Comparison

Retro Joy vs GameTrekker

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

Head to head
About

Retro Joy

Track your progress and discover achievements for classic video games. Organize your favorite titles into custom collections and connect with a community of retro gaming enthusiasts. It's the perfect companion for reliving gaming history.

Highlights
  • Track RetroAchievements.org progress
  • View achievements, friends, and games
  • Collect and organize favorite games
  • Create custom game collections
  • Connect with the RetroAchievements community
Features
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Retro Joy is your ideal companion app for RetroAchievements.org With Retro Joy, your RetroAchievement.org achievements, friends, and games are brought straight to your device. You can even collect your favorite games in your library and organize them into collections, exclusive to Retro Joy. If you are new to the RetroAchievements.org community, joining is as simple as downloading the app, creating an account, and logging in. The rest you can pick up along the way with pointers in the app, and the support of the community on RetroAchievements.org.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Retro Joy4 screens
GameTrekker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GameTrekker at 5.0 against Retro Joy's 4.1. GameTrekker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Retro Joy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (14 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. GameTrekker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Retro Joy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GameTrekker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Retro Joy's written reviews are positive against 100% of GameTrekker's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Retro Joy versus GameTrekker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetro JoyGameTrekker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (14 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperClayton SulbyPatrik Ell

Customer experience

Retro Joy

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

GameTrekker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Retro Joy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GameTrekker

One-time1
  • GameTrekker Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Retro Joy free?
Retro Joy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GameTrekker free?
GameTrekker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Retro Joy or GameTrekker?
GameTrekker is rated higher. Retro Joy averages 4.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while GameTrekker averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Retro Joy or GameTrekker have ads?
Neither Retro Joy nor GameTrekker shows ads.

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