PlayCover for Mac

Name: PlayCover
Author: PlayCover

Tool for running iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon with desktop controls.

By PlayCover. Free and open source, GPL-3.0 licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

PlayCover at a glance

Version: 3.1.0
Released: 2 September 2024
Download size: 5.3 MB
Works on: Apple silicon and Intel
Licence: GPL-3.0
Category: Games
Developer: PlayCover
GitHub stars: 12K

About PlayCover

Community fork of PlayCover

Screenshots

How to install PlayCover on a Mac

Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
Search for PlayCover and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 3.1.0 from PlayCover's own GitHub release.
Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to PlayCover show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: PlayCover_3.1.0.dmg (5.3 MB).

What is new in PlayCover 3.1.0

> [!TIP]
> We recommend the [4.0.0 pre-release](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/releases/tag/4.0.0-prerelease) for our newest and most up-to-date build (October 2026).

## What's Changed
### PlayTools 3.1.0
* Fix controller input lag or unresponsive in some games by @XuYicong in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayTools/pull/162
* Fix BatteryLevel not available by @Catta1997 in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayTools/pull/165
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayTools/pull/154

### Exciting New Features 🎉
* Feat: SourceFolders by @amirsaam in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/1592
* Check if app has macOS native version by @Catta1997 in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/1543
* Download Prohibited apps by @Catta1997 in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/1502

### Bug fixes
* Fix Settings render issues by @Catta1997 in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/1511
* Auto re-sign app on launch by @XuYicong in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/1517
* Fix PlayChain not encrypting/decrypting by @TheMoonThatRises in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/1593

### Localizations
* Fixed typos in italian by @PianothShaveck in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/1548
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/1553
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