You need emulators to play Pokemon on your Android, iOS, Windows or Mac OS devices. There are dozens of emulators out there; some are free, and some are not. Depending on where do you want to play Pokemon, it can be on your mobile devices or your PC; there is available emulator for you.

Game emulations is pretty popular these days, with emulators you can play Gameboy Advanced Pokemon ROMs as well as Pokemon ROM hacks with almost no problem. Nintendo DS and GBC emulators are also popular, and you can find a dozen of them as well.

Listed below are the most recommended and top rated Pokemon emulators categorized according to device category (PC, MAC, Android, iOS) and emulation capabilities.

Paid Emulators
Although you can play games for most free version emulators, to extend your Pokemon gaming experience, purchasing the paid version of your favorite emulator is what I strongly suggest.

Emulator	Platform	Emulates for	Free or Paid?
My Boy! Free - GBA Emulator	Android	GBA	Free
My Boy! - GBA Emulator	Android	GBA	Paid
John GBA Lite - GBA emulator	Android	GBA	Free
OpenEmu	Mac	GBA/NDS/GBC	Free
Visual Boy Advance	Windows	GBA	Free
NDS Boy! NDS Emulator	Android	NDS	Free
GBA4iOS	iOS	GBA	Free
DraStic DS Emulator	Android	NDS	Paid
Pretendo NDS Emulator	Android	NDS	Free
DraStic DS Emulator DEMO	Android	NDS	Free
John GBA - GBA emulator	Android	GBA	Paid
My OldBoy! Free - GBC Emulator	Android	GBC	Free
John GBC Lite - GBC emulator	Android	GBC	Free
My OldBoy! - GBC Emulator	Android	GBC	Paid
GemBoy! GBC Emulator	Android	GBC	Free
John GBC - GBC emulator	Android	GBC	Paid
GBC.emu Free	Android	GBC	Free
Emulator for GBA GBC Pro	Android	GBC	Free

Free Emulators
Paid GBA emulators are great because it gives you all the settings and capabilities you need plus extra settings and customizations. However, if you are out of the budget the best you can go are the free version GBA emulators. There are lots of good free GBA emulator for Android, you only have to test them or read on reviews for that specific emulator if possible.

Most free version applications have limited capabilities. For example, in MyBoy free version, you can only enter one line of a cheat, while the paid version enables you to enter as many lines as you want.

Also with MyBoy free version, you can only save few states of your game while paid version lets you save multiple.

For PC and MAC users, no need to spend for an emulator, OpenEmu and VBA are already great, free and works for many.

APK Emulator Download
For Android users, downloading the APK file of your chosen emulator may work in many cases, but usually, not recommended for security and stability reasons.

However, if budget is your primary concern, head over to your favorite APK website and download your emulator.

Conclusion
Pokemon game series are no doubt one of the best games and emulators are great tools to enable playing Pokemon games on mobile devices and PC.

It’s expensive to purchase Gameboy Advanced, Gameboy Color, and Nintendo DS game consoles. Emulator helps you play your favorite Pokemon game on your Computer or mobile devices with ease.