RetroArch vs other emulators (Batocera, Lakka, Recalbox & RetroPie)

[76561198217220463]

On most sites, RetroArch is the ultimate all-in-one PC retro emulator, but i found other similar emulators, which is the best among the 5 emulators.

[Ness_and_Sonic]

Lakka is RetroArch as an OS, if I'm not mistaken. Don't know much about the others, though.

[Pacoroto]

They are based off the same "library", emulation station, they use the exact same cores to emulate if I'm not mistaken.
But they are not the same to intall/use, Retroarch is the easiest to just install and play and the most polished one in my opinion, I like it so much.

[Shipwrecked]

I've played with mostly with Retropie, though I've toyed with Lakka and Retroarch. As CAT-800 said Lakka is just Retroarch as an OS and is made to be simple to use. It supports PC raspberry pi, etc. Retroarch is sorta like a more complex Lakka from the little I've played with it. Retropie is an entirely separate beast is really meant for the Raspberry pi or Linux based computers. It's a lot like Retroarch, as I think it uses parts of Retroarch for compatibility, but it focuses more on customization and theming.

[Gab Power]

Batocera is a frontend and it's using Retroarch in the background. In my opinion, this is the easiest multi-emulator out there. You just need to image your drive, boot and drop your roms in the roms folder. Can't get easier.
If you want your emalutor on Windows, I suggest you install Retroarch and use Launchbox as the frontend. You get a nice collection interface with automatic front covers for your games, kind of like Steam. I think is Retroarch is a bif mess but you only need to set it once.

[Akiko]

Technically none of what you listed are emulators. RetroArch loads emulator cores (which are the actual emulators) and all the others are operating systems, some with frontends, that have a RetroArch backend... so they're all using/loading the same emulator cores regardless.

[SageX85]

You are confusing things, retroarch, lakka, batocera, retropie, etc arent emulators they are frontends or linux distributions packed with a frontend, since there arent many new emulators these days, most frontends use the same emulators on the backend and that if not also using retroarch as an intermediary.