Utility to apply patches to ROMs
About this app
UniPatcher allows you to apply patches to game ROMs.
What is a patch? A file with the modified data of the game. For example, a game translated from Japanese to English. You download the patch containing the translation. It must be applied to the Japanese version to make an English version of it.
This program will not help you hack native Android games, it was created for the old console games (SNES, PS1, GBA, N64, SMD\Genesis etc.)
Features: * Supported formats of patches: IPS, IPS32, UPS, BPS, APS (GBA), APS (N64), PPF, DPS, EBP, XDelta3 * Create XDelta patches * Fix the checksum in SMD\Genesis ROMs * Remove the SMC header from SNES ROMs
How to use? You have to select a ROM file, a patch and choose which file to save, then click on the red round button. Files are selected through the standard Files application (or through one of the file managers you have installed). The application will show a message when the file is patched. Do not close the application until the file is patched.
Very important: If the game and patch is compressed (ZIP, RAR, 7z or other), they first need to be unzipped.
Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later, by Boris Timofeev.
What's New in v0.17.3
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Arabic translation (thanks to Fayçal Boukamel)
- - Esperanto translation (thanks to Jakub Fabijan)
- - Indonesian translation (thanks to Tsaqib Fadhlurrahman Soka, Lim Jia Ming, Reza Almanda)
- - Kurdish (Central) translation (thanks to دیاری ئەرسەلان جەبار)
- - Lithuanian translation (thanks to Gediminas Murauskas)
- - Malay translation (thanks to Muhammad Ammar Bin Rozi)
Version history
Nov 16, 2024 · 2.8 MB · Android API 21–34 · code 170300
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Arabic translation (thanks to Fayçal Boukamel)
- - Esperanto translation (thanks to Jakub Fabijan)
- - Indonesian translation (thanks to Tsaqib Fadhlurrahman Soka, Lim Jia Ming, Reza Almanda)
- - Kurdish (Central) translation (thanks to دیاری ئەرسەلان جەبار)
- - Lithuanian translation (thanks to Gediminas Murauskas)
- - Malay translation (thanks to Muhammad Ammar Bin Rozi)
SHA-256 10d9dffe7118652b522235ccfaa0b92d01e7d04f612af478b3bb4b4888dd3c33
Nov 6, 2018 · 2 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 160100
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 7f82c546bcbb293f8a92350d7f992f42bba3281a6ec3a5d14e359bf0ebbdf537
Aug 25, 2018 · 1.8 MB · Android API 21–27 · code 160000
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 143daeab1773dc8707d3c2c6612f8cb4fa97c346bb51f528cdbabc85eac28bb4
Will it run on your device?
87%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
How to verify the file you downloaded
Before you install anything, confirm the file is the one described here. On a computer, run shasum -a 256 your-download.apk (macOS or Linux) or certutil -hashfile your-download.apk SHA256 (Windows), then compare the output character-for-character with the SHA-256 on this page. If a single character differs, the file is not the build we recorded — delete it.
What the signing certificate proves
Every Android app is signed with a private key that only its developer holds. The fingerprint on this page is a hash of the matching public certificate, and it proves continuity rather than identity: it tells you a build came from whoever signed the earlier ones. Android enforces this at install time — if a package claiming to be org.emunix.unipatcher is signed with a different key, the system will refuse to install it over your existing copy. A fingerprint that changes between releases is worth pausing on, because a repackaged app that has been modified by someone else cannot keep the original signature.
How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 0.16.1 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall UniPatcher first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
Why we list sources instead of hosting everything
The official store channel is almost always the right choice: it updates automatically and carries the publisher's own distribution guarantees. A direct APK is useful when a device has no store access, when a rollout has not reached your region, or when you need a specific version — and only when the publisher has authorized that copy. APKBrowse does not list pirated, cracked, or unauthorized rebuilds of UniPatcher, and a listing is removed when the evidence for it stops holding up.
Get UniPatcher
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Source code
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App Information
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SHA-256 Hash
10d9dffe7118652b522235ccfaa0b92d01e7d04f612af478b3bb4b4888dd3c33
Signing certificate
febcbed69a1f017f79a17a1c1fe30a46ba4f9f9e0a91d6b5be2e2c2cd8695bf6
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