Comparison

Ultimate Game Guide vs GameTrekker

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

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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.

About

GameTrekker

Easily manage your video game library and track your progress. Discover new titles, organize your owned games, and maintain a wishlist. Sync your collection across devices with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Extensive game database (500,000+ titles)
  • Organize owned games and wishlists
  • Track game progress (played, finished)
  • Rate games and add notes
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • Light/dark mode support
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GameTrekker helps you keep track of your game collection and your gaming progress. Search for a game you want to add to your collection in the 500,000+ game database (provided by RAWG Video Games Database), save it to your collection and mark it as owned, played and finished. GameTrekker also allows you to rate your games and keep notes about them. If you don't own a game but would like to, or want a game that haven't released yet, you can put it on your wishlist. GameTrekker keeps your saved game collection data safe and readily available on all your iDevices through iCloud. Features: - a 500,000+ games database to search and discover games through. - Two separate lists, Game collection and Wishlist, to save unlimited* games to. - iCloud syncing between iDevices. - Tracks how many games you own and when you got them. - Tracks how many games you have played and when you played them last. - Tracks how many games you have finished or beaten and when you did it. - Supports in-app settings for light / dark mode. - 16 background images to choose from. * GameTrekker requires an in-app purchase about the value of a cup of coffee to add more games than 20 to the Game collection and Wishlist.

Screenshots

Ultimate Game Guide4 screens
GameTrekker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GameTrekker at 100% against Ultimate Game Guide's 51%. GameTrekker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Ultimate Game Guide's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 3) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and GameTrekker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GameTrekker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Game Guide has 2.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Ultimate Game Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of GameTrekker's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ultimate Game Guide versus GameTrekker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Game GuideGameTrekker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.8K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size670 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmbraceware Software IncPatrik Ell

Customer experience

Ultimate Game Guide

All ratings2,675 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews192 reviews
Positive51.0%
Neutral10.9%
Negative38.0%

GameTrekker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

GameTrekker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ultimate Game Guide

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

GameTrekker

One-time1
  • GameTrekker Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Ultimate Game Guide free?
Ultimate Game Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GameTrekker free?
GameTrekker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Game Guide or GameTrekker?
GameTrekker is rated higher. Ultimate Game Guide averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while GameTrekker averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Ultimate Game Guide or GameTrekker have ads?
Neither Ultimate Game Guide nor GameTrekker shows ads.

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