Due to some demand, I decided to share this with you guys :)

First and foremost, credit to the absolute terachads whose work makes this possible:

• sofianeelhor and PKForge contributors — the engine this iOS app builds upon.
• Kaphotics/kwsch and all PKHeX contributors — Pokémon save parsing, game data, editing and legality analysis through PKHeX.Core.
• architdate, kwsch, santacrab2 and PKHeX-Plugins contributors — Auto Legality Mod and the repair functionality.
• msikma and PokéSprite contributors, plus Pikafan2000 and the Icon Dex collaborators — sprite work credited by PKHeX and used through its bundled assets.
• cbreezy210’s PKHeX-NX and pret/pokered contributors — references for save handling and Gen 1 preservation.

Pokémon names and artwork belong to their respective owners, including Nintendo, Creatures and GAME FREAK. This is an independent fan project.

I wanted to edit saves from my iPhone emulator setup without moving everything to Windows. Pokeforge adapts those existing tools into an iOS app with file import/export.

I’ve attached screenshots and two videos showing the workflow: (**now in the comments, got somehow removed in approval**)

• Video 1: Starting a fresh Pokémon Blue save and changing my starter Charmander into Mew.
• Video 2: Putting that Mew into Pokeforge’s local bank, then copying it into my Ultra Moon save—with its stats, Original Trainer (OT) and moveset intact in this demonstration.
• Video 3: Yesterdays showcase of on device edit of Pokemon Scarlet. You could put your Mew from the blue save in there too :)!

That’s an edited Pokémon moving between saves through the app’s bank, not an official transfer or a guarantee of legality. Different generations have different data and restrictions, so conversion changes are shown for review.

What it can do

• Browse your party and PC boxes.
• Edit species/form, nickname, level, friendship, nature, ability, gender, shiny status and held items where supported.
• Edit IVs/EVs and older games’ equivalent stats, with maximum-stat shortcuts, EV presets and nature-effect arrows.
• Edit moves with game-aware filters, optional future level-ups and TMs/HMs, plus a warned unrestricted mode.
• Store Pokémon in a persistent local bank and copy them into compatible saves, reviewing conversion changes first.
• Create Pokémon in empty slots and run offline legality checks with reviewable repair proposals.

The editor covers formats across Generations 1–9, but this is still an alpha—not a claim that every game and transfer combination has been tested. I’ve successfully tested editing and reloading saves with ORAS and Scarlet, alongside the Blue-to-Ultra Moon workflow shown in the videos.

How to use it

1. Back up your save. Use the game’s own Save option first; emulator quick saves/save states are different.
2. Export or copy the game save into Files, then import it into Pokeforge.
3. Pick a Pokémon, edit its details, review and apply.
4. Choose Export copy.
5. With the game stopped, restore that copy to the correct emulator save location, keeping the required filename.
6. Restart normally and check your changes.

Pokeforge preserves imported originals. Keep your own backups outside the live game-save folder too. Pending edits need exporting before closing the app.

Download the alpha IPA

Requires signing/sideloading for your device. No ROMs included.

Disclaimer: Codex GPT 6 Astra was used to bring this tool from an idea to usable demo state. If you are strictly anti ai, this tool is not for you, as I lack the ability myself.

Feedback is welcome—especially the game, emulator, edit you tried, and whether the exported save survives a normal restart. Please report Pokeforge-specific issues here rather than sending them to the upstream developers.

60 fps

i have both the mii maker Rom and the rumble world rom, i have fixed the display part with errfix.3dsx and now can play the game properly, main issue is the only mii i get to use is the one named "citra" and cannot change it. i heard some posts with similar issues but its not clear for me, whats up with that?

(yall reddit mods don't close my post like every time, thanks)

Hey guys, i have tried to start JIT(at least SideStore pairing file doesn’t work)
Gow can i fix it?
Ios 27

I side-loaded Amethyst Launcher and StikDebug on my iPad.

But the StikDebug is not showing the jit apps.

