Comparison

Video Game Logbook & Tracker vs Barklog

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

Head to head
About

Video Game Logbook & Tracker

Log your gaming progress, organize your backlog, and challenge friends. Discover new games, track playtime, and view rich game data like completion estimates and scores. Features a home screen widget for your current game.

Highlights
  • Log game progress and playtime
  • Organize backlog and custom lists
  • Challenge friends to games
  • Discover new and trending games
  • View game stats and scores
  • Home screen widget for current game
Features
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Track every game you play, plan your backlog, and challenge your friends to finish theirs. Video Game Logbook is your personal gaming journal — organize your entire game library, log your progress from start to finish, and follow the people you game with. **Follow Your Friends** - Search for people by username and follow them — no friend requests to approve - See their library, their custom lists, and what they've finished - Follower and following counts right on every profile **Never Miss a Challenge** - Get a push notification when someone challenges you to a game - And another when a friend accepts a challenge you sent - Know the moment a new follower arrives, and tap to open their profile **Send and Receive Challenges** - Challenge any of your followers to play a game - Add a due date to make it a real commitment, or leave it off as a friendly suggestion - Accept or decline what comes in, and track everything you've sent - A badge tells you the moment a new challenge is waiting **Discover New Games** - Browse trending, recently released, and upcoming titles - Find your next favorite game without leaving the app - Search thousands of games powered by IGDB **Organize Your Library** - Sort games into your Wishlist, Library, In Progress, Completed, and 100% lists - Create custom lists for any collection you can imagine - Rate games and pass your favorites on to friends **Track Your Gaming Activity** - Log when you start, pause, and complete games - Add notes and progress updates as you play - Record playtime and completion dates - Tap any activity entry to jump straight to that game's details **Rich Game Data at Your Fingertips** - HowLongToBeat completion estimates so you know what you're getting into - Metacritic scores from critics and players - Release dates, platforms, and descriptions **Currently Playing Widget** - Add a home screen widget for your in-progress game's cover art and stats - Choose small, medium, or large sizes - Add multiple widgets and swipe between games with iOS's Smart Stack **Your Gaming Profile** - See your stats at a glance — games completed, hours played, backlog size - View your full gaming activity history - Show off your custom lists and your challenge record Coming soon: an activity feed of what your friends are playing, and shared lists for games you want to play together. * Apple Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ *

About

Barklog

Features
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Keep track of what you're playing, what's next, and what you've finished with Barklog. Add a game, then mark it waiting, playing, completed, or abandoned. That's the whole system. Whatever you're playing sits at the top, so the game you're actually in the middle of is the first thing you see. ABANDONED IS A REAL ANSWER Not every game needs finishing. Barklog lets you mark a game abandoned in one tap and stop thinking about it. No judgement. FIND THE NEXT ONE Explore shows what's popular, what's coming out, and what just landed. Already know the name? Search for it. Tap any game for its cover, platforms, genres, who made it, what the ratings look like, and which games it's similar to. SHARE A VIDEO, PICK THE GAME You're watching a clip of some game and you can't work out what it is. Share the video to Barklog from YouTube or TikTok and it suggests possible matches for you to choose from. All it reads is the video title and the channel name. TEN AT A TIME, FREE Barklog is free for ten unfinished games: the ones waiting, and the ones you're partway through. Finish one, or admit you're done with it, and the slot comes back. Games you've completed or abandoned never count against the ten, so the shelf behind you can get as long as it likes. GAME DATA Every cover, release date, platform, genre and summary in Barklog comes from IGDB, a games database its community maintains. BARKLOG PREMIUM Barklog Premium removes the ten-game cap and nothing else. It comes as two auto-renewable subscriptions, Barklog Premium Monthly and Barklog Premium Yearly, both starting with a 7-day free trial. The price for your region is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at the end of the free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends; your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://barklog.gg/privacy Barklog terms: https://barklog.gg/terms Support: https://barklog.gg/support

Screenshots

Video Game Logbook & Tracker4 screens
Barklog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Video Game Logbook & Tracker at none against Barklog's 2. Barklog's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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. Barklog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Video Game Logbook & Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Video Game Logbook & Tracker ships an update every 9 days, Barklog weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Video Game Logbook & Tracker versus Barklog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo Game Logbook & TrackerBarklog
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB88 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperJason VanceVolodymyr Chornonoh

In-app purchases

None

Video Game Logbook & Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Barklog

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Video Game Logbook & Tracker free?
Video Game Logbook & Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Barklog free?
Barklog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Video Game Logbook & Tracker or Barklog have ads?
Video Game Logbook & Tracker shows ads; Barklog does not.
Which is updated more often, Video Game Logbook & Tracker or Barklog?
Video Game Logbook & Tracker ships an update every 9 days, and Barklog weekly. Most recently, Video Game Logbook & Tracker was updated on October 28, 2026 and Barklog on October 29, 2026.

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