Comparison

GameTrack vs Backlog

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

Head to head
About

GameTrack

Organize your entire game library, track playtime, and discover your next favorite game. This app helps you manage your backlog, log sessions, and connect gaming accounts to see all your progress in one place.

Highlights
  • Organize game library
  • Track playtime and sessions
  • Connect gaming accounts
  • Discover new games
  • Manage backlog and wishlists
  • View trophies and achievements
  • Find game deals
Features
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Never lose track of your games again. GameTrack helps you organise your entire game library, manage your backlog, keep a diary of everything you play, and discover what to play next — like Letterboxd, but for games. TRACK YOUR COLLECTION • Add games from a database of 250,000+ titles across 40+ platforms • Mark games as Playing, Queued, Completed, Shelved, Dropped, or Wanted • Own a game on several platforms at once, physical, digital, or cloud • Rate games in half stars and write reviews, with spoiler warnings • Browse your library by platform, genre, series, tag, or account KEEP A PLAY DIARY • Play sessions are detected from your real playtime and logged to your diary • Time sessions with a Live Activity, from Control Center, or on Apple Watch • Add notes and tags to every session and see each day's play at a glance • Keep your streak going, with an activity grid and shareable streak cards • Track every playthrough, New Game+ included, against Time to Beat CONNECT YOUR ACCOUNTS • Link PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, Nintendo, Epic Games, GOG, and RetroAchievements • Your libraries sync automatically, with wishlists, playtime, trophies, and achievements wherever the store shares them • Trophies and achievements from every platform in one place, with rarity and recent unlocks • Share your rarest unlocks as achievement cards NEVER PAY FULL PRICE • Deals across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and PC, ranked by what players want • Spot lowest-ever prices and see when each sale ends • See which wishlist games are on sale and set price alerts DISCOVER & EXPLORE • Trending games, new releases, critics' picks, and upcoming games in one place • Personalised recommendations with a match score • Explore every game in a series and see which ones you're missing • Follow gaming events with countdowns, reminders, and replays • Critic scores, player reviews, and Time to Beat estimates JOIN THE COMMUNITY • Follow friends and see what they're playing in your activity feed • Race through backlogs, play along, or hunt trophies together in group challenges • Build lists and game grids, and save lists other players share • Show off your games, reviews, and achievements on your profile, alongside your stats and year in review EVERYWHERE YOU PLAY • Your library syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro • Apple Watch app with Now Playing, Up Next, and a Smart Stack widget • Home Screen widgets, Live Activities, Control Center, and the Action button • Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, and Apple Intelligence • A split game page on folding iPhones GameTrack is free to download. GameTrack+ unlocks unlimited lists, game grids, tags, price alerts, Year in Review, your profile showcase, themes and app icons, and more. GameTrack+ Subscription Terms Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. Your GameTrack+ membership renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. To manage your membership or turn off auto-renew, go to Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gametrack.app/privacypolicy/

About

Backlog

Organize your entire video game library, track progress, discover new titles, and connect with friends. Manage wishlists, backlogged games, and completed titles all in one place. Stay updated with gaming news and community scores.

Highlights
  • Unified game library management
  • Customizable game collections
  • Game discovery and news feed
  • Detailed game information
  • Social features and friend activity
  • Offline library sync
  • Customizable themes and privacy controls
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Your backlog, conquered. Backlog is the game tracker for people who buy more games than they finish. Track every game you own, want, or are playing right now, see what your friends are into, and find what to play next. ONE LIBRARY FOR EVERYTHING • Every game in one tab, filtered by status: Wishlist, Backlogged, Playing, Completed, Dropped • Make your own collections, like All-Time Favorites or Co-op Nights • Add-ons stay grouped under the game they belong to • Start without an account, and bring your library with you when you sign in FIND YOUR NEXT GAME • Trending, Most Wanted, Now Playing and Hot on Steam, plus Recently Released and Coming Soon • See how the charts moved over time • Wishlist a game for reminders a week before, the day before and on release day, plus date changes and new DLC • Search more than 100,000 games, even by the name a game shipped under somewhere else • The latest gaming news, built right into Discover EVERYTHING ABOUT A GAME • Critic scores, player scores and the Backlog community score side by side • Platforms, release dates, age ratings, time to beat, trailers and screenshots • My Stats: hours played on each platform, when you finished, and how your score compares • Notes for every game in your library RATE, REVIEW, CONNECT • A Forum on every game: posts, replies, quotes and @ mentions • Score games from 0 to 100 and write reviews • Vote on reviews and reply to them • Translate reviews written in other languages • An Activity tab with what the people you follow started, finished, rated and reviewed • Follow friends, pin your Top Friends, and vouch for the people you play with • Earn badges for your profile • Share your profile as a link, with its own page on the web YOUR APP, YOUR WAY • Pick a theme color for the whole app, in light and dark mode • Works offline: Offline Sync keeps your library, profile and the Forum on your iPhone • Hide tags you never want to see, and keep adult games out of Trending, Search and Browse • Choose who sees your profile, library, ratings and activity, or make your account private • A Home Screen widget for your library • Works with VoiceOver and larger text sizes WHY BACKLOG? • A native iPhone app. Fast and smooth. • Sign in with Apple. Privacy first. • Your library syncs across your devices. • Built by gamers, for gamers. Download Backlog and finally get your game library under control.

Screenshots

GameTrack4 screens
Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Backlog at 5.0 against GameTrack's 4.5. Backlog also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (75% vs 60%). GameTrack's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 6) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. GameTrack sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Backlog asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Backlog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GameTrack has 1.3K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of GameTrack's written reviews are positive against 75% of Backlog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GameTrack ships an update fortnightly, Backlog every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
GameTrack versus Backlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGameTrackBacklog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.8% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better6
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHidden Key LTDDifferent Productions, LLC

Customer experience

GameTrack

All ratings1,250 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews453 reviews
Positive59.8%
Neutral11.0%
Negative29.1%

Backlog

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

GameTrack

Subscriptions4
  • GameTrack+ Legacy Monthly$0.991 Month
  • GameTrack+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • GameTrack+ Legacy Annual$5.991 Year
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  • GameTrack+ Annual1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • GameTrack+ Lifetime$99.99
None

Backlog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GameTrack free?
GameTrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backlog free?
Backlog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GameTrack or Backlog?
Backlog is rated higher. GameTrack averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Backlog averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do GameTrack or Backlog have ads?
Neither GameTrack nor Backlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GameTrack or Backlog?
GameTrack ships an update fortnightly, and Backlog every 5 days. Most recently, GameTrack was updated on November 2, 2026 and Backlog on October 30, 2026.

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