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title: "Pocket8 - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Experience PICO-8 Anywhere: Pocket8 brings the magic of the PICO-8 fantasy console to your pocket. Whether you’re on a commute or relaxing at home, thousands of indie games are a single tap away.  A M"
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# Pocket8 — United States
> A PICO-8 Fantasy Emulator

![Pocket8 App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/ee/bf/b5/eebfb5e8-014d-f6f2-8f93-5150d36f98ab/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Jevon Lipsey](https://apptail.io/developer/jevon-lipsey-SglTYb)
**Category:** Games
**Rating:** 4.5/5 (37 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.jevon.pocket8
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.6.3 (released 2026-04-20)
**Original Release:** 2026-04-19
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id6758171942)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/united-states)

## Pocket8 Description
Experience PICO-8 Anywhere: Pocket8 brings the magic of the PICO-8 fantasy console to your pocket. Whether you’re on a commute or relaxing at home, thousands of indie games are a single tap away.

A Massive Library in Your Pocket: Discover thousands of community-made games with integrated BBS exploration. From challenging platformers to relaxing puzzles, there’s always something new to play. Download your favorites and build a personal collection that goes offline wherever you do.

Controls That Feel Right: Gaming on a touch screen can be a struggle. Pocket8 features high-precision controls that feel as good as a real handheld. Choose between a classic D-pad or virtual joystick, or swap the face buttons positioning to match your playstyle. Wanna go touch-less? Connect a controller and play with a bluetooth gamepad or keyboard.

Play Without Interruption: Instant save system lets you freeze time and jump back in to the exact pixel where you left off. Manage an infinite amount of save states per cartridge.

Features:

Browse & Play: Explore the Lexaloffle BBS to find and download new games instantly.

Pro-Style Controls: Fluid movement and adaptive controls. Gamepad and Keyboard support included.

Portrait & Landscape: Play comfortably in any orientation.

Save Anywhere: Never lose your progress with instant state saves.

Pure Performance: Locked 60FPS gameplay for the ultimate retro experience.

## Pocket8 Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/34/90/b6/3490b6d1-f8cc-ff0c-b7a1-1610d9d5d2d3/English__U005ben_U005d__U007c_iPhone_-_6.9_U0022_Display_-_1__U007c_2026-01-22_18-12-27.jpeg/1290x2796.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/74/fd/07/74fd07d1-5d83-834b-bb0a-ee415c5886f7/English__U005ben_U005d__U007c_iPhone_-_6.9_U0022_Display_-_2__U007c_2026-01-22_18-12-27.jpeg/1290x2796.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/e3/74/0d/e3740d46-2823-f7a9-43dc-6e2c978fbbad/English__U005ben_U005d__U007c_iPhone_-_6.9_U0022_Display_-_4__U007c_2026-01-22_18-12-27.jpeg/1290x2796.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/07/7e/02/077e0211-fa73-8ecb-0798-f43fcc5f5d24/English__U005ben_U005d__U007c_iPhone_-_6.9_U0022_Display_-_3__U007c_2026-01-22_18-12-27.jpeg/1290x2796.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/29/d0/4f/29d04fd0-7e42-e018-3d30-da863bb89e33/English__U005ben_U005d__U007c_iPhone_-_6.9_U0022_Display_-_5__U007c_2026-01-22_18-12-27.jpeg/1290x2796.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/22/3b/fd/223bfdd6-10f3-b4e4-9650-75fc7158caed/English__U005ben_U005d__U007c_iPhone_-_6.9_U0022_Display_-_6__U007c_2026-01-22_18-12-27.jpeg/1290x2796.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/97/eb/3e/97eb3e09-5f1c-db7c-7833-3fb79ddcb6fe/English__U005ben_U005d__U007c_iPhone_-_6.9_U0022_Display_-_7__U007c_2026-01-22_18-12-27.jpeg/1290x2796.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/ad/24/f3/ad24f34e-e9d2-8b98-24de-6d8049255c3f/English__U005ben_U005d__U007c_iPhone_-_6.9_U0022_Display_-_8__U007c_2026-01-22_18-12-27.jpeg/1290x2796.png)

