Comparison

GameRankr vs NERVE.

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

Head to head
About

GameRankr

Track your video game progress and discover new titles with friends. Rate, review, and organize your game library, seeing what your social circle is playing. It's a dedicated platform for gamers to share their experiences and collections.

Highlights
  • Rate and review over 90,000 game titles
  • See friends' gaming activity
  • Browse community reviews and top games
  • Organize games into custom shelves
  • Filter and search your game library
Features
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GameRankr is a social site for tracking the video games you play and want to play. Users can add reviews, ratings, and see their friends activity. This is a iOS client for the gamerankr.com website (https://www.gamerankr.com). Features: * Rate, and review over 90,000 titles * See what friends are playing * See reviews for other games * Browse community reviews and top games * Filter and search your own games * Organize your games on 6 basic 'shelves' - want to play, played, beaten, currently playing, favorites, own GameRankr is Goodreads for video games.

About

NERVE.

This app facilitates a live-streaming game where participants can stream exciting activities to viewers. Viewers gain premium access and can send custom donations to streamers. Receive notifications when players go live and embrace the opportunity to become famous.

Highlights
  • Live-streaming gameplay
  • Viewer premium access
  • Custom donations to players
  • Live player notifications
  • Become famous through streaming
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Are you a WATCHER or a PLAYER? NERVE is a livestream game. "Players" stream themselves doing exciting things to "watchers", who get premium access to streams and can send custom donations to players. You'll receive a notification whenever a player goes live. You can be fearless. You can be famous. Welcome to NERVE.

Screenshots

GameRankr3 screens
NERVE.3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NERVE. at 4.5 against GameRankr's 3.9. NERVE. also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (84 vs 7). GameRankr's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. NERVE. sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. GameRankr asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NERVE. holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NERVE. has 84 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of GameRankr's written reviews are positive against 73% of NERVE.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GameRankr ships an update every 2 weeks, NERVE. every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
GameRankr versus NERVE.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGameRankrNERVE.
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings)4.5 (84 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews73.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings784 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB611 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMICHAEL ECONOMYPhi Vision, Inc.

Customer experience

GameRankr

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

NERVE.

All ratings74 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive73.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative21.4%

Bugs and requests

GameRankr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

NERVE.

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Phone number verification not sending code
  • Error sending code
  • App crashes on opening
  • Shows everyone is offline, playing same clips
  • App displays webpage and replays a single video

Requested features

3 requests
  • Fix phone number verification for UK users
  • Allow bidding on stream times
  • More streamers online more often

In-app purchases

None

GameRankr

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

NERVE.

One-time16
  • $1 Gift$0.99
  • $1$1.00
  • $2 Gift$1.99
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  • $2$2.00
  • $3 Gift$2.99
  • $3$3.00
  • $5 Gift$4.99
  • $5$5.00
  • $7$7.00
  • $10 Gift$9.99
  • $10$10.00
  • $15 Gift$14.99
  • $15$15.00
  • $20$20.00
  • $50$50.00
  • $100$100.00

Questions

Is GameRankr free?
GameRankr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NERVE. free?
NERVE. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GameRankr or NERVE.?
NERVE. is rated higher. GameRankr averages 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while NERVE. averages 4.5 from 84 ratings.
Do GameRankr or NERVE. have ads?
Neither GameRankr nor NERVE. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GameRankr or NERVE.?
GameRankr ships an update every 2 weeks, and NERVE. every 4 days. Most recently, GameRankr was updated on October 24, 2026 and NERVE. on October 24, 2026.

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