RetroArch: iPhone vs Android
RetroArch gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
RetroArch by Libretro is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Rating
3.6 ★
48k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#88
Android · 
Games › Action Free
Games › Action FreeMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
6499539433
Publisher
Libretro
Publisher country
Netherlands
On the store since
May 2024
2 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 12.0+
iPhone 5s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
9+
2 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
683 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.retroarch
Publisher
Hr DRJ de Matteis
Publisher country
Netherlands
Content rating
Everyone
RetroArch downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | – | – |
| Google Play | 1k+ | 5M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 5M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
iPhone: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where RetroArch's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.1 ★ | 31 |
| Google Play | 3.6 ★ | 48k 4.5k written reviews |
| Both stores | 3.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 48k |
About RetroArch
RetroArch is a free, ad-free, open source, and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players, and other applications. Supported systems come in the form of libretro cores. The following systems are supported through various cores:
* 2048
* Acorn - BBC Micro
* Amstrad - CPC/GX4000
* Anarch
* Arcade
* Arduboy
* Atari - 2600
* Atari - 5200
* Atari - 7800
* Atari - Jaguar
* Atari - Lynx
* Bandai - WonderSwan/Color
* Cave Story
* Coleco - ColecoVision
* Commodore - Amiga
* Commodore - C128
* Commodore - C64
* Commodore - C64 SuperCPU
* Commodore - CBM-II 5x0
* Commodore - CBM-II 6x0/7x0
* Commodore - PET
* Commodore - PLUS/4
* Commodore - VIC-20
* Dinothawr
* Doom
* DOS
* Fairchild ChannelF
* Flashback
* GCE - Vectrex
* Game Music Emu
* Handheld Electronic
* MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000
* Mattel - Intellivision
* Mega Duck / Cougar Boy
* Mr.Boom
* NEC - PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD
* NEC - PC-FX
* NEC - PC-98
* Nintendo - DS
* Nintendo - Game Boy / Color
* Nintendo - Game Boy Advance
* Nintendo - NES / Famicom
* Nintendo - Nintendo 64
* Nintendo - Pokemon Mini
* Nintendo - SNES / SFC
* Nintendo - Virtual Boy
* Palm OS
* PocketCDG
* Quake
* Quake II
* Rick Dangerous
* SNK - Neo Geo AES/MVS
* SNK - Neo Geo CD
* SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color
* ScummVM
* Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD/32X
* Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000
* Sega - Saturn
* Sharp - X68000
* Sinclair - ZX Spectrum
* Sony - PlayStation
* Sony - PlayStation Portable
* Texas Instruments TI-83
* The 3DO Company - 3DO
* Thomson - MO/TO
* Vircon32
* VirtualXT
* WASM-4
* Watara - Supervision
RetroArch supports a broad range of features, including:
* Netplay
* Soft patching
* RetroAchievements
* Save states
* MFi controller support
* Key remapping per core or per game
* Gyro
* Cheats
* Custom overlays
* Shaders
* Fast forward and rewind
* Game artwork
* AI translations
* Advanced latency management
**RetroArch and Libretro are in no way affiliated with Nintendo. The name "Nintendo" and all associated game console names are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.**
* 2048
* Acorn - BBC Micro
* Amstrad - CPC/GX4000
* Anarch
* Arcade
* Arduboy
* Atari - 2600
* Atari - 5200
* Atari - 7800
* Atari - Jaguar
* Atari - Lynx
* Bandai - WonderSwan/Color
* Cave Story
* Coleco - ColecoVision
* Commodore - Amiga
* Commodore - C128
* Commodore - C64
* Commodore - C64 SuperCPU
* Commodore - CBM-II 5x0
* Commodore - CBM-II 6x0/7x0
* Commodore - PET
* Commodore - PLUS/4
* Commodore - VIC-20
* Dinothawr
* Doom
* DOS
* Fairchild ChannelF
* Flashback
* GCE - Vectrex
* Game Music Emu
* Handheld Electronic
* MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000
* Mattel - Intellivision
* Mega Duck / Cougar Boy
* Mr.Boom
* NEC - PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD
* NEC - PC-FX
* NEC - PC-98
* Nintendo - DS
* Nintendo - Game Boy / Color
* Nintendo - Game Boy Advance
* Nintendo - NES / Famicom
* Nintendo - Nintendo 64
* Nintendo - Pokemon Mini
* Nintendo - SNES / SFC
* Nintendo - Virtual Boy
* Palm OS
* PocketCDG
* Quake
* Quake II
* Rick Dangerous
* SNK - Neo Geo AES/MVS
