.3 | No | — | — | Cortex-A, Cortex-R, Cortex-M, Arm System IP | Linux, Windows |
| 29 | z390 | 5.3 | No | Yes | — | IBM System/360 subset, System/370, System/390, and z/Architecture instruction sets through z17 | Windows, macOS, and Unix-like systems |
| 30 | 86Box | 5.2 | No | Yes | — | — | — |
| 31 | Cemu | 5.2 | No | Yes | — | — | — |
| 32 | DOSBox-X | 5.2 | No | Yes | — | — | — |
| 33 | FCEUX | 5.2 | No | Yes | — | — | — |
| 34 | Mesen | 5.2 | No | Yes | — | — | — |
| 35 | Spike (RISC-V ISA Simulator) | 5.2 | No | — | — | RISC-V harts; RV32 and RV64 base ISAs; documented RISC-V ISA extensions | Linux; OpenBSD |
| 36 | Vita3K | 5.2 | No | Yes | — | — | — |
| 37 | OpenEmulator | 5.0 | No | Yes | — | — | — |
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