## Pocket8 Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 26 (70%)
- 4 stars: 8 (22%)
- 3 stars: 1 (3%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 2 (5%)

## Pocket8 Reviews in United States

### *---- "Doesn’t detect games!!!"
I have tried absolutely everything to get this damn thing to detect my pico-8 roms, and they NEVER show up on the app! Is it something with my device (iphone 15 s)?
-- yrsgovio dry, 2026-09-10

### ****- "Works great but needs button mapping"
Emulator works well and the interface is nice. I like the auto download and the web search interaction. If I could just get my buttons on the backbone to map out, it would be perfect. Right now they all work except the start button
-- Stevveeennee, 2026-07-29

### ****- "How can we add multi carts?"
Is there a way to add multi carts for bigger games. I try to add them but it puts it as individual games instead of grouping it as a multi cart.
-- Mr nobody names, 2026-07-20

### ****- "Please fix some games say download failed"
The emulator is fine but Games like poom and pico arcade say download failed so please fix these games and if you do I will rate the emulator 5 stars for now it’s 4.
-- T.powers2007, 2026-06-25

### ****- "More Like 3.5. Stars with the GameSir Pocket Taco"
This emulator works great with the GameSir Pocket Taco. Screen position matches up nicely and it makes my phone feel like a little Pico-8 Game Boy, which I love!

However, I ran into several issues/complaints with this app. First, and probably the largest, it doesn’t run my favorite Pico-8 game, the brilliant dev Krystman’s Mai-chan’s Sweet Buns. The PNG is even shown on this app’s screenshots, but it won’t play. It opens and says to play on Krystman’s Itch.io page. Very disappointing and as that was the very first game I tried, it does not bode well for overall cart compatibility, as I almost always can get that game to run, no matter the emulator.

Second, the Pocket Taco will work during the game, but doesn’t work in the app’s menus, so you can’t use it to select which game you want to play—you’ll need to do everything via touchscreen. It would be nice to be able to use a controller to navigate everything within the app.

Also, once you’ve opened the app’s menus using the Select button, say, to save (which you need to do via touchscreen, again), when you go back into the game, the controller no longer works and you need to exit the game for it to work again.

And finally, not necessarily a negative and a small thing, but something I saw that I like in the other Pico-8 emulator in the App Store is the ability to add a pixel grid overlay to the game. I think it would really add to the Game Boy feel when paired with the Pocket Taco.

Still, I think this emulator is great, especially considering it’s free!
-- maxmasa31, 2026-06-11

### ***-- "PICO-8 on the app store!"
For me, I'll be sticking with the browser for now, as it works well for me and it's not often that I want to play PICO-8 games offline. That said, I think it's invaluable to have the fantasy console represented on the apple app store.

The only way I'd see myself using this instead of the browser with the lexaloffle website/bbs is if this was integrated with the bbs itself (allowing online cart surfing, playing, staring, and maybe even commenting), which I doubt will happen anytime soon.
-- Crayon-ish, 2026-04-23

### ****- "Ran the game I wanted to play!"
This emulator ran and allowed me to instantly enjoy Golf Sunday without issue, whereas a certain other popular Pico-8 emulator did not. So that instantly makes this the emulator of choice for me, and hopefully it fares as well with other games! 4 stars for now because while an emulator doesn’t need a bunch of filler features, there’s certainly always room to improve — case in point, I’d love to be able to easily import my existing folder of games like the other app lets me do, but for some reason this app only lets me import one at a time and (even worse) makes a duplicate copy in its localized folder on my device.
-- Rohifi, 2026-04-20

### ****- "Amazing!"
I was here from the start before it was on the App Store and wow it changed a lot. It’s really good. One thing I think you should add is the ability for to read .p8 files
-- Blue_Steve945, 2026-04-19

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## Pocket8 Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/united-states)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/united-kingdom)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/germany)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/spain)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/canada)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/brazil)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/netherlands)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/taiwan)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/brunei)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/russia)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/turkey)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/belarus)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/pocket8-qavz/bulgaria)

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