Thanks to recent changes in the Apple App Store, a new kind of app, previously unseen on the iPhone, has arrived: the gaming emulator. On April 5 Apple made changes to the App Store guidelines. Though some of these changes only concerned users in the EU , and playing it on an iPad is easier, though it certainly reveals the limitations of the retro graphics.
Since iGBA has arrived just a matter of days after the rules changed, it’s possible we will see a glut of emulator apps descend in the near future., developer Riley Testut said the app is an unauthorized clone of GBA4iOS, the open-source emulator he created for iOS over a decade ago… He said his app uses the GNU GPLv2 license. A Mastodon user found that iGBA does not reference the license, which may violate its terms. Despite that, he says it’s Apple he’s frustrated with, not La Spina.
Testut says that he is planning to launch his own app, Delta, soon. The Verge goes on: “When reached for comment, La Spina did not explicitly confirm using Testut’s code, but toldthey “did not think the app would have so much repercussion, I am really sorry,” and added that they have reached out to Testut via email.” It’s worth noting that iGBA collects data such as location data and identifiers. As such, it may be worth waiting for Delta to arrive on the App Store.