About
Play PSP games on your Android device, at high definition with extra features! PPSSPP is the best, original and only PSP emulator for Android. It runs a lot of games, but depending on the power of your device all may not run at full speed. Buy this Gold version to support development. There is also a free version. No games are included with this download. Dump your own real PSP games and turn them into .ISO or .CSO files, or simply play free homebrew games, which are available online. Put those in /PSP/GAME on your SD card / USB storage. See http://www.ppsspp.org for more information.
Info
Release
Jan 4, 2013
Last Updates
Lots of performance and compatibility fixes! See the website for details.
Rating
PEGI 3
Genre
Action
Reviews
Love this emulator. It does so much already. But I'd love to see a couple features still: touch control layout - ability to move buttons outside of bounds/screen. You can already workaround this by resize + move to edge + resize, why not make it a feature? Also, ability to copy control layout from one game to another would also be amazing. I got the perfect setup for wipeout pulse and I wanna use the same one for pure. Thanks!
Radu Codreanu
Basically the same App as the base PPSSPP. Loved the base app so much that decided to support the devs by buying gold. Such amazingly optimised emulator. There are a few games that don't run very well, but that's true for every emulator out there. Minor bugs or crashes here and there too but nothing problematic. Have finished some games on this so far and faced no problem. In fact, I liked playing on this more than the original hardware because of upscaling and external controller of choice.
Sumit Kumar
Great app! Emulation runs perfect on my phone and the nostalgia value alone was worth the $5. Unfortunately, ads started showing unprompted in the middle of using other apps, like the calculator... Great app, and I don't regret the $5 I spent. But I'll leave it uninstalled till I am about to fly or some such. The intrusive ads are not worth it otherwise.
adam cimand
Works super smooth (on my device anyway) touch controls work super smooth and are highly customizable; works with external controllers (I use 8Bitdo+ pro) not sure what more exactly you do with the gold version, but it worked so well I wanted to support the devs. Save states are so nice because those games that make you "get to a save point" are no longer. Just save the state and come back exactly where you left off.
John Dogma
I don't know if it has any more features than the free version but I was so impressed with the free version I wanted to pay the developer for his work. If you have already installed the free version, this one imports your games library and settings immediately. No time is wasted setting things up again. What it can play and how well it plays is limited by the power of your hardware. I'm using this on a fairly high end Android TV box and it is working great. My Bluetooth controller was immediately mapped as I would want it. You can always remap buttons and sticks to your personal preference. This is certainly a 5 star app. If you find it less than a 5 star rating, your hardware is most likely not up to the task of proper PSP emulation. The application itself does an outstanding job. I would say I am happier with this app purchase than any other thus far. PPSSPP is hands down the best PSP emulator to date.
A Google user
Thank you so much! This psp emulation experience was amazing! It brought back so many old memories from my PSP days. I still have my original PSP-1000 and I remember all of its quirks. The UMD sluggish spinning disk, the poor battery life, and the dimly lit screen and more. Amazing! This app even fixes the magic cast stuttering issue in FFT! And just for that alone I decided to buy Gold. My only wish was that Gold provide extra features over the free version. Thank you.
Andrew Chan
Bought it to support the devs since 2021. With the addition of Retro Achievements I'm finding new ways on playing my games. Can I just suggest adding a reset game option. While playing in Challenge mode save states are disabled so sometimes I have to close and reopen the game if load or quit function is not available while in the middle of the game. If you guys can add it it would be a huge help. Thanks
3 days trial
You really need a powerful device to run this well - only try it with flagship phones. If you have some crappy mid-range hunk of junk, then don't complain about bad performance. Last update was a big improvement. It plays Monster Hunter at full speed and zero lag. I highly recommend getting a bluetooth gamepad for this emulator. Now if only Burnout dominator's music didn't cut in and out it would be perfect
A Google user
Two bugs: 1. Switching back to app often makes it crash. The whole phone freezes and requires a hard restart. This happens about twice a day. 2. Switching back to app also adds a black bar on the left which covers part of the screen. Toggling immersive mode on and off resolves the issue. Otherwise this is an excellent app.
A Google user
The use of Vulcan has really made this emulator run so smoothly now. Older versions would lag and run very low frames per second. Love this app now and my xbox one controller is like plug n play, no need to setup, it just works fine! Years after purchase I say it's worth it! Developers got it right and your able to tweak the settings to your preference.
A Google user
It is the best PSP emulator but the major issue is that Compatibility issue are huge other than having no instruction or default setting to play multiplayer games, I had followed all the tutorials possible to set it up for multiplayer but to no avail and this greatly upsets me since I have always wanted to play with others like when PSP was a thing but so far I have met with only disappointement. It is still the best PSP emulator that is undeniable just on the solo parts.
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