Top 5 Android Emulators for PC

Today i want to show you the Top 5 Best Android Emulators for PC. With an Android Emulator you can run and play any android app or game on your PC. So why would you want to do that. Well let's say you're playing a game, you can play the game on the big screen you also get access to a mouse and keyboard and with that, trust me, you can own the competition. Also you no longer have to worry about battery life.

1. Bluestacks 

Bluestacks is one of the most well-known and most used Android Emulators. Bluestacks is owned by a california-based company and investors include Intel, AMD and also Samsung. Why am I mentioning that? Well with those investors you can be assured that this app is going to be a safe experience to install on your PC. One of the things that i really like about Bluestacks, You can install just about any android app that you want and you have full access to the google play store within Bluestacks. You can configure your game controls and you can also write macros with a macro. Let's say you're playing an fps game maybe you want to jump three times and then you want to throw grenade, You can program all of that. So all you have to do is press one button and that'll kick off your script. You can also install APKs. An apk is kind of like an exe on windows. You can install just about any app you want with this emulator. You can also record your screen. You can take screenshots and you can even set up multiple instances of Bluestacks.

2. Gameloop

Gameloop is developed by a company called tencent and that's one of the largest technology companies based out of China. This emulator is primarily intended for gaming in fact the company tencent is the developer of Call of Duty mobile and also the game PUBG and in fact they say that they are the official emulator for these games. So if you're a gamer this is an emulator that's worth a look with Gameloop. You have all of the standard controls. You have key mapping so you can customize your keys. You can also install APKs. You can install any app that you want but you don't have access to the play store, so it's not quite as easy as Bluestacks is to install any app that you want with Gameloop. You also can't run multiple instances in most cases that's probably good for most people. You could simply play one game at a time but that is something that some of the other Emulators offer.

3. Nox Player 

Nox Player is actually pretty similar to Bluestacks. Most apps are compatible and you have access to the play store. So you can install just about any app or game in this emulator. You could also configure your key mapping and you also have the ability to install APKs with kNox Player. Something unique that I found you can drag and drop files from your PC into the emulator. So let's say you want to customize your background, you can do that with Nox Player. You can also run multiple instances. So once again if you want to play two games or if you want to have a productivity app and a game running side by side. You can do that. you can also record your screen and take screenshots.

4. Mumu Emulator

Mumu Emulator is developed by a company called netease. They're a big developer of android games and it turns out that they're listed on Nasdaq. It's a 67 billion dollar company and they're based out of China. It has a lot of the same functionality as what you'll find in Stacks and also Nox. You can install just about any app or game through the play store. You can customize your keys. You could record your screen. You can install APKs. it has all of that same functionality. One of the unique things that i found is when you open an app or game it'll open up a new tab across the top and that makes it really easy to jump back. You can't run multiple instances so as long as you're just okay playing one game or running one productivity app at a time. That's all you'll be able to do.

5. LD Player

LD Player is developed by a Chinese company. It has a lot of the same functionality as what we've seen in some of the other Emulators. You have access to key mapping. You could write macros. You can install APKs. You could even run multiple instances with this emulator. So once again it's pretty similar to the others that we've looked at, so what are the downsides? Well once again it's a free experience, so there has to be some trade-off here. When you install the LD Player they ask you if you want to install Mcafee or Norton and they try to side load other apps but as long as you uncheck the box to install those you won't get those and you'll only get the emulator. it's a free Emulator.