Comparison

iCollect Everything vs BGG BoardGames Information

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

Head to head
About

iCollect Everything

Manage and track any type of collection or inventory, from movies and books to custom items. Features include barcode scanning, AI identification, estimated values, and cloud backup. Organize your possessions for home, business, or school.

Highlights
  • Catalog any collection type
  • Barcode and AI scanning
  • Automatic estimated values
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Customizable fields and layouts
  • Share collections
Features
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iCollect Everything is the #1 app on the App Store for managing your collectibles or inventory, whether at home, business, work, or school. This is a Universal app and works on both iPhone and iPad and syncs directly with our Mac app. Scan in or search for any item you own or want and add them to your lists. Full of incredible features! -- Used officially by the state of Tennessee: Over 2000+ school teachers in five different school districts use it to manage their classroom book libraries. • Manage and inventory any of these collections: - Movies - Books - Video Games - Comic Books - Music - Toy Cars (Hot Wheels) - Bricks (LEGO) - Wine - Coins - Art - Action Figures - Currency - Dolls (Barbie) - Vinyl Figures (Funko) - Board Games - Alcohol - Magazines - Model Trains and Planes - Puzzles - Pins (Disney) - Watches - Sci-Fi (Star Wars / Star Trek) - Stamps - Trading Cards: Sports, including baseball, football, basketball, soccer, hockey, racing, boxing, cricket, MMA, and more. - Trading Cards: Non-Sports for Pokemon, Disney Lorcana, Magic: The Gathering, Star Wars, GPK, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and more - Customized Collections of ANY kind - and so much more! (see screenshots for more details) 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. • Create any Customized Collectable type you can think of: - Collect Harry Potter stuff? You can create a collectible type for that! - What about sewing patterns? You can do that too. - Sports memorabilia and trading cards? Done. - Disney and other pop culture products and toys? We can help you manage those too. - Kitchen, garage, business products, etc. - Vintage Coca-Cola, antiques, music equipment, school classroom inventory, shop tools, posters, anything really.... we can help you manage it with this app. • Loaded with millions of items from around the world in our database • AI Identification Scanning, great for items without barcodes • Full barcode, ISBN, package scanning, and advanced machine learning image recognition, as well as database search • Automatic estimated values on nearly all of our built-in collectible types • Cloud Backup • Sync across multiple devices, including iPad • Supports input in any language and allows selections of any country and currency • Filters, sorting, and importing • See your full collection value • Insure your collectibles • Three different custom layouts • Exporting • Multi-level sorting • Shake to Select • Default Field Data • Customize which fields are displayed • Section Counts • Collapsable Sections • Share your 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 and Dark Mode • Every field is editable • Store up to four pictures (or ten for Pro users) per item, including front, back, and inside images of items • Personal details per item including Loaned, Purchase Price, Purchase Date, Date Added, Personal Rating, Last Watched, Storage Location, Opened, Notes, Estimated Value, and more • Index bars and search for quick access in large collections This app is a completely new collecting experience, written from the ground up for iOS 26, the latest devices like iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, Air, 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 collection from nearly anywhere: CLZ Collectorz, MyMovies, Delicious Library, BookBuddy, and much more. Just send us your import file and we'll get you rolling. Data provided by Discogs, TMDB, Amazon, Google, eBay, and users like you. TERMS OF USE and PRIVACY INFO: https://www.icollecteverything.com/privacy-policy/

About

BGG BoardGames Information

Access comprehensive board game information, including trending titles, user ratings, and news. Sync your collection and track plays by logging into your BoardGameGeek account. Discover new games and manage your collection on the go.

Highlights
  • Trending and Top 100 Games
  • Game Search
  • BoardGameGeek News & Forums
  • User Ratings & Expansions
  • Collection Management
  • Play Logging
  • Friend Collection View
Features
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Do you want to have all the information about your favorite board game on your phone or tablet? Do you want to know what are the trending board games at the moment? If so, this is your app!!! Furthermore, if you have an account in "https://boardgamegeek.com" you can log in to the app and have all your information synchronized. This application provides access to: - Hot Games of the moment - Top 100 Games of the moment - Search a Game in the whole bible of games - General Forums - "Board Game Geek" News - Game Stats provided by BoardGameGeek (including the users rating, expansions...) - Games in your collection - Statistics - Add a Game to your collection (do you want it? do you want to play? you own?) - Your Plays (you can even log plays) - Add a Friend Collection to see his/her games MyBGG is an unofficial BGG reference app created by fans. Let us know your thoughts and what you would like to have in the app!! In following versions we will add your suggestions.

