Comparison

Video Game Tracker vs BookNerds

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

Head to head
About

Video Game Tracker

Organize your entire game library, track playtime, and discover new titles. Visualize your gaming history with detailed statistics and personalize your experience. Never forget a game or a moment again.

Highlights
  • Organize game library
  • Track playthroughs and sessions
  • Discover new and trending games
  • Detailed gaming statistics
  • Customizable interface
  • Release reminders
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Your games deserve more than a list. Nook is a beautiful, personal home for your gaming life. Build your library, decide what to play next, record every adventure, and watch your gaming story take shape through meaningful statistics. ORGANIZE YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY Search an extensive catalog of games and arrange your collection exactly the way you want. Keep track of your Backlog, Wishlist, Up Next, Playing, Paused, Played, and more. Create collections and smart collections, add tags and favorites, catalog physical and digital copies across different platforms, and even remember how much you spent on each one. TRACK THE WAY YOU PLAY Start a playthrough, log individual gaming sessions, record the time you played, and follow your progress from beginning to end. Replaying an old favorite? Every run can have its own complete history. Add Markdown notes and screenshots to preserve the victories, discoveries, and unforgettable moments that made each playthrough yours. DISCOVER WHAT’S NEXT Explore trending games, anticipated releases, acclaimed favorites, and newly launched titles. Dive into detailed pages featuring release information, ratings, trailers, franchises, expansions, similar games, estimated completion times, and more. When your backlog feels impossible to choose from, let Shuffle Roulette pick your next adventure. SEE YOUR GAMING STORY Turn every session into insight with a rich, customizable statistics dashboard. Explore your play activity, time spent, favorite genres, platforms, ratings, spending, completion history, backlog habits, personal records, and much more. Look back with an interactive play calendar, celebrate your month with a shareable wrap-up, and keep your progress close with a wide selection of Home Screen widgets. MAKE NOOK YOURS Personalize your Home screen, shelves, statistics, colors, app icon, rating scale, and layout. Set release reminders for the games you’re waiting for, and use optional iCloud sync to keep your library backed up and available across your devices. Nook is free to download and includes optional Nook Premium features such as multiple playthroughs, widgets, iCloud sync, unlimited collections and tags, rich notes, session photos, advanced organization tools, and Family Sharing. Link to standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

BookNerds

Features
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Whether you're counting down the days until your favorite romance author's next release or hunting for your next fantasy obsession, BookNerds puts the books you'll love front and center. Swipe through a beautifully curated feed of upcoming and recent releases — tailored to your taste, updated constantly, and always full of surprises. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVORITE READ BookNerds learns what you love. Choose your favorite genres, follow the authors you can't get enough of, and watch your feed transform into a personalized stream of books picked just for you. The more you use it, the better it gets. Our catalog is especially deep in Romance — from contemporary and dark romance to romantasy and romantic suspense — plus Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction, Historical, Horror, Dystopian, and Adventure. FOLLOW AUTHORS, NEVER MISS A RELEASE Follow your favorite authors with a single tap and their upcoming books rise straight to the top of your feed. Discover new voices through our smart recommendations, and browse by author to explore their full catalog. ORGANIZE YOUR READING LIFE Keep track of every book that catches your eye: - Wishlist: Save books you're excited about - Read: Mark books you've finished - Favorites: Highlight the ones you truly loved BUILD YOUR RELEASE CALENDAR Subscribe to a personal calendar feed of your wishlisted books. Get reminders on release day so you never miss a drop — works with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Outlook. ONE-TAP PURCHASE Found your next read? Jump straight to Amazon with a single tap. BookNerds automatically selects the right Amazon store for your country, with support for 24 regions worldwide. SEARCH & EXPLORE Browse authors and books, search by title or name, and discover new reads beyond your usual picks. Filter your feed by author or genre to dive deep into exactly what you're in the mood for. BUILT BY READERS, FOR READERS BookNerds is an indie app made with love by people who read — a lot. No ads, no clutter, just books. We built the app we wished existed: a simple, beautiful way to stay on top of new releases from the authors and genres we care about most. We're just getting started, and we'd love for you to be part of the journey.

Screenshots

Video Game Tracker4 screens
BookNerds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BookNerds at 15.1 against Video Game Tracker's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Video Game Tracker versus BookNerds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo Game TrackerBookNerds
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB38 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMario Luis Gutierrez AbedDe Groot Ventures Inc

In-app purchases

None

Video Game Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

BookNerds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Video Game Tracker free?
Video Game Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookNerds free?
BookNerds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Video Game Tracker or BookNerds have ads?
Neither Video Game Tracker nor BookNerds shows ads.

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