* SNK - Neo Geo CD
* SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color
* ScummVM
* Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD/32X
* Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000
* Sega - Saturn
* Sharp - X68000
* Sinclair - ZX Spectrum
* Sony - PlayStation
* Sony - PlayStation Portable
* Texas Instruments TI-83
* The 3DO Company - 3DO
* Thomson - MO/TO
* Vircon32
* VirtualXT
* WASM-4
* Watara - Supervision
RetroArch supports a broad range of features, including:
* Netplay
* Soft patching
* RetroAchievements
* Save states
* MFi controller support
* Key remapping per core or per game
* Gyro
* Cheats
* Custom overlays
* Shaders
* Fast forward and rewind
* Game artwork
* AI translations
* Advanced latency management
**RetroArch and Libretro are in no way affiliated with Nintendo. The name "Nintendo" and all associated game console names are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.**
RetroArch iPhone
RetroArch gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Not in any tracked top chart right now.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperLibretro
CategoryGames
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.1 (31)
Version1.22.2
Age rating9+
First seen by us
17 Oct 2026
17 Oct 2026Rating
4.1 ★
31 ratings
Measured
RetroArch on the App Store
App details
App ID
6499539433
Publisher
Libretro
Publisher country
Netherlands
On the store since
May 2024
2 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 12.0+
iPhone 5s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
9+
2 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
683 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour
RetroArch downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. iPhone downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where RetroArch's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.1 ★
31 ratings
Measured
Ratings
31
Measured
About RetroArch
RetroArch is a free, ad-free, open source, and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players, and other applications. Supported systems come in the form of libretro cores. The following systems are supported through various cores:
* 2048
* Acorn - BBC Micro
* Amstrad - CPC/GX4000
* Anarch
* Arcade
* Arduboy
* Atari - 2600
* Atari - 5200
* Atari - 7800
* Atari - Jaguar
* Atari - Lynx
* Bandai - WonderSwan/Color
* Cave Story
* Coleco - ColecoVision
* Commodore - Amiga
* Commodore - C128
* Commodore - C64
* Commodore - C64 SuperCPU
* Commodore - CBM-II 5x0
* Commodore - CBM-II 6x0/7x0
* Commodore - PET
* Commodore - PLUS/4
* Commodore - VIC-20
* Dinothawr
* Doom
* DOS
* Fairchild ChannelF
* Flashback
* GCE - Vectrex
* Game Music Emu
* Handheld Electronic
* MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000
* Mattel - Intellivision
* Mega Duck / Cougar Boy
* Mr.Boom
* NEC - PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD
* NEC - PC-FX
* NEC - PC-98
* Nintendo - DS
* Nintendo - Game Boy / Color
* Nintendo - Game Boy Advance
* Nintendo - NES / Famicom
* Nintendo - Nintendo 64
* Nintendo - Pokemon Mini
* Nintendo - SNES / SFC
* Nintendo - Virtual Boy
* Palm OS
* PocketCDG
* Quake
* Quake II
* Rick Dangerous
* SNK - Neo Geo AES/MVS
* SNK - Neo Geo CD
* SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color
* ScummVM
* Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD/32X
* Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000
* Sega - Saturn
* Sharp - X68000
* Sinclair - ZX Spectrum
* Sony - PlayStation
* Sony - PlayStation Portable
* Texas Instruments TI-83
* The 3DO Company - 3DO
* Thomson - MO/TO
* Vircon32
* VirtualXT
* WASM-4
* Watara - Supervision
RetroArch supports a broad range of features, including:
* Netplay
* Soft patching
* RetroAchievements
* Save states
* MFi controller support
* Key remapping per core or per game
* Gyro
* Cheats
* Custom overlays
* Shaders
* Fast forward and rewind
* Game artwork
* AI translations
* Advanced latency management
**RetroArch and Libretro are in no way affiliated with Nintendo. The name "Nintendo" and all associated game console names are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.**
* 2048
* Acorn - BBC Micro
* Amstrad - CPC/GX4000
* Anarch
* Arcade
* Arduboy
* Atari - 2600
* Atari - 5200
* Atari - 7800
* Atari - Jaguar
* Atari - Lynx
* Bandai - WonderSwan/Color
* Cave Story
* Coleco - ColecoVision
* Commodore - Amiga
* Commodore - C128
* Commodore - C64
* Commodore - C64 SuperCPU
* Commodore - CBM-II 5x0
* Commodore - CBM-II 6x0/7x0
