Comparison

Backlog vs Spawnr

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

Head to head
About

Backlog

Organize your entire video game collection, track progress, and discover new releases. Stay updated with gaming news and see historical popularity charts for any game. Connect with friends and build your gamer profile.

Highlights
  • Organize games by status (Playing, Completed, Backlogged, Wishlist)
  • Discover trending and new game releases
  • Track game popularity history
  • Read and write game reviews
  • Follow friends and share your collection
  • Detailed game pages with ratings, screenshots, and trailers
  • Integrated gaming news from IGN
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Your backlog, conquered. Backlog is the game tracker for people who buy more games than they finish. Track every game you own, want, or are playing right now, see what your friends are into, and find what to play next. ONE LIBRARY FOR EVERYTHING • Every game in one tab, filtered by status: Wishlist, Backlogged, Playing, Completed, Dropped • Make your own collections, like All-Time Favorites or Co-op Nights • Add-ons stay grouped under the game they belong to • Start without an account, and bring your library with you when you sign in FIND YOUR NEXT GAME • Trending, Most Wanted, Now Playing and Hot on Steam, plus Recently Released and Coming Soon • See how the charts moved over time • Wishlist a game for reminders a week before, the day before and on release day, plus date changes and new DLC • Search more than 100,000 games, even by the name a game shipped under somewhere else • The latest gaming news, built right into Discover EVERYTHING ABOUT A GAME • Critic scores, player scores and the Backlog community score side by side • Platforms, release dates, age ratings, time to beat, trailers and screenshots • My Stats: hours played on each platform, when you finished, and how your score compares • Notes for every game in your library RATE, REVIEW, CONNECT • A Forum on every game: posts, replies, quotes and @ mentions • Score games from 0 to 100 and write reviews • Vote on reviews and reply to them • Translate reviews written in other languages • An Activity tab with what the people you follow started, finished, rated and reviewed • Follow friends, pin your Top Friends, and vouch for the people you play with • Earn badges for your profile • Share your profile as a link, with its own page on the web YOUR APP, YOUR WAY • Pick a theme color for the whole app, in light and dark mode • Works offline: Offline Sync keeps your library, profile and the Forum on your iPhone • Hide tags you never want to see, and keep adult games out of Trending, Search and Browse • Choose who sees your profile, library, ratings and activity, or make your account private • A Home Screen widget for your library • Works with VoiceOver and larger text sizes WHY BACKLOG? • A native iPhone app. Fast and smooth. • Sign in with Apple. Privacy first. • Your library syncs across your devices. • Built by gamers, for gamers. Download Backlog and finally get your game library under control.

About

Spawnr

Easily track your gaming progress, manage your backlog, and write reviews. Discover new games through friends' lists and recommendations. Organize your entire gaming history across all platforms in one app.

Highlights
  • Track games played, completed, or paused
  • Write game reviews and star ratings
  • Build custom game lists
  • Follow friends and see their activity
  • Manage wishlist and upcoming games
  • Cross-platform game tracking
Features
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Spawnr is a free video game tracker and gaming diary. Log what you play, rate and review games, manage your backlog and build ranked lists, all in one fast app. No ads, no limits. TRACK EVERY GAME Mark games as playing, finished, paused or dropped, on any platform: PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam and PC, mobile and retro. BUILD YOUR HISTORY IN A MINUTE • Import your Steam or Xbox library in a few taps • Swipe through classics and mark the ones you've played RATE & REVIEW Star ratings and written reviews. Keep a diary of your play sessions and see your history at a glance. RANKED LISTS "Top 10 RPGs of all time", "My 2026 backlog", "Games I finished this year". Public or private, as many as you want. FRIENDS & COMMUNITY Follow friends, see what they're playing, and comment on reviews and lists. Discover what's popular on Spawnr this week. WISHLIST & RELEASE REMINDERS Save upcoming games and get a notification when they come out. YOUR YEAR IN REVIEW Every December, your Wrapped: your game of the year, your gamer type and your stats, ready to share. SPAWNR PRO (OPTIONAL) Advanced stats, custom covers, a profile banner from your top 4 games and a highlighted name. Available monthly or yearly; the yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Spawnr is also on the web at spawnr.es, with the same account. Terms of Use: https://spawnr.es/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://spawnr.es/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Backlog4 screens
Spawnr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Backlog at 5.0 against Spawnr's 4.2. Backlog also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). Spawnr's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Spawnr sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Backlog asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Backlog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Backlog's written reviews are positive against 67% of Spawnr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backlog ships an update every 6 days, Spawnr weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Backlog versus Spawnr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBacklogSpawnr
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings66
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDifferent Productions, LLCDereck Cepeda

Customer experience

Backlog

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Spawnr

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Backlog

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Spawnr

Subscriptions2
  • Level Up$2.991 Month
  • Spawnr Pro Yearly7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time2
  • Buy the programmer a pizza$3.99
  • Buy the programmer a pizza$6.99

Questions

Is Backlog free?
Backlog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spawnr free?
Spawnr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backlog or Spawnr?
Backlog is rated higher. Backlog averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Spawnr averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Backlog or Spawnr have ads?
Neither Backlog nor Spawnr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backlog or Spawnr?
Backlog ships an update every 6 days, and Spawnr weekly. Most recently, Backlog was updated on October 25, 2026 and Spawnr on October 24, 2026.

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