♞ Coming up on 9TO5Linux ♞ 8 Best iOS Emulators For PC
(Windows And Mac) To Run iOS Apps See what iOS has to offer
Using an Android or iOS emulator to run a mobile app on your desktop
has many advantages. While there are tons of worthy Android emulators out there,
such solutions for running iOS apps on Windows and Mac aren’t common. To help you out, I’ve curated a
list of the best iOS emulators for PC and Mac. Using these emulators, you can duplicate an iOS
device’s behavior without any added hardware cost. You can run games like PUBG and Pokemon Go
on your computer by using an emulator. It also helps app developers find unexpected behavior
during the testing phase of the apps. Most of the emulators in this article
are free, and others are available for a certain trial period. So, let’s get started:
Top iOS Emulators for PC and Mac | 2022 Edition 1. Appetize.io
2. Corellium 3. iOS Simulator in Xcode
4. TestFlight 5. iPhone 11 On QEMU
6. Electric Mobile Studio 7. Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows PC
8. iPadian- iOS Emulator For PC 1. Appetize.io
Platform: Web (browser-based) Pricing plans: Free, Premium
I’ve included Appetize.io and listed it in the first place due to the ease of use offered by
this freemium service. Given the scarcity of iOS emulators for PC and Mac in the first place,
it’s great to find a solution that asks you just to upload your app
on its website, and you’re good to go. Developers can use Appetize.ion to stream
iOS simulators in the browser. It’s used for embedding apps in websites, testing,
or other phases of development. As for the price, the free trial
period of this iPhone simulator gives you 100 minutes of streaming time for apps.
You can monitor your usage from the dashboard and set up alerts when you reach your limit.
2. Corellium Platform: Web (browser-based)
Pricing plans: $99/ month for a 2-core CPU plan; $295/ month for a 6-core CPU plan
Corellium is another iOS emulator for PCs, mostly used by security researchers to run
a simulated iOS device within the browser. The people behind Corellium
are one of the earliest members of the iPhone jailbreak scene, so you are in safe hands.
Earlier, Corellium was only available to enterprise users but now individuals can also
use the iOS virtualization software. However, getting your hands on the tool is difficult
since Corellium doesn’t want it to be used by the wrong people.
3. iOS Simulator in Xcode
Platform: Mac Pricing plans: Free
Apple’s homegrown Xcode software development environment for Mac comes with its own app
simulator for iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and iMessage. So, if one is using Xcode as the primary app
development suite, then it’s sufficient to emulate different types of interactions
like taps, device rotation, scrolling, and other actions performed by the user.
Mac users can directly launch their apps from the Xcode project. What gives Safari an edge
over other free iPhone emulators is the ability to test web apps by accessing Safari within Xcode.
4. TestFlight Platform: Mac
Pricing plans: Free TestFlight, which is now owned by Apple,
is often used by developers to beta test their iOS apps coded using Xamarin. You
can also consider it as Apple’s officially recommended method for testing the apps.
TestFlight’s extensive documentation is a plus point for this iOS emulator for PCs. This free
app supports apps for iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and iMessage. It also includes an option for external
beta testing of the apps before the final review. The downside of this emulation service is a
comparatively technical setup, and one also needs to create an App Store distribution profile.
5. iPhone 11 On QEMU
Platform: Mac Pricing: Open source, free
QEMU is a popular open-source emulator which now lets you emulate iOS. While it is still far from
a finished product, its open-source nature means you can download it for free. QEMU iPhone
emulator’s code is available for free download and you can access it from the page linked below.
At the time of writing this, QEMU packs a couple of features like S8000 secureROM emulation,
USB, SPRR, and GFX emulation. So if you wish to run an iOS emulator for free,
this is one of the best options. But remember you need a Mac to run this.
6. Electric Mobile Studio Platform: Windows
Pricing plans: Trial, Paid
Electric Mobile Studio is a paid way to test and run iOS apps on Windows computers,
but it offers a full product trial for 7 days, which makes it an eligible choice for this list.
Its highlighted features include full-fledged emulation of iPhones, iPads, and responsive apps,
and the ability to use the same product on two machines for common work setups
at the office and home. Developers also prefer this
iPhone emulator for Windows 10 due to the integrated WebKit and Chrome debugging tools
that make their jobs easier. One can add hot-key navigation keys for mapping their favorite
shortcuts. Windows users can also easily integrate this tool for iOS app with Visual Studio.
7. Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows PC
Platform: Windows Pricing plans: Free, Paid
Another popular option to test iOS applications on your Windows PC is Remoted iOS Simulator for
Windows. It’s a developer-focused tool that comes pre-loaded as a part of Xamarin in Visual Studio.
Microsoft has detailed documentation available on its website that users can follow and test
their apps with the iOS simulator. The tool’s window shows a useful toolbar
at the top that has useful options like Home, Lock, Settings, and Screenshot. From Settings,
you can enable Touch ID-like functionality, simulate static and moving conditions, shake
gestures, rotation, etc. The tool also provides iPhone-like touch gestures and stylus input.
It is important to note that it’s a remote iOS emulator for windows. To put it simply,
it requires a Mac to run the iOS simulator, which then sends the feed to a Windows computer.
8. iPadian- iOS Emulator For PC Platform: Windows, Mac
Pricing plans: Paid There are many tools like iPadian
that are pretty popular for providing an iPad or iPhone like experience on PC and Mac. However,
those solutions don’t let you upload your app/code and test it — instead, they work like a custom
layer on the top of your OS, and one can install certain iOS-like apps from their app store.
If you simply wish to use an iOS simulator that imitates the design and appearance of iOS
hardware, you can go for iPadian. Thanks for watching,
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