Comparison

iCollect Video Games vs GameTrekker

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

Head to head
About

iCollect Video Games

Manage your video game collection with this comprehensive inventory app. Catalog games for various consoles, track personal details, and sync across devices. Features barcode scanning, cloud backup, and customizable layouts.

Highlights
  • Manage video game collections for all systems
  • Barcode scanning and database search
  • Cloud backup and sync across devices
  • Customizable layouts and fields
  • Track personal game details and estimated value
  • Import collections from other apps
Features
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iCollect Video Games is the #1 app on the Apple App Store for managing your video game collections and inventory. This app works on all device sizes and syncs directly with our iPhone, iPad, Mac apps, as well as our apps on other platforms. Scan in or search our database for any video game you own or want and add them to your lists. Full of incredible features! • Manage and inventory any video game for systems and consoles such as Switch, Playstation, Xbox, Windows PC's, and many more, including old legacy systems! Supports the latest consoles. • Loaded with millions of video games from around the world in our database. • Full barcode scanning and database search. • Cloud Backup • Sync across multiple devices, including iPad, iPhone, Mac, and more. • Supports input in any language and allows selections of any country and currency. • Filters, sorting, and importing. • Three different custom layouts. • Exporting • Multi-level sorting • Shake to Select • Default Field Data • Customize which fields are displayed • Section Counts • Share your video game collection with friends or on social media like Facebook and Twitter. • Format your Titles with A, An, or The removed. • Extra features like colored Themes, Dark Mode support, and more. • Every field is editable. • Store up to four pictures per video game, including front, back, and inside images of games. • Personal details per game including Loaned, Purchase Price, Purchase Date, Date Added, Personal Rating, Last Played, Storage Location, Opened, Notes, Estimated Value, and more. • Index bars and search for quick access in large game collections. This app is a completely new collecting experience, written from the ground up for iOS 18, the latest devices like iPhone 16, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, SE 2, iPad Pro, and full Universal iPhone/iPad support built-in and syncs directly to our Mac app. Our app was created with a cloud database backend designed specifically to allow each item to be stored with its own individual attributes. We can import your game collection from nearly anywhere: CLZ Games, Delicious Library, Gameye, Price Charting, and much more. Just send us your import file and we'll get you rolling. This app is for anyone who reads IGN, uses CLZ Games, likes video game reviews from IGN, uses UPC barcode scanners, buys video games at Gamestop, or likes to catalog & collect video games. Great for the latest video game releases. Note: Large collections require an in-app purchase to unlock unlimited storage. You will be prompted when you reach the limits of your selected collectible type. Data provided by Amazon, Google, eBay, and users like you. ------- PRIVACY INFO ------- All of these are OPTIONAL when using our app. Email Address: We only collect this if you enable Cloud Sync as a login user ID. Contacts: We only use your contacts if you want us to for "Loaned To" fields. Photos or Videos: We only use photos that you choose for your item details. Camera: We only use this for barcode scanning. None of your data is sold. See our Privacy Policy URL for details. We do use Google Firebase and Facebook SDK's for analytics and crash data. See their policies for additional details on what they may track about your device. ------- TERMS OF USE: https://www.icollecteverything.com/privacy-policy/

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

iCollect Video Games4 screens
GameTrekker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GameTrekker at 100% against iCollect Video Games's 55%. GameTrekker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). iCollect Video Games's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iCollect Video Games sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year and GameTrekker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GameTrekker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCollect Video Games has 1.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of iCollect Video Games's written reviews are positive against 100% of GameTrekker's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iCollect Video Games versus GameTrekker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCollect Video GamesGameTrekker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiCollect Everything, LLCPatrik Ell

Customer experience

iCollect Video Games

All ratings1,846 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews326 reviews
Positive54.6%
Neutral11.3%
Negative34.0%

GameTrekker

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

Bugs and requests

iCollect Video Games

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Deleted user's entire game collection
  • Inconsistent data and cover art
  • Sync and login issues
  • Frequent crashes and app instability

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to organize by console/platform
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Integration with other services (e.g. Steam)
  • Notifications for price changes or new releases
  • Export/backup collection data

GameTrekker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

iCollect Video Games

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Video Games$29.991 Year
  • Pro User - Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time4
  • 50 AI Identification Scans$9.99
  • 250 AI Identification Scans$44.99
  • Add Unlimited Video Games$49.99
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  • 500 AI Identification Scans$79.99
1 purchases

GameTrekker

One-time1
  • GameTrekker Premium$1.99

Questions

Is iCollect Video Games free?
iCollect Video Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GameTrekker free?
GameTrekker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iCollect Video Games or GameTrekker?
GameTrekker is rated higher. iCollect Video Games averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while GameTrekker averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do iCollect Video Games or GameTrekker have ads?
Neither iCollect Video Games nor GameTrekker shows ads.

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