I played Game Boy Advance games on my iPhone last night thanks to a new emulator called iGBA, which appears to be the first Game Boy Advance emulator on the App Store since Apple started [allowing emulators](https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122341/apple-app-store-game-emulators-super-apps) worldwide. The only trouble is, it doesn’t look like iGBA is developer Mattia La Spina’s own work. Something seemingly confirmed by Apple after it pulled the app for violating its copyright and spam rules, [according to _MacRumors_](https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/15/apple-removes-igba-from-app-store/).

In an email to _The Verge_, developer Riley Testut said the app is an unauthorized clone of GBA4iOS, the open-source emulator he created [for iOS over a decade ago](https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/31/5956059/you-can-play-every-game-boy-advance-game-on-your-iphone-right-now) (and [recently resurrected for the Vision Pro](https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/19/24077846/if-youve-got-a-vision-pro-you-can-now-play-a-giant-game-boy)). He said his app uses the [GNU GPLv2 license](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html). A [Mastodon user found](https://mastodon.social/@maczydeco/112268422489536936) that iGBA does not reference the...
