Comparison

Game Wall vs Pocket Backlog

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

Head to head
About

Game Wall

Discover top games across various platforms. Search by name or scan barcodes to add titles to your collection. Track games you want to play and filter your library by console.

Highlights
  • Discover best games per platform
  • Search games by name
  • Scan game barcodes
  • Add games to collection
  • Filter games by console
  • Track wishlisted games
Features
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GameWall is your personal video game catalog: organize your collection, your wishlist and your backlog, and share them with your friends. YOUR COLLECTION, YOUR WAY A wall with every cover you own, grouped by platform with collapsible sections, or by series, with the covers fanned out. A copy counter when you own the same game on several consoles, and filters by platform, edition, status or name. ADD GAMES IN SECONDS Search by title, scan the barcode on the box, or sweep your whole shelf with the camera and review what it recognized before adding it. YOUR AMIIBO TOO Scan an amiibo by tapping your phone, or search for it by name in the catalog, and add it to your collection or your wishlist. Every figure has its own page, with the compatible games per console and what it does in each one. Group your amiibo collection by series or by amiibo line, just like your games. WISHLIST AND BACKLOG Save what you want to buy and what you still have to play. Share your wishlist by link: perfect for gifts, and for not buying the same game twice. FRIENDS Invite your friends, browse their collection and wishlist, and decide whether yours is visible. DISCOVER Curated sections with the most anticipated releases, new arrivals and the best of each platform. STATS How many games you own and how they split across your consoles. Works with collections across PlayStation (PS5, PS4, PS3, PS2, PSX, PSP, Vita), Nintendo (Switch, Wii U, Wii, GameCube, N64, SNES, NES, 3DS, DS, Game Boy), Xbox (Series, One, 360, original), PC and retro consoles. Built natively for iPhone and iPad, with a Liquid Glass tab bar on iOS 26. Game data provided by IGDB.

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Pocket Backlog

Features
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Every game you own, in one place, and a good answer to what to play next. Sign in with Steam, Xbox, or PlayStation and Pocket Backlog brings your whole collection across in one go. NEW IN 1.5: READY FOR IPHONE DUO - Open your iPhone Duo and the Library spreads across both screens: Now Playing as a Cover Flow, a countdown to your next must-play, and your Gamedex beside it - The Gamedex becomes the Dex: one finished game on show on the left, every finish in a numbered grid on the right - Your Wishlist and the Releases calendar use both screens too - On every iPhone and iPad, the Library now opens on a stage that takes its color from the game you're playing - Counting down to a must-play? While you wait suggests a game from your backlog you can finish before it lands START WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY OWN - Import from Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation: choose what comes across, and import again later to pick up only what's new - Achievements and trophies come along, so you can see how far along you are in each game - Not on those? Pick a platform and check off the games you own, or search the IGDB catalog and add one with a tap SORTED FOR YOU, NOT SHOUTED AT - Organize reads your trophies and playtime and suggests what looks finished or never really started. Nothing changes until you say so - Your backlog sorts itself onto shelves: nearly done, barely touched, the genres you collect. Build your own and pin your favorites - Pick for Me finds something that fits the time you have tonight FINISH THINGS, AND SEE THEM - Every game you finish becomes a card in your Gamedex - Rate games your way, from Uninstalled to Masterpiece, and share a review slip with your verdict - Check-ins ask how the game you're on is going: stay on it, finish it, or set it aside - A Recap every month, and your Year in Gaming each December ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S COMING - The Releases calendar shows the next twelve months, and your wishlist gets a nudge on release day - Discover is a Cover Flow of popular games: skip, wishlist, or add each one, with Undo if you change your mind FREE AND PRO Import, Organize, shelves, ratings, Recaps, Releases, and the Gamedex are free. Pro adds iCloud sync across your devices, the deeper readings on the Activity tab (the player you are, where you play, your rarest trophy), full achievement and trophy lists, more library styles, widgets, app icons, themes, and rating colors, the animated foil card, and Calendar sync. Monthly, annual, or lifetime. No ads. No feeds. Just your games. Terms of Use: https://pocketlab.studio/pocket-backlog/terms Privacy Policy: https://pocketlab.studio/pocket-backlog/privacy

Screenshots

Game Wall4 screens
Pocket Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Game Wall at none against Pocket Backlog's 3. Game Wall also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.4). On price, 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. Pocket Backlog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Game Wall asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Game Wall ships an update every 3 days, Pocket Backlog weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Game Wall versus Pocket Backlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGame WallPocket Backlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDinamic Area Software S.LDavid Norris

In-app purchases

None

Game Wall

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pocket Backlog

Subscriptions2
  • Pocket Backlog Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pocket Backlog Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pocket Backlog Lifetime Pro$49.99

Questions

Is Game Wall free?
Game Wall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Backlog free?
Pocket Backlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Game Wall or Pocket Backlog have ads?
Neither Game Wall nor Pocket Backlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Game Wall or Pocket Backlog?
Game Wall ships an update every 3 days, and Pocket Backlog weekly. Most recently, Game Wall was updated on October 27, 2026 and Pocket Backlog on October 25, 2026.

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