* Commodore - PET
* Commodore - PLUS/4
* Commodore - VIC-20
* Dinothawr
* Doom
* DOS
* Fairchild ChannelF
* Flashback
* GCE - Vectrex
* Game Music Emu
* Handheld Electronic
* MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000
* Mattel - Intellivision
* Mega Duck / Cougar Boy
* Mr.Boom
* NEC - PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD
* NEC - PC-FX
* NEC - PC-98
* Nintendo - DS
* Nintendo - Game Boy / Color
* Nintendo - Game Boy Advance
* Nintendo - NES / Famicom
* Nintendo - Nintendo 64
* Nintendo - Pokemon Mini
* Nintendo - SNES / SFC
* Nintendo - Virtual Boy
* Palm OS
* PocketCDG
* Quake
* Quake II
* Rick Dangerous
* SNK - Neo Geo AES/MVS
* SNK - Neo Geo CD
* SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color
* ScummVM
* Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD/32X
* Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000
* Sega - Saturn
* Sharp - X68000
* Sinclair - ZX Spectrum
* Sony - PlayStation
* Sony - PlayStation Portable
* Texas Instruments TI-83
* The 3DO Company - 3DO
* Thomson - MO/TO
* Vircon32
* VirtualXT
* WASM-4
* Watara - Supervision
RetroArch supports a broad range of features, including:
* Netplay
* Soft patching
* RetroAchievements
* Save states
* MFi controller support
* Key remapping per core or per game
* Gyro
* Cheats
* Custom overlays
* Shaders
* Fast forward and rewind
* Game artwork
* AI translations
* Advanced latency management
**RetroArch and Libretro are in no way affiliated with Nintendo. The name "Nintendo" and all associated game console names are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.**
Latest updates
1.22.2
- Siri and Shortcuts integration! Use the Shortcuts app to put shortcuts directly into your favorite game directly on your Home Screen.
- Native Keyboard integration
- iPad multitasking support
- Configurable startup page - Main Menu, History, Playlists, and more
- CoreAudio microphone driver - better integrated with RetroArch and with iOS than sdl2
- Removed the "Down Arrow" floating menu. All functionality has been integrated into the normal settings menus.
- iCloud Drive cloud sync backend driver
- Stronger, configurable rumble/haptics support
- Refresh rate improvements (improved ProMotion support - runs at 120Hz)
- Eight New Cores!
* SameDuck (Mega Duck / Cougar Boy)
* Gearcoleco (ColecoVision)
* Geargrafx (NEC PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD)
* Virtual Jaguar (Atari Jaguar)
* REminiscence (Flashback)
* vitaQuake 2 (Quake II)
* GAM4980
* ClownMDEmu (Sega - MD/CD)
RetroArch Android
RetroArch gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
RetroArch is #120 in Games › Action Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 11 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperLibretro
CategoryGames › Action
PriceFree
Released
Installs5M+
Rating★ 3.6 (48k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
3.6 ★
48k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#120
Games › Action FreeMeasured
RetroArch on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.retroarch
Publisher
Hr DRJ de Matteis
Publisher country
Netherlands
Content rating
Everyone
RetroArch downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where RetroArch's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.retroarch) on every Android store we track.
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 5,000,000+ | ★ 3.6 (48k) | 1.22.2 (2026-08-26) | Open ↗ |
| Samsung Galaxy Store | not published | ★ 4.0 (12) | 1.16.0_GIT | Open ↗ |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › ActionFree | #120 |
 Japan | Games › ActionFree | #148 |
 United Kingdom | Games › ActionFree | #114 |
 South Korea | Games › ActionFree | #152 |
 Australia | Games › ActionFree | #101 |
 Canada | Games › ActionFree | #110 |
 France | Games › ActionFree | #165 |
| Spain | Games › ActionFree | #88 |
 Italy | Games › ActionFree | #132 |
 Sweden | Games › ActionFree | #100 |
 Netherlands | Games › ActionFree | #179 |
Apps near RetroArch on the chart
Games › Action Free, around #120.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
3.6 ★
48k ratings
Measured
Ratings
48k
Measured
Written reviews
4.5k
Measured
About RetroArch
RetroArch is an open-source project that makes use of a powerful development interface called Libretro. Libretro is an interface that allows you to make cross-platform applications that can use rich features such as OpenGL, cross-platform camera support, location support, and more in the future.
