Comparison

GAMEYE vs ShelfLily

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

ShelfLily

Effortlessly catalog your belongings using AI-powered image recognition and smart search. Track item values, add detailed notes, and manage your collection with a web interface and optional QR labels.

Highlights
  • AI image recognition for rapid item entry
  • Track item value and condition notes
  • AI-powered search for specific items
  • Organize items into containers
  • Optional QR labels for easy tracking
  • Web interface for management and export
  • Reminders and notifications
Features
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ShelfLily – Quickly Create Inventories from Photos Welcome to ShelfLily, a free, intuitive tool designed to rapidly inventory your home with AI. Why Choose ShelfLily? - Rapid Inventory Creation: With ScanLily's AI image recognition, there's no faster way to create an inventory, whether it’s a board game list, a catalog of all of your books, or your entire house! - Value Your Collection: Track the value of your collection for insurance or personal records. Maintain condition notes and photos for collectibles. - Access Details Instantly: Look up the details for a book or game by taking a photo of the front, or scanning the item’s ISBN/EIN or UPC code. Shelflily links to external sites like Goodreads and Board Game Geeks to help you decide what to read or play next. Features: - AI image recognition: Quickly add unlimited items to your inventory with this time-saving feature. - Containers: Group multiple items with containers. - AI search: Ask our search system any question and AI will pull up the most relevant items in your inventory. For instance, “Which of my cookbooks is likely to have apple pie recipes?” - QR labels (optional): Easily add and track items with Scanlily QR labels available on Amazon, Walmart or the Scanlily website. - Reminders & Notifications: Set up email reminders for maintenance and other important tasks. - URL-based QR Codes: Share item information easily with scannable QR codes, trackable even without the app. Keep track of borrowed items! - Collaborative Attachments: Add timestamped images, documents, and notes to each item in your inventory. - Spreadsheet Management: Access a web-based interface for inventory oversight, label creation, and data exports to CSV. Check out the videos on our website. Dive into ShelfLily’s capabilities and transform your asset management today!

Screenshots

GAMEYE4 screens
ShelfLily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: GAMEYE at 2.7K against ShelfLily's 9. ShelfLily's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for GAMEYE against 4.9 for ShelfLily. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GAMEYE has 2.7K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of GAMEYE's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShelfLily's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GAMEYE ships an update every 3 weeks, ShelfLily monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GAMEYE versus ShelfLily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGAMEYEShelfLily
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.7K ratings)4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB112 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHarrison HolzhauerScanlily LLC

Customer experience

GAMEYE

All ratings2,723 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative14.7%

ShelfLily

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

ShelfLily

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

GAMEYE

No in-app purchases

None

ShelfLily

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GAMEYE free?
GAMEYE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShelfLily free?
ShelfLily is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GAMEYE or ShelfLily?
ShelfLily is rated higher. GAMEYE averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while ShelfLily averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do GAMEYE or ShelfLily have ads?
Neither GAMEYE nor ShelfLily shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GAMEYE or ShelfLily?
GAMEYE ships an update every 3 weeks, and ShelfLily monthly. Most recently, GAMEYE was updated on November 2, 2026 and ShelfLily on November 8, 2026.

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