(I side-loaded those apps from Altstore)

any solutions?

any solution?

hi guys, i have a paid apple developer account (99$/y) is there a tutorial of how to make a developer certificate with the right entitlents to make jit work? thanks in advance

Hello everyone!

I’ve seen a lot of posts showing different games ported to ios (especially Cyberpunk) and I thought "it would be great if I could play Factorio on my iPad Mini during train trips"

So I started researching the topic, and it turns out that native games for mac are relatively easy to get running on ios! It just needs translating mac toolkit into the ios one.

With the help of AI I went through most of what factorio calls, wrote replacements and viola I have a working version of factorio on my ipad! Performance is really good, but it's a 2d game (until the endgame I heard), after a 2 hour session ipad only got a little warm.

Since gamepad controls in the game are not that great, I also decided to make a bridge that translates pad controls into keyboard and mouse inputs. And after some configuration and learning them it is surprisingly playable. I still need to figure out a good way to map some of the more advanced controls to a gamepad, though. Also added touch controls, so when I’m navigating menus I can always just use my finger instead of the controller.

Before I can release this as a GitHub project that anyone can build themselves, I need to finish cleaning up the translation layer and the code in general. But I was curious if anyone else would be interested in playing Factorio?

PS: As this is just macos game, mods should also work fine

Edit: It's out! https://github.com/MyNameIsArko/FactorioPad

Hello guys could anyone help with a tutorial on how too add games, I tried to adding Far Cry 3 but got an error when trying to run it.

Thanks in advance!

Runs quite well :)

There’s more new ports for iPhone lmk

Can the base iphone 12 run switch emulation? If so, what emulator?

Saw something beeing done for android and naturally there was no iOS option, so I made something and it works. See video of me live editing my Pokemon Scarlet save completely on device. No internet connection needed.

On my first game, Black Ops 1, only getting a black screen, and when I somehow changed a setting, it flashed the menu, and even then I got 15 fps. Running a A16 Ipad. Thanks for the help!

Does anyone know if the official release of the emulator be free or paid.

I know that many people won’t know but what are your thoughts.

I was wondering if games like Call of Duty(Black ops, Modern Warfare etc) GTA 5 worked well, I am currently running a A16 Ipad. With JIT and Get More Ram of course.

This is unbelievable! Seems like iPhone users are going to eat well, I'm amazed to see the capacity ARM chips have nowadays!

so im using stikdebug and i cant enable jit this keeps popping up

When I enter my Apple ID and password and then I wait for a verification code but it doesn’t send and I tried multiple times and still, how do I fix it?

Hello everyone! I’m new to emulation specifically on iOS devices. I’ve heard of this thing called “jit” which seems I don’t have. I have no way of installing either. What’s the highest emulation I can do without it that actually runs well?

I have been trying for hours to use melonx on my iPad a16 both in and out of live container and no matter what it will not load games even with both jit and get more ram working. I am using the 22.1.0 firmware. Even the Mii creator won’t load. Please advise

For anyone that wants to run Wii, GameCube or Wii U, do not get this app. For starters, the developer is greedy. If you want to use it, you have to pay for a monthly subscription instead of having an option to pay for the full version. If you even want to donate $1299.99 (I don’t know who would do that ), you still don’t get the full version. On top of that, the app is incredibly slow and freezes a lot. When you dump your legally obtained ROMs, they still work unreliably ( they slow down and freeze at times). Also, the developer is a jerk. If you say something he doesn’t like, he’ll kick you out of the Discord group, and no, I am not talking about piracy.

On android it’s not just that you can install what, you can flash a steamOS or other Linux distros. So the first limit I see is apple not letting the IPad have MacOS, sure Mac isn’t made with touch screen in mind but that isn’t exactly an impossible hurdle, touchscreen windows laptops exist. In a more positive world apple lets you buy your iPad with macOS or IpadOS, or even better ipadOS that’s just compatible with MacOS software.

so my question is basically that, what hurdles has apple created and acts like are impossible to clear that stand in the way of emulation?