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My Boy! - GBA Emulator
Pixel Respawn LLC · 59,365 ratings · ★ 4.1
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59,365 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 32 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"work"
7 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "just bought this app few months ago now it doesn't work it keeps closing after clicking the game I installed" - Xanxus Qwerty
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"files"
7 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "used to be the best. used it for a long time. random disconnects for bluetooth controller when docked. weird hangups and freezing. oh the biggest unwanted change IS ME NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS MY SAV FILES. F MAN! REALLY? I get there are pe…" - Shelby Miles
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"games"
7 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "terrible app crashes immediately upon starting up most games and upon starting any Pokémon battle most FREE apps work better than this scam -5/10" - Tristan Davis
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"emulator"
6 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I recently purchased My Boy! GBA Emulator and unfortunately the cheat code feature isn't working as expected despite following all the correct steps. As this was the primary reason for my purchase, I'd like to request a refund. I'm happy to…" - Joe Manuel
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"doesn"
5 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "just bought this app few months ago now it doesn't work it keeps closing after clicking the game I installed" - Xanxus Qwerty
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"game"
5 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Randomly, and for no reason, the a and b buttons have been replaced with the up button. Press either of them and the cursor just moves up instead. Uninstalled, lost all my gameplay, reinstalled still an issue. It's a joke." - Ben Smart
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"doesn work"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
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"play"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Randomly, and for no reason, the a and b buttons have been replaced with the up button. Press either of them and the cursor just moves up instead. Uninstalled, lost all my gameplay, reinstalled still an issue. It's a joke." - Ben Smart
📋 All 32 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Randomly, and for no reason, the a and b buttons have been replaced with the up button. Press either of them and the cursor just moves up instead. Uninstalled, lost all my gameplay, reinstalled still an issue. It's a joke.
Link cable capability but not able to connect with Dolphin?
unable to access my saves anymore.
just bought this app few months ago now it doesn't work it keeps closing after clicking the game I installed
terrible app crashes immediately upon starting up most games and upon starting any Pokémon battle most FREE apps work better than this scam -5/10
I bought this and cant find how get the games to work i have downloaded the roms and still not working 😕 also tried to install apps to my phone but all it installed was viruses.
I had over 30 hours in a Pokémon game, went to boot it up and the app had no files of any game or progress. What happened? I'm really upset, I was having so much fun playing it and everything is just suddenly gone. Aside from that, the app works well. I might seek out a different app though so this doesn't happen again, this really stinks.
I recently purchased My Boy! GBA Emulator and unfortunately the cheat code feature isn't working as expected despite following all the correct steps. As this was the primary reason for my purchase, I'd like to request a refund. I'm happy to provide my order details if needed. Thanks for your time.
"I used to be a big fan/ supporter of this app for years, but in 2026, it is officially a legacy product that the developers have abandoned. If you are planning to play modern Decomp hacks (like Pokémon Peach & Lime or Pokémon evolved), DO NOT BUY THIS. The emulator’s outdated engine consistently freezes on the Pokémon Summary Screen, making the game unplayable. The developer is completely unresponsive. I reached out multiple times via email explaining the situation with zero replies"
My saves keep getting deleted. Why do my saves keep getting deleted? This is absolutely ridiculous.
Use to be perfect Now I can't open old saved files.
don't they will never upgrade you just charge you forever
didn't play any Pokemon games
Does this.app cannot run .gbc files?
What happened to this app?! you cant even navigate your save files, u cant important them, if u have to remove a game it also removes your save files, an there is no way for them to be just add back once u put the game back on this app, this app was not this bad not to long ago, what happened, an if its not going to be fixed I want my money back for a broken app that doesn't work.
keeps saying there is a bug. auto closing the app
it's not doing what I need and I can't get a refund 15mins after purchasing
The emulator doesn't save games, button layout editing doesn't work. Now its too late to get a refund so I'm out $5.
am I not able to download GBC games to this emulator?
Used to be the best emulator, now 2026, I try to load my saved files from drive. it says that it is downloading them and not a single file shows after "downloading"...
Completely useless in running any pre 3 pokemon generation games. It refuses to read any unzipped file I have put into it. Would not recommend if you want to play pokemon.
doesn't even work anymore
I am unable to save my files. I tried everything.
trash app
Had lots of good times with it in the past, but now it seems to be leaking memory or something such that it's tanking the performance of my whole phone. I had to completely uninstall it and reboot my phone to not have a 10s lag every minute while texting or browsing. Time to try something else.
used to be the best. used it for a long time. random disconnects for bluetooth controller when docked. weird hangups and freezing. oh the biggest unwanted change IS ME NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS MY SAV FILES. F MAN! REALLY? I get there are permission issues with android but man how about including an option to export/import the sav. BESIDES DAM GOOGLE DRIVE. after this game, im done using myboy. just really screwed the pooch with that one didnt ya
immersive mode is not working anymore on s23!
I paid for this and the other Emu YEARS AGO, and it is still not letting use RTC.
for some reason it can't play some of the newer GBA games. developers say it's out of date which is disappointing for a paid app.
Works good, plenty of customization and options for nerds like me who like control over certain things without it being as aggressive as open source software that expects you to build it yourself. Only thing is devs have moved on to a new emulator and no longer work on this one, the new emulator is better, linkboy
el emulador no estira la imagen completamente en Android, la parte de la cámara queda como un espacio color gris que molesta mucho.
having an issue with some randomizers or rom hacks crashing (pokemon lazerous), would love some assistance with it.
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)