Comparison

Minimap vs Sprout LevelUp

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

Head to head
About

Minimap

Manage your game backlogs, track playtime, and sync achievements across all major gaming platforms. Discover new games and connect with like-minded players to share your gaming journey and stats.

Highlights
  • Track playtime, achievements, and trophies
  • Manage game backlogs by status
  • Sync stats across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  • Detailed playtime statistics and trends
  • Create a personalized gamer profile
  • Connect with a community of gamers
Features
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Track your game backlog, journal every game you play, and sync your library across Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, all in one beautifully designed gaming journal. Minimap is the gaming journal where gamers track their libraries, share what they're playing, and find friends with taste like theirs. Build your collection, journal every game, and stop playing alone, even when the game is single-player. ONE APP FOR ALL YOUR GAMES Connect Steam, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and Nintendo Switch to automatically import your full game library. No more spreadsheets. No more switching between platforms. No more forgetting what you own. Your entire gaming life sits in one clean library, automatically updated every time you buy or play a new game. BACKLOG TRACKER THAT ACTUALLY WORKS Organize your game backlog into Playing, Finished, Shelved, or Dropped. Set priorities, filter by genre, and sort by length. Decide what to play next with a backlog tracker that respects how gamers actually think. Your video game backlog finally makes sense. ACHIEVEMENT & TROPHY SYNC Track achievements, trophies, and your completion percentage across every platform you play on. Watch your achievement collection grow in real time. See your global completion rate at a glance, hunt missing achievements, and chase that next platinum trophy. One place for every trophy hunter and completionist who actually cares about 100%. DEEP PLAYTIME STATS Discover your total playtime, most-played genres, weekly gaming trends, and monthly recaps with easy-to-read charts. Find out where your gaming hours actually went, what you played most this year, and which genres dominated your year. Get a full year-in-review that tells the story of your gaming life. GAMING JOURNAL & REVIEWS Rate every game on a scale that makes sense to you. Write a short journal entry the moment you finish a game, or a long-form review when something moves you. Build a permanent record of your gaming life: what you played, what you loved, and what you'll never touch again. A gaming journal for players, the way Letterboxd works for film lovers. GAMER COMMUNITY Follow friends and discover players with libraries like yours. Share your backlog progress, post about games you just finished, and read reviews from gamers who actually play what you play. Find a focused community of gamers who get it. YOUR GAMER PROFILE Your stats become a profile. Show off your favorite genres, completion rate, playtime, hours-per-game, and gaming history. A social badge that's actually yours, earned hour by hour, game by game. BUILD YOUR OWN COLLECTIONS Curate games into custom collections that fit how you think. Build "Games I Bought on Sale and Forgot About," "RPGs Worth 100 Hours," or "Comfort Games for Bad Days." Share collections with friends or keep them private. Your library, your taste, your way. RELEASE TRACKING & WISHLIST Add upcoming games to your wishlist and get notified when they launch. Check critic scores and user reviews before you buy. Stop missing release dates for the games you've been waiting on. WHY GAMERS CHOOSE MINIMAP - Free to download. Full game library import included - Track Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch in one app - Clean, focused web experience built for serious gamers - Works in any browser, on any device, with the same library everywhere - Built by gamers who actually finish their backlogs (mostly) Whether you're a Steam collector building a 1,000-game library, a PlayStation trophy hunter chasing platinums, an Xbox completionist working through Game Pass, or a Switch portable player squeezing in playtime on the train, Minimap is the gaming journal that connects everything. Download Minimap and manage every game you play, all in one place.

About

Sprout LevelUp

Features
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Sprout LevelUp is a plant-growing simulation where you learn real plant care through gameplay. ◆ 59 Plant Species From pothos and snake plants to edelweiss and olive trees! Collect and grow 59 species across 5 difficulty tiers. Start with beginner-friendly plants and work your way up to rare species as your skills improve. ◆ Realistic Plant Care Watering, lighting, humidity, fertilizing, repotting, and pruning — real plant care techniques faithfully recreated. Learn how care routines change with the seasons. ◆ Real-Time Growth Your plants keep growing even when the app is closed. Watch 5 stages of growth from seedling to full maturity. ◆ Quests & Challenges Earn XP with daily quests and weekly challenges to level up! Rise through 30 gardener ranks from Seedling Gardener to Green Master. ◆ Plant Encyclopedia Build your encyclopedia naturally as you care for plants. Real care information — watering, lighting, temperature, pests — unlocks progressively through play. ◆ Your Own Garden Add pots and arrange your plants to create your own virtual garden. ◆ Beautiful Illustrations Enjoy your plants in 3 art styles: botanical, watercolor, and realistic. ◆ iCloud Sync Sync your data across devices with the same Apple ID. ◆ 10 Languages Supported Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), German, French, Spanish, Thai, and Hindi. Start for free! 6 beginner plants and 5 pot slots are provided at no cost. --- In-App Purchases: • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account upon purchase confirmation • Remove Ads: Permanently removes banner advertisements • Nutrient Pack: 5 nutrients, 3x growth speed for 3 hours • Illustration Pack: 3 illustrations: botanical, watercolor, realistic • Pot: 1 additional pot slot for a new plant Privacy Policy: https://cksw.pe.kr/sproutlevelup/privacy.html Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Minimap4 screens
Sprout LevelUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minimap at none against Sprout LevelUp's 4. Minimap also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Sprout LevelUp's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price and device support 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. Sprout LevelUp sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Minimap asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimap ships an update every 2 months, Sprout LevelUp every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Minimap versus Sprout LevelUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimapSprout LevelUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB433 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerminimap inc.CHUNGKIL KIM

In-app purchases

None

Minimap

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sprout LevelUp

One-time4
  • Nutrient Pack$0.99
  • Pot$0.99
  • Illustration Pack$1.99
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  • Remove Banner$2.99

Questions

Is Minimap free?
Minimap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sprout LevelUp free?
Sprout LevelUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Minimap or Sprout LevelUp have ads?
Sprout LevelUp shows ads; Minimap does not.
Which is updated more often, Minimap or Sprout LevelUp?
Minimap ships an update every 2 months, and Sprout LevelUp every 8 days. Most recently, Minimap was updated on September 28, 2026 and Sprout LevelUp on September 27, 2026.

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