ANDSemu vs DS Anywhere

ANDSemu is a free, open-source Nintendo DS emulator for Android phones and tablets. It provides a streamlined graphical interface for running Nintendo DS games, with portrait stacked, landscape side-by-side and landscape stacked screen layouts, plus LCD swapping. Save states and cheat support are included. The project describes its code as based on nds4droid and DeSmuME, and also names DSdroid in the repository. ANDSemu is licensed under GPLv3; redistribution, forks and selling a fork require compliance with that licence, including source files and build scripts. The README recommends Google Play installation and gives source compilation as an alternative. However, AppBrain reports that the app was removed from Google Play on January 14, 2013. Its historical listing describes a free download requiring Android 2.3.3 or later. Source builds require ActionBarSherlock, Android Support Libraries and ndk-build for DeSmuME and other native libraries.

DS Anywhere is a free, open-source Nintendo DS emulator that runs in a web browser. To launch software, select or drag an .nds ROM file onto the site; the maker says those files remain on your computer rather than being uploaded. BIOS files can be added in Settings for a firmware boot into the Nintendo DS main menu. Available settings cover controls, personalization, controller input, firmware, and save data. The project uses a melonDS fork compiled to WebAssembly, with a TypeScript bridge and Preact/Vite frontend. Its maker describes the project as a work in progress with unstable or incomplete features and warns about unintended behavior or lost saved data. Browser storage may evict saves, and backup or restoration is not implemented. Controller input works, but changing bindings in the interface is still planned. Cheat codes and multiplayer are future goals; reliable multiplayer may be affected by latency.