A launcher for Android · TV, tablet, handheld
All your games, one shelf.
Point Blip at the folders where your games already live. It builds a calm, controller-first library with real box art, remembers what you were playing, and hands each game to the emulator you chose. No account, no ads, no telemetry.
Coming soon toGoogle Play
See how it worksOne payment · No ads · No subscription
How it works
Three steps, then you can forget about setup.
- 1
Add a platform
Pick a system, choose the app that should open its games, and set the box art shape. Blip keeps every platform on its own shelf.
- 2
Point it at your folders
Add the folders where your files already live — internal storage, SD card, USB drive. Blip scans them and reads titles, regions and years from the file names.
- 3
Pick up the pad
D-pad to move, A to play. Blip opens on the game you left, so most nights you press one button and you are back in.
Features
Built for a controller and a couch.
Controller first
Every screen is reachable with a d-pad and four buttons. The hints at the bottom always tell you what each one does.
Box art that fits
Set the aspect per platform — tall cases, square cartridges, wide discs — so a shelf never looks stretched or cropped.
Three ways to browse
Shelf for browsing slowly, grid for seeing everything, list for finding one thing in a library of hundreds.
Any screen, same shelf
A living-room TV, a tablet, or a 3.92" handheld. The layout keeps its proportions and its type stays readable.
Light and dark
Dark for evenings, light for a bright room. Both take their tint from the art of the game you are looking at.
No account, no telemetry
Blip reads the folders you point it at and nothing else. The only thing it ever sends out is a game title, and only while it looks for artwork.
FAQ
Questions people ask first.
Does Blip come with games?
No. Blip is only a launcher: it organises files you already have on your device and hands them to the emulator you picked. It never downloads game files.
Which emulators does it work with?
Any Android app that can open a file it is handed. You choose the app per platform, so a system can use one emulator today and a different one tomorrow without touching your library.
Where does the box art come from?
Four sources, in order: libretro thumbnails (no account needed), TheGamesDB, IGDB and SteamGridDB — plus any images you already keep next to your games. Blip only asks a source for art in the shape that platform uses, and you can replace any cover by hand from the game screen.
Do I need root or a special device?
No root. Any modern Android device works — phone, tablet, TV box or retro handheld — and Blip can be set as the home app if you want it to be the first thing you see.
Does it work without internet?
Scanning, browsing and launching all happen on the device, with no account and nothing to sync. Only fetching box art and game details needs a connection, and that runs in the background whenever you have one.
When is it out, and what does it cost?
It is coming to Google Play as a paid app: one payment, no ads and no subscription. The store page is not live yet — the price and the link land here the day it is.
Coming soon to Google Play.
A paid app: one payment, no ads, no subscription. The store link lands here as soon as the page is live.
Coming soon toGoogle Play