It comes with its own built-in collection of applications to provide you with a 'one-stop-shop' for entertainment.
Libretro and RetroArch are perfectly suited for creating games, emulators and multimedia programs. If you want to learn more, go to our website (listed below).
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ!!!
This version of RetroArch differs from the one available on our website (www.retroarch.com) in that there is no Core Downloader, in compliance with the Google Play Store's policies. This version supports 50 cores max. If this is not enough for your needs, there are two options:
* Get RetroArch Plus, also available for free on the Play Store (this supports up to 127 cores). This version requires Android 8.0 or higher.
* Get RetroArch from our website (www.retroarch.com) and download the APK and install it. This version has the Core Downloader and is considered the 'full-fat' version.
Pros of the Play Store version vs. the website APK:
* Automatic weekly updates of both cores and RetroArch.
Cons of the Play Store version vs. the website APK:
* Only 50 cores supported max
FEATURES:
* Eye-candy menus to choose from!
* Scan files / directories and add them to game system collections!
* View database information about each game once added to a collection!
* Download programs ('cores') online
* Update everything!
* Download Game & Watch games and play them with our exclusive Game & Watch emulator!
* Built-in input remapping
* Ability to remap controls
* Ability to enter and load cheats
* Multi-language support!
* Over 80+ programs('cores') now and counting!
* Play multiplayer with NetPlay!
* Take screenshots, save states and more!
* No DRM
* No restrictions on usage
* Open-source
* No push ads
* No spying
* No ads period
Join us on discord for support and netplay matchmaking
https://discord.gg/C4amCeV
Visit our Youtube channel here for tutorials, gameplays, news and development progress!
https://www.youtube.com/user/libretro
https://www.youtube.com/RetroArchOfficial
For info and help, see our documentation site -
https://docs.libretro.com/
Visit our website!
https://www.retroarch.com/
www.libretro.com
It comes with its own built-in collection of applications to provide you with a 'one-stop-shop' for entertainment.
Libretro and RetroArch are perfectly suited for creating games, emulators and multimedia programs. If you want to learn more, go to our website (listed below).
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ!!!
This version of RetroArch differs from the one available on our website (www.retroarch.com) in that there is no Core Downloader, in compliance with the Google Play Store's policies. This version supports 50 cores max. If this is not enough for your needs, there are two options:
* Get RetroArch Plus, also available for free on the Play Store (this supports up to 127 cores). This version requires Android 8.0 or higher.
* Get RetroArch from our website (www.retroarch.com) and download the APK and install it. This version has the Core Downloader and is considered the 'full-fat' version.
Pros of the Play Store version vs. the website APK:
* Automatic weekly updates of both cores and RetroArch.
Cons of the Play Store version vs. the website APK:
* Only 50 cores supported max
FEATURES:
* Eye-candy menus to choose from!
* Scan files / directories and add them to game system collections!
* View database information about each game once added to a collection!
* Download programs ('cores') online
* Update everything!
* Download Game & Watch games and play them with our exclusive Game & Watch emulator!
* Built-in input remapping
* Ability to remap controls
* Ability to enter and load cheats
* Multi-language support!
* Over 80+ programs('cores') now and counting!
* Play multiplayer with NetPlay!
* Take screenshots, save states and more!
* No DRM
* No restrictions on usage
* Open-source
* No push ads
* No spying
* No ads period
Join us on discord for support and netplay matchmaking
https://discord.gg/C4amCeV
Visit our Youtube channel here for tutorials, gameplays, news and development progress!
https://www.youtube.com/user/libretro
https://www.youtube.com/RetroArchOfficial
For info and help, see our documentation site -
https://docs.libretro.com/
Visit our website!
https://www.retroarch.com/
www.libretro.com