John GBA Lite

Name: John GBA Lite
Rating: 3.6192749 (280037 reviews)
Author: John emulators

John emulators

★ 3.6 (280,037 ratings)

⬇ 10,000,000+ downloads

Est. actual: 25,676,580

Style: Arcade

Free

Released: Feb 2, 2013

No in-app purchases

Contains ads

Rated: Everyone

Signals

4 this week · 1 positive · 1 warning All of this week's signals →

📈Last 7 days +8.6K installs — 52% slower than the week before (+18K) · 2K/day since Sep 18
🏆Among Arcade games top 2% by installs gained this week (16871 peers growing)
⭐Rating steady at ★ 3.62 since Sep 18
🛠Updates quiet · updated 99 days ago

Installs since launch

+92,141 installs · -188 ratings since Sep 18

SDKs in the app · version v4.15, analysed Oct 1, 2026

Ad networkGoogle Mobile Ads (AdMob) 25.4.0
ConsentGoogle User Messaging Platform 4.0.0

Found by static analysis of the app package; bundled is not the same as active. All SDKs →

Update history

v4.15 Jul 26, 2026 · seen Sep 18, 2026

-Added support for Android 16<br>-Fixed bugs

Only the current version so far — new entries appear as the game ships updates.

John GBA Lite is an arcade game by John emulators with 10,000,000+ downloads (about 26M estimated). +8.6K installs in the last 7 days. Rated 3.6 from 280K ratings. Released Feb 2, 2013. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “John GBA Lite is GBA emulator for android 6.0+. This app does not work without your own game files. Features - Original GBA engine - Cheats (Raw/GameShark/CodeBreaker) - High quality rendering - Search game files in SDCard & Internal Storage - Virtual On-screen keypad - Zipped file support - Save States (with…”