Comparison

Digaroo vs GameDiary

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

Head to head
About

Digaroo

Discover, rate, and review movies, TV shows, books, games, music, restaurants, and recipes. See what friends are enjoying and get personalized recommendations. Save items with private notes for future reference.

Highlights
  • Discover and rate diverse content
  • Follow friends and see their ratings
  • Create personalized bookmark lists
  • Build music playlists from friend ratings
  • Share Top 10 lists
  • Receive direct recommendations from friends
Features
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Digaroo makes it easy to discover, rate, and review the things you actually spend your time on — movies, TV shows, books, board games, video games, podcasts, music, restaurants, and recipes — all in one clean, ad-free app. See what your friends are into. Leave your own ratings. Find something worth your time. HOW IT WORKS Add your friends. They rate things. Those ratings land in your feed — with what they actually said about them, not just a score. Rate them yourself, or bookmark the ones you want to get to. When you're deciding what to watch, read, play or cook tonight, your bookmarks are the shortlist. ONE FEED, OR ALL OF IT Pick a category, or choose All Categories and see everything at once. Look at everyone, one friend, or work your way through a ranked list — Best Picture winners, say. BOOKMARKS THAT REMEMBER WHY Save anything with one tap and add a private note — "Sam said to watch this", or "for the flight". The note stays with the bookmark, and only you can see it. PROFILES WORTH VISITING Everything someone has rated, what they're saving for later, their Top 10 lists, and their Spotlight — the three things that define them in a category. MUSIC AND PARTY PLAYLISTS Rate songs, albums and artists. Then build a party playlist from what your friends have actually rated: pick who's coming, set how long you need, and send it to Spotify. NO ADS. NO ALGORITHM. NO STRANGERS. Whether you're picking a movie for tonight, your next book, a game for the table, or somewhere to grab dinner, Digaroo gives you real recommendations from real people. • Follow friends and compare tastes • Share your Top 10 lists in any category • See what's trending in your circle • Get recommendations sent directly from friends • No ads. No tracking. Just great recommendations. Digaroo is built for people, not algorithms. Find something good from people you actually trust.

About

GameDiary

This app lets you catalog your video game collection, track playtime, and manage your backlog. Discover new games across various genres and view detailed information like screenshots and release dates.

Highlights
  • Custom game library
  • Track playtime and progress
  • View game details (screenshots, release dates)
  • Discover new games by genre
  • Manage gaming backlog
Features
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GameDiary is your personal game library and tracker. Add all your favorite video games to your custom library. Keep tabs on your progress with a variety of statuses, logging your progress in hours played for each title. View game screenshots, artworks, check genres, platforms, release dates, and more. Discover new RPG, action-adventure, strategy, simulation, and multiplayer games. GameDiary is more than just a tracker; it's your personal gaming companion, helping you relive memories, manage your backlog, and discover new titles. Perfect for casual gamers and hardcore enthusiasts alike.

Screenshots

Digaroo4 screens
GameDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Digaroo at 5.0 against GameDiary's 3.9. Digaroo also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). GameDiary's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Digaroo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GameDiary has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digaroo ships an update weekly, GameDiary every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Digaroo versus GameDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigarooGameDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.9 (10 ratings)
Number of ratings210 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB20 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperMark PetersenHugo Branco

Customer experience

Digaroo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GameDiary

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Digaroo

No in-app purchases

None

GameDiary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Digaroo free?
Digaroo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GameDiary free?
GameDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Digaroo or GameDiary?
Digaroo is rated higher. Digaroo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while GameDiary averages 3.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Digaroo or GameDiary have ads?
Neither Digaroo nor GameDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digaroo or GameDiary?
Digaroo ships an update weekly, and GameDiary every 9 days. Most recently, Digaroo was updated on November 12, 2026 and GameDiary on October 30, 2026.

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