PlayZX3.11
Publisher Description
PlayZX -Select from thousands of Sinclair ZX Spectrum games and play their loading sound
PLEASE READ THIS TEXT IN FULL BEFORE INSTALLING:
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.
About PlayZX
The company that develops PlayZX is Baltazar Studios, LLC. The latest version released by its developer is 3.11.
To install PlayZX on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2026-09-19 and was downloaded 37 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the PlayZX as malware as malware if the download link to com.baltazarstudios.playzxtapes is broken.
How to install PlayZX on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the PlayZX is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by PlayZX will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- PlayZX will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
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Version History
version 3.11
posted on 2026-09-19
What's new in 3.11:
• Fixed USB audio switching issues.
• Saved files named after game played.
• Rewind jumps to exact tape block start.
• Fixed square-wave clipping & buzzing.
• Removed extra tone/pause at tape end.
version 3.10
posted on 2026-08-19
What's new in 3.10:
• Fixed USB audio switching issues.
• Saved files named after game played.
• WAV saves match current sound settings.
• Save button disables on setting change.
• Rewind jumps to exact tape block start.
• Fixed square-wave clipping & buzzing.
• Removed extra tone/pause at tape end.
version 3.9
posted on 2026-04-20
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
version 3.7
posted on 2025-08-25
The device will not go to sleep while this app is active
Fixed saving last wave file (in Settings) for all devices
version 3.5
posted on 2025-07-08
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.
version
posted on 2024-07-15
Maintenance release to update the Android API level requirement.
version
posted on 2024-01-15
Added option to save the last wave file to Downloads folder.
version
posted on 2023-10-13
Fixes (legacy) local file management
Fixes ZX81 wave generation (from .P)
Correctly refresh favorites
version
posted on 2023-10-12
Support for newer Android devices.
New local file picker.
version
posted on 2020-09-07
Added ZX81 .P file support
Added MSX .TSX file support
Loop test track



