Play and Record iOS Games – Best Methods You Should Know

You should be frustrated to play iOS games with a small screen on iPhone. How to play iOS games on Mac or PC with a large screen? What is more, you might also need to record iOS games on computer and share the videos with friends.

Play and Record iOS Games

But it is an easy solution to play high quality iOS games on PC or Mac. Besides the QuickTime, you can also use a simulator to run the iOS game apps on computer. Here the article is going to introduce some perfect solutions on how to play or record iOS games on computer.

• Part 1: How to play iOS games on Mac/PC
• Part 2: How to record iOS games on PC/Mac
• Part 3: Top 5 iOS emulators to run iOS app on computer

Part 1: How to play iOS games on Mac/PC

As for Mac users, QuickTime should be a handy tool to run iOS game App on Mac OSX. The PC users just need to install QuickTime for Windows beforehand. After that follow the process to run iOS games on Mac/PC.

Step 1 Connect iPhone, iPad or iPod to your computer with the original USB cable. After that you can launch QuickTime on computer.

Step 2 Click the "File" from the menu bar in QuickTime Player. After that you can choose the "New Movie Recording" to play or record iOS games on Mac.

Step 3 QuickTime Player starts mirroring your iOS games on computer screen. You can use your mobile phone as the controller to play iOS games.

Meanwhile, the recording will be saved automatically. One thing you should notice is that once your QuickTime crahses, the recording may be lost. (You may need to recover unsaved QuickTime recording here.)

Part 2: How to record iOS games on PC/Mac

Do you want to record an iOS gameplay video and share it with others? If you like to enjoy iOS games on your computer with a big screen, it is necessary for you to know how to record iOS games on computer. Aiseesoft Screen Recorder should be a versatile screen recorder when you play an iOS game on PC/Mac.

• 1. Lock window to record iOS games and all activities on a certain window.
• 2. Add text, arrow, line and even draw on the video or screenshot.
• 3. Record online, stream audio and microphone voice for iOS games.
• 4. Record iOS games on PC/Mac in high quality with 1080P or 4K.

How to record iOS games on PC

Step 1 Download the latest version of Aiseesoft Screen Recorder. Once you install and launch the program, you can record iOS games on Windows PC.

Step 2 Choose the "Video Recorder" option to record in full screen, custom region or preset region for recording iOS games. Aiseesoft Screen Recorder enables you to custom windows for iPhone or iPad.

Step 3 Turn on the "System Sound" and turn off "Microphone" to record system audio only. After that you have to adjust the parameters for the audio in order to record iOS games with a higher quality.

Step 4 Click the Red "REC" button on the right to begin recording. During the recording, you are able to make drawing or add annotations as your need. After recording iOS games on computer, you can preview the video to save to computer or share to social media website.

How to record iOS games on Mac

Step 1 After downloading Screen Recorder on your computer, install it. Before recording your iOS games on computer, you should click the third button to set the recording region. You are able to record full screen, a fixed region or a custom area as you need.

Step 2 Set the audio. Click the first button to set your audio in the right volume in order to get the best result for recording. You can record audio files for iOS games on Mac in the way.

Step 3 Click "REC" button to start your recording. Once everything is done, you are able to click "Stop" button to quit. Before saving your recording, you can preview it to make sure everything perform well.

Part 3: Top 5 iOS emulators to run iOS app on computer

The best way to run favorite iOS game apps on PC/Mac is using an emulator. The iOS emulator does not need a separate device for testing your applications or websites, which can save a lot of time. It offers an iDevice experience for PC users that allows them to enjoy iOS features on their desktop machines. The article recommends 5 iOS emulators to run iOS Games Apps on PC or Mac.

MobiOne Studios

MobiOne Studio is a Windows-based iOS emulator to play iOS games on computer and create cross-platform mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms.

Pros

• 1. Test out various iOS apps or games on your computers with great ease.
• 2. Enable you to run it on almost all devices.
• 3. It enables to replicate the full-blown iOS notifications.

Cons

• Genuitec is no longer supported so that it is only available on Windows platform.

iPadian

iPadian is a user-friendly iOS emulator that imitates the appearance design or basic features of an Apple device. You are able to get some great feelings of an iPad on a Windows desktop.

Pros

• 1. Have a lot of interesting web applications.
• 2. Interface is customizable.
• 3. A searching option for you to visit website.

Cons

• 1. The speed of performance is a little slow.
• 2. Do not allow you to access the iOS app store.
• 3. Only 8 apps on offer when choosing the Games category.

iPhone Simulator

iPhone Simulator enables you to replicate an iPhone to play all the games you want on it. You are able to play around with the interface as well as try out default applications that come standard in the iPhone.

Pros

• 1. Without limits when using to play iOS games on computer.
• 2. Easy to use for both advanced users and intermediate users.

Cons

• 1. You are not allowed to access the App Store.
• 2. Some applications will be disabled in system default.

Smartface

Smartface is mainly used for professional users. If you want to buy it, the cost of iOS emulator starts from $99. It still has a free version to test it out before you buy iOS emulator.

Pros

• 1. Offer a full featured iOS debugger on Windows
• 2. It allows to remote updating of complete native iOS apps.

Cons

• 1. Expensive. You need to spend more than $99 to get full feature of this emulator.
• 2. The apps developed with Smartface only use native objects.
• 3. It is not available for intermediate users.

Air iPhone

Air iPhone is an Adobe AIR application that allows you to reproduce the iPhone 's GUI. By this emulator, you are able to play your iOS games on your computer.

Pros

• 1. It looks and feels like the mobile phone.
• 2. Easy to use. It will work immediately after you download it to install it along with the AIR framework without any issue.

Cons

• This emulator is not fully functional.

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Conclusion

If you want to play iOS games on Mac or PC with a large screen, you can use the methods mentioned above. When you want to record iOS gameplay videos on computer, Aiseesoft Screen Recorder is a good and reliable choice. If you have any other query about how to play and record iOS games, you can share more detailed information in the article.