Biblion vs Backlog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Biblion
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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.
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.
- Organize backlog across categories
- Quick item addition
- Track progress (next, completed, on hold)
- Minimalist interface
- Distraction-free design
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Backlog sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Biblion asks for nothing beyond the download.
Biblion ships an update monthly, Backlog every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Biblion | Backlog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giosue Addario | CURTIS TAYLOR |
In-app purchases
Biblion
No in-app purchases
Backlog
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip!$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Huge Tip$9.99









