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RetroGo - Retro Game Emulator

Play GBA, NDS, PSP & PS1

Jinan Matrix Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating4.5★74 ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $0.99–$12.99
Age9+Store age rating
Size249 MBiPhone download
CategoryLifestyle
DeveloperJinan Matrix Information Technology Co., Ltd.

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–$12.99 (4 listed). Monthly plan $0.99 (about $12 a year); yearly plan $9.99.
  • 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 1.14.0, updated 2026-10-18.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Relive classic games in a native iOS way with RetroGo.

RetroGo is a high-performance retro game emulator for iPhone and iPad, built on RetroArch / Libretro cores and redesigned with native UIKit and SpriteKit interfaces.

Smarter Game Library

RetroGo is more than a ROM list:

• Browse by folder, tree, tag, or emulator core

• Switch between icon and list layouts

• Import files or folders from the iOS Files app

• Long-press files and folders to rename, move, tag, assign cores, or delete

Built for Retro Collections

• Intelligent detection for supported multi-file games

• Clean grouping for formats such as CUE, M3U, GDI, and related files

• Multi-disc games merged into one entry automatically, with disc switching

• Core assignment for games that need a specific emulator core

Discover Game Metadata

Browse RetroArch RDB platform databases with metadata, region, checksums, and cover art.…

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 says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% 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 1.14.0 · 2026-10-18
This update adds the mGBA core and expands control customization with flexible layouts, button macros, more turbo options, and physical controller mappings that switch with your layout. • New mGBA Core Game Boy Advance games now have another core to choose from, with a localized set of core options. VBA-M remains the free default GBA core; mGBA requires Pro. • More Flexible Control Layouts Arrange action buttons in a fan and adjust the group's position, size and fan settings. Replace buttons with combos or macros, or move them out of the fan to place them individually. Configure portrait and landscape separately to suit the way you play. • Button Macros Build sequences of directional and…

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

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
retrogo
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
4.51 ★ · 74 ratings
Version
1.14.0
Updated
18 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
9+
Size
249 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Jinan Matrix Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Category
Lifestyle
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.

Subscriptions2
RetroGo Pro MonthlyMonthly$0.99
RetroGo Pro YearlyYearly$9.99
Buy once2
RetroGo Pro Lifetime OfferLifetime$6.99
RetroGo Pro Lifetime UnlockLifetime$12.99

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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