Because the emulator appears to be a hardware device, you can install software on the emulator that normally requires that device to run–software like operating systems, including iOS.Įmulation is nothing new. In short, an emulator is an app itself that emulates (presents to be) a specific hardware device–such as an iPhone. In recent years a number of iOS emulators have popped up for both Mac and Windows.
The sad thing about this is that you need an iOS device to run them. There are literally MILLIONS of apps and games that are designed to run on iOS. But compared to the iPhone, Mac, and PC app offerings combined are slim.
