Folium Alternatives

Folium is described as 'Beautifully designed, high performing multi-system emulator that allows you to play video games from retro consoles and handhelds, currently including cores for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Folium for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Folium alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Folium are Lemuroid, VisualBoyAdvance, Delta Emulator and mGBA.

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Folium alternatives page was last updated May 13, 2025
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  1. Eclipse emu icon

    Eclipse emu

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    The multi-emulator that can never be revoked.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Eclipse emu screenshot 1

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  2. My Boy! icon

    My Boy!

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    My Boy! is an emulator to run GameBoy Advance games on the broadest range of Android devices, from very low-end phones to modern tablets. It emulates nearly all aspects of the real hardware correctly.

    30 My Boy! alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Windows Phone
    My Boy! screenshot 1

    My Boy! Features

    1.  Controller Support
    2.  Emulation

    My Boy! VS Folium

     
  4. nds4droid icon

    nds4droid

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    nds4droid is a free, open source Nintendo DS emulator written for Android smartphones. It is based off of the excellent emulator DeSmuME. The source code can be found on sourceforge.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    nds4droid screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    No updates since Feb 12. 2016: https://github.com/jquesnelle/nds4droid/Last version can be still downloaded from Google Play store and the official website.

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  5. BoycottAdvance icon

    BoycottAdvance

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    BoycottAdvance is a free and portable emulator for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance handheld. Program is available on Windows, Macintosh, BeOS, Linux, FreeBSD and there is even a Java port, playable online.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    BoycottAdvance screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    last update: September 27, 2008

    BoycottAdvance Features

    1.  Portable

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  6. KiGB icon

    KiGB

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    KiGB is the most accurate and free portable emulator for Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Super Gameboy for Windows, Linux and MS-DOS.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    KiGB screenshot 1

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  7. John GBA icon

    John GBA

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    GBA emulator for android powered devices.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    John GBA screenshot 1

    John GBA VS Folium

     

    • John GBA is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Folium.

    • John GBA is Freemium and ProprietaryFolium is Paid and Open Source
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    RetroFab

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    RetroFab is an online collection of 3D simulations of vintage electronic games that can be played in your browser.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    RetroFab screenshot 1

    RetroFab VS Folium

     
  10. Tanuki3DS icon

    Tanuki3DS

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    Tanuki3DS is a cutting-edge high-level emulation (HLE) software designed to bring Nintendo 3DS gaming to your MacOS and Linux systems.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free

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  11. gpSPhone icon

    gpSPhone

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    gpSPhone is a Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It has been ported by ZodTTD from the original source code of gpSP (made by Exophase). They are now both working together on this project.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Discontinued

    The app seems to be no longer updated.

    gpSPhone Features

    1.  Jailbreak required
    2.  SSH

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  12. Dust (NDS Emulator)

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    A Nintendo DS emulator written in Rust.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Dust (NDS Emulator) screenshot 1

    Dust (NDS Emulator) VS Folium

     
  13. Cytrus icon

    Cytrus

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    Cytrus is a Nintendo 3DS emulator for Android, Linux, macOS and Windows written in C++

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • ID flagIndonesia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Mac

    Cytrus Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Controller Support
    3.  Emulation

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  14. NanoBoyAdvance icon

    NanoBoyAdvance

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    A cycle-accurate Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    NanoBoyAdvance screenshot 1

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