Screenshots

iCollect Everything4 screens
BGG BoardGames Information4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: iCollect Everything at none against BGG BoardGames Information's shown. iCollect Everything also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). BGG BoardGames Information's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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 Everything sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $79.99 per year and BGG BoardGames Information 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

iCollect Everything holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCollect Everything has 14K ratings behind it against 645, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of iCollect Everything's written reviews are positive against 38% of BGG BoardGames Information's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCollect Everything ships an update every 2 days, BGG BoardGames Information every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
iCollect Everything versus BGG BoardGames Information: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCollect EverythingBGG BoardGames Information
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14K ratings) — better4.2 (645 ratings)
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews — better38.3% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better645
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#95 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiCollect Everything, LLCEmilio Exposito Cordobes

Customer experience

iCollect Everything

All ratings13,773 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews702 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.8%
Negative46.0%

BGG BoardGames Information

All ratings643 ratings
Positive83.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive38.3%
Neutral22.9%
Negative38.8%

User reviews

iCollect Everything

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 📚 Useful for cataloging collections
  • 👍 Customizable collections
  • 💾 Cloud backup and sync
  • 🔍 Barcode scanning for quick entry

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Data loss issues
  • 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
  • 🔍 Incomplete database
  • 🤔 Confusing pricing structure

BGG BoardGames Information

From 645 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Best BGG format
  • 👍 Satisfying and intuitive tile layout
  • ✨ Great access to BGG data
  • 👍 Useful for managing games

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes randomly
  • 💤 Server connection issues
  • 🙈 Ads too frequent and intrusive
  • 🤕 Poor interface and UX
  • 🐞 Buggy and unstable

Bugs and requests

iCollect Everything

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Duplicate/incorrect item data
  • Images disappearing or changing unexpectedly
  • Login/account issues
  • Crashes and data loss
  • Slow performance and sync problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Bulk editing and management tools
  • Improved search and sorting options
  • Offline mode for barcode scanning
  • Ability to rearrange/reorder images
  • Automatic data backups and restore

BGG BoardGames Information

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Unable to sync with BGG
  • Crashes when adding/editing game plays
  • Keyboard issues when entering comments
  • Images not loading properly
  • Expansions not showing in collection

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to browse more than top 100 games
  • Geekmail access
  • Personal profile and stats display
  • Filter by 'best with' player count

In-app purchases

10 purchases

iCollect Everything

Subscriptions1
  • Pro User - Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time9
  • Add Unlimited Movies$49.99
  • Add Unlimited Books$49.99
  • Add Unlimited Puzzles$49.99
Show 6 more
  • Add Unlimited Comic Books$49.99
  • Add Unlimited Video Games$49.99
  • Add Unlimited Custom Items$49.99
  • LIFETIME Unlimited All Items$59.99
  • LIFETIME Unlimited All Items$79.99
  • LIFETIME Unlimited All Items$99.99
1 purchases

BGG BoardGames Information

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is iCollect Everything free?
iCollect Everything is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BGG BoardGames Information free?
BGG BoardGames Information is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iCollect Everything or BGG BoardGames Information?
iCollect Everything is rated higher. iCollect Everything averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while BGG BoardGames Information averages 4.2 from 645 ratings.
Do iCollect Everything or BGG BoardGames Information have ads?
BGG BoardGames Information shows ads; iCollect Everything does not.
Which is updated more often, iCollect Everything or BGG BoardGames Information?
iCollect Everything ships an update every 2 days, and BGG BoardGames Information every 2 months. Most recently, iCollect Everything was updated on November 11, 2026 and BGG BoardGames Information on November 2, 2026.

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