PlayZX
8.9 53
v3.9 by Baltazar Studios, LLC
About PlayZX
PlayZX (Package Name: com.baltazarstudios.playzxtapes) is developed by Baltazar Studios, LLC and the latest version of PlayZX 3.9 was updated on April 22, 2026. PlayZX is in the category of Productivity. You can check all apps from the developer of PlayZX and find 53 alternative apps to PlayZX on Android. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 9.0+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.
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Select from thousands of Sinclair ZX Spectrum games and play them through the headphone jack to load them onto your Speccy. You can also select your local (on the device) TAP or TZX files, convert them to sound files and play them. This way you can load games for not only the ZX Spectrum micro but also any other retro computer that have compatible audio jacks.
IMPORTANT:
1. This is not an emulator, *it* will not play those games! You need an actual ZX Spectrum.
2. If you cannot browse and select your own files, it is likely caused by new Android permissions that Google changed with their newer development kits.
Please try this: Go to "System" -> "Apps & Notifications" -> Select "PlayZX" app -> scroll down to "Permissions" and allow "Storage" permission.
3. Make sure that your Android device is *not* connected to USB (for example, to charge it), while using this app. (Electrically, its ground needs to be floating with respect to the ZX Spectrum power supply)
4. Put your Android device in "Do Not Disturb" mode (*not* the Airplane mode as it needs internet access). This will prevent random notifications to disturb the signal output.
5. Use a good quality, preferably short, audio cable. For best results, use a stereo cable and turn the option to invert one stereo channel. Play with the volume: you may get different results on your phone vs. on your tablet, for example.
Select from thousands of Sinclair ZX Spectrum games and play them through the headphone jack to load them onto your Speccy. You can also select your local (on the device) TAP or TZX files, convert them to sound files and play them. This way you can load games for not only the ZX Spectrum micro but also any other retro computer that have compatible audio jacks.
IMPORTANT:
1. This is not an emulator, *it* will not play those games! You need an actual ZX Spectrum.
2. If you cannot browse and select your own files, it is likely caused by new Android permissions that Google changed with their newer development kits.
Please try this: Go to "System" -> "Apps & Notifications" -> Select "PlayZX" app -> scroll down to "Permissions" and allow "Storage" permission.
3. Make sure that your Android device is *not* connected to USB (for example, to charge it), while using this app. (Electrically, its ground needs to be floating with respect to the ZX Spectrum power supply)
4. Put your Android device in "Do Not Disturb" mode (*not* the Airplane mode as it needs internet access). This will prevent random notifications to disturb the signal output.
5. Use a good quality, preferably short, audio cable. For best results, use a stereo cable and turn the option to invert one stereo channel. Play with the volume: you may get different results on your phone vs. on your tablet, for example.
PlayZX 3.9 Update
What's new in 3.9- Settings page: pick any detected audio device (USB DAC, Bluetooth, speaker…)
- About page now shows the app version
- Fixed stereo setting getting stuck in stereo after playing a ZX81 .P file
- Playback errors (bad WAV, etc.) now surface in the UI instead of failing silently
- Player progress timer stops when nothing is playing — lower idle battery draw
- Qt 6.10.3, Android 15/16-ready (16 KB page size)
- Misc. cleanup: memory leak on repeated plays, minor robustness fixes
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PlayZX Features
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Requires Android: Android 9.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-240dpi
SHA1: cb3758e41b51d11ab613a14f37d368ffacf62714
Size: 87.52 MB
What's New:
What's new in 3.9
- Settings page: pick any detected audio device (USB DAC, Bluetooth, speaker…)
- About page now shows the app version
- Fixed stereo setting getting stuck in stereo after playing a ZX81 .P file
- Playback errors (bad WAV, etc.) now surface in the UI instead of failing silently
- Player progress timer stops when nothing is playing — lower idle battery draw
- Qt 6.10.3, Android 15/16-ready (16 KB page size)
- Misc. cleanup: memory leak on repeated plays, minor robustness fixes
- Settings page: pick any detected audio device (USB DAC, Bluetooth, speaker…)
- About page now shows the app version
- Fixed stereo setting getting stuck in stereo after playing a ZX81 .P file
- Playback errors (bad WAV, etc.) now surface in the UI instead of failing silently
- Player progress timer stops when nothing is playing — lower idle battery draw
- Qt 6.10.3, Android 15/16-ready (16 KB page size)
- Misc. cleanup: memory leak on repeated plays, minor robustness fixes
Requires Android: Android 9.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-240dpi
SHA1: df352f90cfee2e00d7d4539c80cf8d6c886b6c03
Size: 87.51 MB
What's New:
No functional changes. Rebuilt to support new Android requirement for 16 KB pages.
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Arch
Version
DPI
300712
August 27, 2025
PlayZX
3.7
(300712)
Requires Android: Android 9.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-240dpi
SHA1: 8884522c0d031c5bd513bcd3da61920aff41267b
Base APK: com.baltazarstudios.playzxtapes.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.mdpi
Size: 82.87 MB
What's New:
The device will not go to sleep while this app is active
Fixed saving last wave file (in Settings) for all devices
Fixed saving last wave file (in Settings) for all devices
arm64-v8a
Android 9.0+
160-240dpi
300712
August 27, 2025
PlayZX
3.7
(300712)
Requires Android: Android 9.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-240dpi
SHA1: dfd5a9607a85125193c3e30775a34d39d5aebab1
Base APK: com.baltazarstudios.playzxtapes.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.xhdpi
Size: 80.12 MB
What's New:
The device will not go to sleep while this app is active
Fixed saving last wave file (in Settings) for all devices
Fixed saving last wave file (in Settings) for all devices
arm64-v8a
Android 9.0+
160-240dpi
Requires Android: Android 9.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-240dpi
SHA1: a68518b1955722fbbd07359ddbf3f07f30fda52a
Size: 82.94 MB
What's New:
Settings: new switch to add some visual padding on the app screen bottom. Some users' phones OS would overlay system buttons making the bottom tab sunreachable.
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Update Date:
2026-04-22
Latest Version:
3.9
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Requirements:
Android 9.0+
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