Comparison

Biblion vs Backlog

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

Head to head
About

Biblion

Features
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Discover Biblion, the app designed to help you organize, track, and share your passions in a simple and intuitive way. With Biblion, you can manage books, movies, TV series, and video games in one personalized space. Create custom folders, organize your favorite content, update details, images, ratings, and dates, and always keep track of what you are reading, watching, or playing. Adding new books is even easier: scan a barcode, quickly search for a title with the built-in search engine, or import content from other platforms using CSV files. The Activities section lets you monitor your daily habits by tracking pages read, movies and TV series watched, completed episodes, and time spent playing video games. Biblion is also a community: follow your friends, explore posts from other users, and discover new inspiration. Customize your profile with a picture, cover image, description, and links to show the world your personal style. With Biblion, organizing your passions has never been so simple, complete, and fun.

About

Backlog

Organize all your media, games, and books in one place. This app provides a clean, distraction-free interface to track what you want to watch, play, or read, helping you decide what to tackle next without feeling overwhelmed.

Highlights
  • Organize backlog across categories
  • Quick item addition
  • Track progress (next, completed, on hold)
  • Minimalist interface
  • Distraction-free design
Features
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Backlog helps you keep track of everything you want to watch, play or read - all in one clean, distraction-free app. Whether it’s films you mean to watch, games you plan to finish, or books waiting on your shelf, Backlog gives you a simple place to store it all and decide what’s next. Key features: • Organise your backlog across multiple categories • Add items quickly with a clean, minimal interface • Keep track of what’s next, completed, or on hold • Designed to stay out of your way and keep you focused No clutter. No pressure. Just a better way to manage your backlog instead of using never-ending Notes or other apps which just overwhelm you. Perfect for media lovers, gamers, book worms, and anyone who wants to keep track of the things they care about.

Screenshots

Biblion3 screens
Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Biblion at none against Backlog's 4. Backlog's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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. Backlog sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Biblion asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Biblion ships an update monthly, Backlog every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Biblion versus Backlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiblionBacklog
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiosue AddarioCURTIS TAYLOR

In-app purchases

None

Biblion

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Backlog

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip!$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Huge Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Biblion free?
Biblion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backlog free?
Backlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Biblion or Backlog have ads?
Neither Biblion nor Backlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Biblion or Backlog?
Biblion ships an update monthly, and Backlog every 5 weeks. Most recently, Biblion was updated on October 2, 2026 and Backlog on October 2, 2026.

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