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ArcEmu

Retro Games Emulator for Watch

Raffaele D'Amato
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating4.9★1.3K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $0.99–$4.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size246 MBiPhone download
CategoryGames
DeveloperRaffaele D'Amato

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $0.99–$4.99 (10 listed, the most the App Store shows). The store doesn’t say how often these bill.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 3.0.1, updated 2026-10-27.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Turn your Apple Watch into a retro game console.

Play Game Boy, NES, SNES, Genesis, and more on your wrist, with multi-touch controls and the Digital Crown. ArcEmu also runs on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.

▸ SUPPORTED CONSOLES

Included for free:

- Game Boy

- Game Boy Color

- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Available through in-app purchases:

- Game Boy Advance

- Pokémon Mini

- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

- Atari 2600

- Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

- Sega Master System

- Sega Game Gear

- Sega SG-1000

▸ MULTIPLAYER AND LINK CABLE

Play home-console games online and locally with friends, or link Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games over the internet. Game Link Cable supports up to four players in compatible games.

Online play requires a Game Center account.

▸ SHARE ROMs WITH A CODE…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

3 measured · 5 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Not assessed
Fewer than 50 reviews scanned — too few to state a rate
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 3.0.1 · 2026-10-27
ArcEmu is now free to download, with Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and NES included. Unlock additional consoles through in-app purchases in the new Store. If you purchased ArcEmu before this update, you get every console, including those added in future updates, at no extra cost. - Sega Genesis, Master System, Game Gear and SG‑1000 support - Online multiplayer (Netplay) for home consoles and improved Link Cable for GB/GBA. - Second controller support on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV - LCD and CRT filters - Movable, resizable game screen - iPhone Duo support - Apple Watch: custom Digital Crown actions and controls layout - Hide on‑screen buttons you don't use - 7‑Zip archive support - ROMs and…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
arcemu
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
4.90 ★ · 1,340 ratings
Version
3.0.1
Updated
27 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
4+
Size
246 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Raffaele D'Amato
Category
Games
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Show 10 more purchases we couldn’t categorise

These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.

Game Boy AdvanceTerm not stated$0.99
Unlock AllTerm not stated$4.99
Pokémon MiniTerm not stated$0.99
SG-1000Term not stated$0.99
Master SystemTerm not stated$0.99
Game GearTerm not stated$0.99
Mega Drive / GenesisTerm not stated$0.99
Atari 2600Term not stated$0.99
SNESTerm not stated$0.99
Unlock All (Upgrade 4)Term not stated$0.99
This list is cut off. Apple shows at most 10 in-app purchases, and this app is at the limit — so it very likely sells more than we can see.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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