RetroChecker vs GameTrekker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RetroChecker
This app helps retro video game collectors track their collections. It provides extensive game data, including value, descriptions, and release history, along with media like box art and videos. Manage your inventory, find games, and assess collection values with this comprehensive tool.
- Extensive game database (75,000+ games, 160 platforms)
- Value, description, and release history data
- Access to game videos, box arts, and manuals
- Search and browse by platform, genre, date, value
- Collection and inventory management
- Offline price charting data
- RetroLens for collection valuation
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RetroChecker is the ultimate app for retro video game collectors! With our extensive database of over 75,000 games across 160 platforms, you'll have all the information you need about the value, description, and release history of your favorite retro games. Plus, with access to over 25,000 in-game videos, box arts, screenshots, and game manuals, you'll be able to explore the world of retro games like never before. Our versatile tool makes it easy to search for games, browse by platform, genre, release date, or value tier, and access YouTube videos with just a tap. You can even manage your own collection or inventory, bookmark games you're looking for, and access price charting data even when offline. RetroChecker is world-ready, with support for seven currencies and integration with eBay and Amazon. And with our RetroLens feature, you can quickly assess the value of a game collection at yard sales or flea markets. Plus, you can easily create a copy of your data or move it to another device. We take your privacy seriously and do not collect any of your data. We also do not use any tracking technologies, and our app uses Google Cloud Vision only for image recognition. Check out our privacy policy for more details. We put our hearts into creating RetroChecker, and we hope you'll love it too. Please don't hesitate to give us feedback and let us know how we can improve. Price data via pricecharting.com Image Recognition (Premium feature) via Google Cloud Vision Additional content (game descriptions, release history, additional images) via mobygames.com
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GameTrekker at 5.0 against RetroChecker's 4.4. GameTrekker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%). RetroChecker's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. RetroChecker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GameTrekker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GameTrekker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RetroChecker has 60 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of RetroChecker's written reviews are positive against 100% of GameTrekker's.
| Parameter | RetroChecker | GameTrekker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (60 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.5 GB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emanuel Schleussinger | Patrik Ell |
Customer experience
RetroChecker
GameTrekker
In-app purchases
RetroChecker
- RetroLens - 200 uses$0.99
GameTrekker
- GameTrekker Premium$1.99







