Provenance is a free, open-source retro game emulator frontend for Apple platforms, available for iOS and macOS.
Alternatives to VisualBoyAdvance-M
SkyEmu emulates Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS systems.
RetroArch is a free, open-source frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players, using a unified settings system.
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ares
ares is a free, open-source emulator for Linux, macOS, and Windows, focused on accurate emulation and preservation.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows7.5Free plan - 5
7.3Free plan - 6
RustBoyAdvance-NG
RustBoyAdvance-NG is a free Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator and debugger written in Rust.
Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS7.1Free plan - 7

Eclipse
Eclipse is a web-based emulator for playing games from classic systems, including Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, NES, SNES, Sega Master…
Free planAndroidiOSWeb6.8Free plan - 8
EmulatorJS
EmulatorJS is a free, open-source web frontend for RetroArch that lets site owners embed an emulator into a website.
Free planAndroidiOSWebSelf-hosted6.8Free plan - 9

mGBA
mGBA is a free, open-source emulator for Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color games.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.7Free plan - 10
Pizza Boy C
Pizza Boy C is an Android emulator for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.
Free planAndroid6.6$5.99 one-time - 11
LinguaCafe
LinguaCafe is a free, open-source web app for learning languages through reading and vocabulary review.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.5Free plan - 12
GSE
GSE is a free emulator for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance, designed primarily for speedrunning.
AndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.3 - 13
Hemulator
Hemulator is a free, open-source desktop emulator for classic gaming systems, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.3Free plan - 14

Lemuroid
Lemuroid is a free, open-source Android emulator that gathers supported game files into one library.
Free planAndroid6.3Free plan - 15

Delta
Delta is an emulator for iOS and iPadOS, described as an all-in-one successor to GBA4iOS.
Free planiOSmacOS6.2Free plan - 166.2Free plan
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NanoBoyAdvance
NanoBoyAdvance is a free, open-source Game Boy Advance emulator for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.1Free plan - 18
gbajs3
gbajs3 is a browser-based Game Boy Advance emulator that runs in modern browsers without plugins.
Free planWebSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 196.0Free plan
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GiiBiiAdvance
GiiBiiAdvance is a free, open-source desktop emulator for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance, available for Linux and Windows.
Free planLinuxWindows5.9Free plan - 21
Mednafen
Mednafen is a free, portable emulator for several classic computer and console systems, controlled from the command line and built around OpenGL and SDL.
LinuxWindows5.9 - 22

44VBA
44VBA is a free, open-source Game Boy Advance emulator with a WebAssembly version and ports described for ESP32-S3 and embedded Linux.
iOSWebLinuxWindows5.8 - 23
GBA Emulator
GBA Emulator is a free Game Boy Advance emulator written from scratch in C with an SDL2 frontend for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
LinuxmacOSWindows5.8 - 24
Retra
Retra is a free Android Game Boy Advance emulator, patch workspace, save vault, and personal game archive.
Android5.8 - 255.8
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Gaemboy
Web5.1 - 27
GBA.emu
AndroidLinux4.8 - 28
My Boy!
Android4.6
