Comparison

GAMEYE vs Ultimate Game Guide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GAMEYE

Manage your entire game collection, including consoles, accessories, and guides, in one comprehensive app. Discover the value of your collection and make informed trading decisions with detailed pricing insights and extensive platform support.

Highlights
  • Track games, systems, and accessories
  • Discover collection worth
  • Community-driven database
  • Support for 100+ platforms
  • Detailed record-keeping
  • Contribute to the database
Features
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Elevate your game collecting experience with GAMEYE! Seamlessly track games, systems, accessories, guides, amiibo, and your backlog—all in one place. Uncover the worth of your collection and make savvy deals with confidence. GAMEYE 6.0 has arrived! Along with the user driven database that 5.0 brought, we are proud to now allow users to optionally sync their accounts to the website with a free account at www.GAMEYE.app! KEY FEATURES: Privacy First: No personalized tracking, no ads, and no account required. Keep your data completely local and managed by you or create a free account to sync with the website and be able to share with friends. Sync to website and share with friends! All account data private by default with the option to either go public, or only allow select people to be able to view your data. Settable on a per type basis. So have your collection private but viewable by friends but have your wishlist viewable for the whole world! You can even fully manage your collection online. All operations across mobile apps and website will synchronize to keep your data up to date. Expansive Coverage: Dive into nearly 200 platforms and an ever-growing 160,000+ game collection, complete with full regional support, rich imagery spanning pictures of the actual items to advertisements and more. You can even explore the manuals, documentation, and maps that came with them! Incredible Filtering: Filter by platform, metacritic score, release type, release region, price, price change, games you beaten or not, entries missing components, etc... Easy list creation: Use the manual adder to tick off huge lists of games at a time or use the barcode scanner. Cart Scanner: GAMEYE's own proprietary on device image recognition can immediately identify a growing list of platforms for various regions for easily adding to your collection. No AI or server used! Comprehensive Tracking: Monitor games, consoles, peripherals, guides, and amiibo, skylanders, Disney Infinity and more, and watch your collection grow! Use GAMEYE's tag system to mark up your entries however you like! Want to keep track of items you want to replace? Want to keep track of items you loaned to Ted? Thorough Record-Keeping: Keep every component, condition, and cost in check. Expanding Community Features: See how many users have the item your browsing, or how many want it. See how many users have backlog entries for a game. User-driven reviews, playtimes, and ratings coming soon! Pricing Insight: Know what your collection is worth and ensure you're always getting a good deal. Explore beautiful, interactive price history graphs. Optionally hide prices if you're not interested. Growing article repository: With our newly built, in-house tool for creating and publishing articles we plan to have an expansive list of articles spanning any and everything related to gaming. Backlog Tracking: Keep track of every play through, notes on games you've played, and how long you've played them. Contributions Welcomed: Join in by adding missing games/editions/details directly to the database at www.GAMEYE.app. JUST A FEW OF THE PLATFORMS: Nintendo NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii/U, Switch/2, Game Boy, Virtual Boy, GBA, Nintendo DS, 3DS, Sega Master System, Genesis, 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Gear, NEC TurboGrafx, NeoGeo, NeoGeo Pocket, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Series-X, PlayStation, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, Vita, Evercade, Atari, Commodore, Game.com, Wonderswan, and the list goes on! If you game it, we got it!

About

Ultimate Game Guide

Explore a comprehensive resource for Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System games. Access reviews, screenshots, and detailed information on hundreds of classic titles. Track your collection and discover new games with powerful search and updated pricing.

