Comparison

Backlog vs PodSips

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 library, track progress, discover new titles, and connect with friends. Manage wishlists, backlogged games, and completed titles all in one place. Stay updated with gaming news and community scores.

Highlights
  • Unified game library management
  • Customizable game collections
  • Game discovery and news feed
  • Detailed game information
  • Social features and friend activity
  • Offline library sync
  • Customizable themes and privacy controls
Features
Read full description

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

PodSips

Engage with your favorite podcasts like never before. This app allows you to listen to episodes and then chat with an AI that has read the full transcript, providing context-aware answers and summaries. Discover new shows and build a personal library.

Highlights
  • AI chat with podcast transcripts
  • Full playback controls
  • Background audio playback
  • Personal podcast library
  • Podcast discovery and recommendations
  • Cross-episode chat
Features
Read full description

PodSips is a podcast player with a built-in AI chat that lets you have conversations about what you're listening to. Listen to episodes from top podcasts and then ask questions about anything discussed in the episode. PodSips reads the full transcript so you get accurate, context-aware answers, not generic AI responses. KEY FEATURES - Stream and listen to podcast episodes with full playback controls, background audio, and lock screen integration. - Chat with any episode using AI that has read the full transcript. Ask questions, request summaries, or explore topics in depth. - Chat across multiple episodes at once to find connections and compare perspectives across different shows. - Build your personal podcast library and pick up exactly where you left off. - Discover new podcasts through curated recommendations and search. HOW IT WORKS 1. Find a podcast and start listening. 2. Open a chat and ask anything about the episode. 3. Get answers grounded in what was actually said, with references to specific moments. PodSips uses AI to understand podcast transcripts so your conversations are informed by real content, not guesswork. SUBSCRIPTION PodSips offers a free tier with limited AI chats. Subscribe to PodSips Premium for unlimited AI conversations: - Monthly: $6.99/month - Annual: $49.99/year (3-day free trial included) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://podsips.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://podsips.com/terms

Screenshots

Backlog4 screens
PodSips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backlog at none against PodSips's 2. Backlog also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). PodSips's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PodSips sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Backlog asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Backlog against 5.0 for PodSips. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backlog has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Backlog's written reviews are positive against 100% of PodSips's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backlog ships an update every 5 days, PodSips monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Backlog versus PodSips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBacklogPodSips
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDifferent Productions, LLCpaul wakim

Customer experience

Backlog

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

PodSips

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Backlog

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PodSips

Subscriptions2
  • PodSips Monthly$6.991 Month
  • PodSips Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Backlog free?
Backlog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PodSips free?
PodSips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backlog or PodSips?
Backlog and PodSips are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Backlog or PodSips have ads?
Neither Backlog nor PodSips shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backlog or PodSips?
Backlog ships an update every 5 days, and PodSips monthly. Most recently, Backlog was updated on November 8, 2026 and PodSips on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons