Every game, found for you
Playdock scans your phone and gathers every installed game into one library — no setup, no manual adding, no accounts. Install a new game and it shows up on its own.
A home screen for your games
Every game you own. One arcade.
Playdock finds every game on your Android phone, organizes them into collections, tracks your playtime without ever uploading it, and launches your ROMs in the emulators you already love. No account. No ads. Every feature free.
No accountNo adsWorks offlineAll features free
Built for people who actually play
Not a store, not a portal, not a feed. A launcher that gets out of the way and gets you into your games faster — with everything you need to keep a big library under control.
Collections that make sense
Group games your way — by genre, by mood, by who plays them. Rename, reorder, and recolor collections, give each one its own cover and background, and switch between them with a swipe.
Favorites, front and center
Star the games you play most and they live at the top of your home screen, in whatever order you drag them into. The games you love are always one tap away.
Playtime, kept on your phone
See how long you actually play — per game, per day, per week, per month — in a chart that lives entirely on your device. Usage access is optional, and your playtime is never uploaded anywhere.
Your ROMs, your emulators
Add ROM files from your storage and Playdock hands them straight to the emulator you choose — Eden, PPSSPP, GBA.emu, NES.emu, Snes9x EX+, and more. Pick a different emulator per game, or add your own.
Six themes, three icons
Arcade Night, Lights Out, Arcade Neon, Cabinet, Pastel Arcade, and Brushed Steel — each one restyles the whole launcher, from the gradient background to the chips. Swap the launcher icon too, three ways.
Music while you browse
A bundled retrowave track sets the mood, or point Playdock at a folder of your own music. Volume, playback, and a music toggle live in settings — your library, your soundtrack.
Make it your home screen
Set Playdock as your default home and your phone opens straight into your games. Add the Quick Settings tile, get a return notification after you play, and cycle collections with L1/R1 on a gamepad.
Your look, down to the pixel
Grid size, icon corner radius, custom icons and covers per game, custom names, immersive full-screen mode, and screen orientation. If you can see it, you can probably change it.
Six themes. One tap to switch.
Every theme restyles the whole launcher — the gradient background, the chips, the accents. Dark, light, loud, or quiet: pick the cabinet that feels like yours.
Dark
Arcade Night
The default. Deep black melting into midnight blue.
Dark
Lights Out
Pure black. Nothing between you and the games.
Dark
Arcade Neon
Electric purple crashing into cyan. Loud on purpose.
Dark
Cabinet
Arcade-cabinet blue, violet, and magenta in one sweep.
Light
Pastel Arcade
Soft peach, powder blue, and lavender. Light theme.
Light
Brushed Steel
Clean silver fading to steel blue. Light theme.
Up and playing in a minute
No account to create, no library to build by hand. Install it, open it, play.
1
Install and open
Playdock finds your installed games automatically and builds your library the first time it opens.
2
Choose your setup
Pick a theme, make collections, star your favorites. Grant the optional usage-access permission if you want playtime tracking — or skip it entirely.
3
Play
Tap a game to launch it, or add ROMs and hand them to your emulator of choice. Optionally set Playdock as your default home so your games greet you first.
ROMs meet their emulator
Add a ROM file and Playdock offers exactly the emulators that can run it, based on its file type. Set a different emulator per game, or register a custom emulator of your own in settings.
| Emulator | System | Formats |
|---|---|---|
| Eden | Nintendo Switch | .nsp .xci .nsz .xcz .nro .nso |
| GBA.emu | Game Boy Advance | .gba .zip |
| GBC.emu | Game Boy / Game Boy Color | .gb .gbc .zip |
| NES.emu | NES / Famicom | .nes .unf .fds .zip |
| PPSSPP / PPSSPP Gold | PlayStation Portable | .iso .cso .chd .pbp .dax .elf .prx |
| Snes9x EX+ | Super NES | .sfc .smc .snes .swc .zip |
Emulators are separate apps made by their own developers and are not included with Playdock. Only emulators installed on your phone appear as options.
Your library is yours. It stays on your phone.
Playdock has no backend and no account system. Your game list, collections, favorites, playtime, and settings live in a database on your device — and nowhere else.
- No account, no sign-in, no profile
- No ads and no advertising SDK
- Playtime computed and stored on-device only
- Usage access is optional and revocable any time
- Uninstalling removes everything the app stored
Questions, answered honestly
Does Playdock include games?
No. Playdock is a launcher: it organizes and starts the games already installed on your phone, plus ROM files you add from your own storage. It does not download, sell, or bundle any games or ROMs.
Do I need an account?
No. There are no accounts, no sign-in, and no backend. Everything Playdock knows about your library lives in a database on your phone, and deleting the app deletes it all.
Is my playtime uploaded anywhere?
Never. Playtime is read from Android's usage stats on your device (only if you grant the optional permission), stored as daily totals on your phone, and automatically pruned after 90 days.
Does it work offline?
Yes. The launcher, library, collections, playtime, themes, and emulator handoff all work without a network connection. The only network use is optional crash and analytics reporting through Firebase, which you can read about in the Privacy Policy.
Is everything really free?
Yes. Every feature in this version is available to everyone — no paywall, no collection or favorite caps, no premium tier. If paid features ever arrive in a future version, they will be optional additions, not locks on what you already use.
I used The Arcade before. Can I bring my library over?
Yes. Playdock can import a library export from The Arcade — your collections and game list come across through a file you pick yourself. The import reads only the file you choose.
Your games are waiting.
Install Playdock and see your whole library the way it was meant to look — organized, beautiful, and one tap away.
Free. No account. Android 8.0 and up.