SyncBoy
Game Boy, Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance on your iPhone and Apple Watch.
SyncBoy is a fully-featured emulator that brings classic handheld gaming to iOS and watchOS. Load your own ROM files and play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance titles with pixel-perfect accuracy, rich audio, and responsive touch or controller input.
Features
- Three platforms in one — GB, GBC, and GBA emulation with accurate CPU, PPU, and APU cores
- Apple Watch streaming — play your games on your wrist with real-time frame streaming via WatchConnectivity
- Link Cable multiplayer — trade and battle with friends over local peer-to-peer networking
- AI Play — watch a neural agent learn to play games autonomously using on-device machine learning
- Game Boy Camera — uses your device camera as the sensor for Pocket Camera cartridge games
- Game Boy Printer — captures printed output from compatible games and saves images to your photo library
- Save states & battery saves — 10 manual save slots plus automatic quick-resume on exit
- LCD filter — optional pixel grid and subpixel shader for an authentic handheld screen look
- MFi & Bluetooth controller support — full gamepad integration with customizable layouts
- Variable speed — fast-forward up to 15x for grinding or slow moments
- Live Activities — see your current game session on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
Pricing
SyncBoy is free to download and play. A one-time Pro Pack in-app purchase unlocks Watch Play, Link Cable, and AI Play features.