Highlights
  • Game reviews and screenshots
  • Detailed game information (genre, publisher, developer, release date)
  • Collection tracking tools
  • Wishlist functionality
  • Powerful search engine
  • Daily updated game prices
  • Hardware and cartridge variant information
Features
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Ultimate Game Guide is a great gaming and collecting resource for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES). The free version provides full functionality with complete information on 40 games for each system. Information for the entire library for each system is available via a one-time in-app purchase for each. Purchases are shared across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This definitive source contains reviews and screenshots of all of the mainstream games released for the NES and Super NES between 1985-1998. Read about hundreds of fun and classic 8-bit and 16-bit games like Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Castlevania, Punch-Out!!, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda, and many more. Featuring all licensed and unlicensed titles, the app provides details for each game cart: developer, publisher, release date, genre, availability, and more. It's all here, so Nintendo and video game fans alike can learn about all the good, bad, and interesting games in the large and impressive libraries! • Game reviews and screenshots, including games released exclusively in Europe and Australia. • Info for each game including genre, publisher, developer, release date, number of players, special features, availability, and estimated price. • App and community game ratings - judge them yourself and influence the guide! • Collection tools to track games owned, including boxes and manuals, with the ability to add games to a "want" list. • Powerful search engine to filter the game library by rating, publisher, developer, current price, collection status, release date, and more! • Popular hardware devices, controllers, and console variants. • Cart variants, promo/special cartridges, and even test cartridges included! • Gaming info - tips, codes, and passwords! • All game prices are automatically updated daily! Note: this app is not authorized or endorsed by Nintendo. All registered trademarks, game art, and game screenshots used are copyright their respective holders and are utilized here under Fair Use.

Screenshots

GAMEYE4 screens
Ultimate Game Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GAMEYE at none against Ultimate Game Guide's 2. GAMEYE also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (76% vs 51%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ultimate Game Guide sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. GAMEYE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GAMEYE holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.7K and 2.7K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of GAMEYE's written reviews are positive against 51% of Ultimate Game Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GAMEYE ships an update every 3 weeks, Ultimate Game Guide every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GAMEYE versus Ultimate Game Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGAMEYEUltimate Game Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better4.4 (2.7K ratings)
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better51.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.7K — better2.7K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB670 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHarrison HolzhauerEmbraceware Software Inc

Customer experience

GAMEYE

All ratings2,717 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews247 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral9.3%
Negative15.0%

Ultimate Game Guide

All ratings2,675 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive51.3%
Neutral11.0%
Negative37.7%

User reviews

GAMEYE

From 2.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Helpful for collectors
  • 🚀 Convenient way to track collection
  • 🚀 Intuitive interface
  • 👍 Fantastic app for collectors

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Barcode scanner not working
  • 🐛 Freezing issues
  • 🐛 Missing games in database
  • 🐛 Lack of region support
  • 🐛 Crashes and data loss

Ultimate Game Guide

From 2.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great reference for NES collectors
  • 🚀 Comprehensive NES game database
  • 💡 Ability to track personal collection
  • 🌟 Detailed game reviews and information

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy after recent updates
  • 🔁 Issues with syncing and saving collection data
  • 🤔 Missing key features like export/import
  • 📱 Compatibility problems on newer devices

Bugs and requests

GAMEYE

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Barcode scanner not working consistently
  • App freezing and becoming unresponsive
  • Losing collection data after updates
  • Inability to scan certain game barcodes

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add ability to filter by region
  • Implement cloud sync across devices
  • Add option to manually add games
  • Introduce price history/tracking
  • Allow custom fields for collection
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  • Add support for graded games
  • Implement ability to log game progress

Ultimate Game Guide

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scrolling issues and jumbled UI elements
  • Frequent crashes and app instability
  • Incorrect or missing game data and pricing
  • Login/account syncing problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for more retro systems (SNES, Genesis, etc.)
  • Implement wishlist and collection value tracking features
  • Improve search and sorting functionality
  • Add ability to export/backup collection data

In-app purchases

None

GAMEYE

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ultimate Game Guide

One-time2
  • Super NES Library$6.99
  • NES Library$6.99

Questions

Is GAMEYE free?
GAMEYE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Game Guide free?
Ultimate Game Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GAMEYE or Ultimate Game Guide?
GAMEYE is rated higher. GAMEYE averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Ultimate Game Guide averages 4.4 from 2.7K ratings.
Do GAMEYE or Ultimate Game Guide have ads?
Neither GAMEYE nor Ultimate Game Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GAMEYE or Ultimate Game Guide?
GAMEYE ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ultimate Game Guide every 6 weeks. Most recently, GAMEYE was updated on September 23, 2026 and Ultimate Game Guide on September 25, 2026.

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