If you are looking for a testing platform for your android apps, your options are the AVD that comes with Android Studio, running android on a virtual machine or a standalone application like Genymotion.

While AVD is a very capable option, Genymotion offers some clear advantages, the main ones being speed and stability.

Its speed is closest to a real device, from boot time to app usage. Other unique features that Genymotion has are: simulate a GPS, use your computer's webcam as android cam and simulate battery levels.

You can select from many pre-configured android devices and choose on which android version you'd like to test your app.

I've never had any stability issues, which can happen with AVD at times.

Genymotion works on Windows, Mac and Linux. Its system requirements are modest, so any computer purchased in the last few years will run it comfortably. Installation is easy, however you must have Oracle's VirtualBox installed on your machine.

The user interface may not be as polished as Google's AVD, but it still looks nice, clear and easy to use.

The price for the personal version is reasonable (there is a more limited free version available).

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The main "con" is that Google's Android Virtual Device Manager is available for free and is a very good option that does most of what Genymotion does.

Genymotion is not available on older versions of Windows (XP/Vista or any 32 bit Windows).

You have to create an account in order to use the free version. which is something I don't like.

There is no ARM support,no Android Wear support.

While Google's AVD always has the latest version of Android, Genymotion requires some time until it supports the latest versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like genymotion because it is an application excelent when I want to play my favorites games in Android from my computer directly. In genymotion is posible emulate any smarthphone and version of Android. Also it is the only one working with Linux SO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some versions of android available don't have gapps compatible. This is a problem when I want to install some applications or games using google play. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has multiple Virtual Machines for multiple Android Versions, from the old gingerbread to currently beta Android N, and it emulates a broad amount of Android Devices, phones and tablets.

You can also make your own android devices with the specs you require to run your apps, (granted you have the resources on your host machine) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be a little tough to test Google Play Functionality but you can flash GAPPS with the included flashing functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like this product. Emulation of android has good performance and quality. It runs fast, lightweight and easy to use, easy to setup.

It also provide free use for single developer.

I can test my app on many devices and don't need to buy real devices to see how my app runs.

They also provide plugin to work with many IDE like Android Studio, Eclipse...

Thank gennymotion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

some games and app cannot run on genny motion because of arm. It is not fault of gennymotion, but if it could be better is more welcome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its just too fast. Performance is too Good, and easy to use. Especially Sensor emulation is too Good. It really helps to keep the app code clean.

Previously we used to invest a lot in procuring hardware devices and testing on multiple device ranges, Genymotion now actually eased up testing automation along, and reducing time to market of apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are not much cons this product do have but its too much costly. should be little cheaper. Still It costs equivalent of having hardware devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fast and reliable Android virtual devices.

Learning how to develop native android applications with the virtual device Android Studio provides can be a hassle, it hangs, may not load your changes properly often and so on.

Genymotion brings lots of utilities virtualization related that will help you through your debugging and testing process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you're working with a sort of old computer, it won't work at its best, it will freeze a lot and most of the time, will make your work harder. It should either not allow you to run it if you don't fill certain computer specifications or have a low-end mode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a really good application to emulate almost any phone or tablet, so you can have any resolution of phone and see if and application created on it can run or display good. it is really fast, comparing with other emulators I have worked Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The price is a little to high and a few times I got an error which I cannot use a virtualized phone. Maybe is my PC, but it does not specify. I have not search for a solution either way, could be easy but it is possible for this to happen. Also you need Virtual box to run this application, I use VMWare mostly, it should work with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GenyMotion definitely has the best emulators for Android development. It boots much much faster than the official Android emulator (that are pretty terrible in my opinion). You also can have multiple running at once without them killing your computer like the Android ones. I like the breadth of devices that they offer as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far, nothing about those emulators. I do miss the free pricing that they used to offer, but I definitely understand why they charge for them now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything I like .. because with this application could emulate an android on my PC so test applications without leaving you stop using the computer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nothing disgusts me , all excellent in this application , the best android emulator application I've tried Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can simply drag and drop files to emulated device. They will be copied or installed whether it is .APK Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You have to rebuild app twice to make changes apply. You cannot drag and drop if you started genymotion as administrator. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.