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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One list for the movies, TV shows, games and books you mean to get to. Add anything in a couple of taps, mark it Backlog, In progress or Done, and pick up where you left off. TV THAT KEEPS YOUR PLACE • Season and episode progress for every show • Tap +1 on an episode, or mark a whole season watched • A notification at 6pm your time when a show you watch has a new episode or season RATE AND REVIEW • Rate anything from half a star to five • Write a short review, up to 500 characters, public or private • Spoiler warnings, likes, and the option to report or block FIND SOMETHING NEW • Trending movies and TV, popular games, the most played and best new games on Steam, and New York Times bestsellers • Title pages with cast, trailers, seasons and where to watch in the UK MADE FOR iPHONE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including Up Next • Siri and Shortcuts • Add from Safari, IMDb or Letterboxd links with the Share sheet • Light and dark mode, with your choice of either or the system setting YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR DATA • Import your Letterboxd or Goodreads export, or any CSV • Export your whole Backlog as JSON or CSV • Stats, a yearly goal and ranks as you finish things • An optional public profile to share your reviews and your watch/play/read history • Your library syncs with usebacklog.app on the web Backlog is completely free. No ads, no tracking, no data harvesting. Absolutely 100% free - No limitations/restrictions/etc/etc/etc Movie and TV data from TMDB. Game data from RAWG and Steam. Book data from Open Library, Google Books and The New York Times.

Screenshots

Biblion3 screens
Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Biblion at none against Backlog's 4. Biblion also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

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 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB13 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 2 months. Most recently, Biblion was updated on October 25, 2026 and Backlog on October 31, 2026.

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