Comparison

Video Game Tracker vs Directarr

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

Directarr

Manage your entire media server ecosystem from your phone. Discover new content, organize your library, monitor downloads, and control server functions with a unified interface. Stay informed with push notifications for all your media needs.

Highlights
  • Unified media server management
  • Aggregated content discovery
  • Library browsing and management
  • Download queue monitoring
  • Server status and control
  • Plex user management
  • Storage cleanup identification
Features
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Directarr connects to Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Unraid, SABnzbd, NZBGet, qBittorrent, Seerr, Tautulli, Bazarr, Prowlarr, and Newznab indexers, giving you full control of your media server stack from your phone. The Discover page brings together TMDB, Trakt, MDBList, Plex Watchlist, Trakt Watchlist, and Jellyfin Favourites, making it easy to find and add content to your library. Browse by actor or director, check ratings from IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, and see your watch history without ever leaving the app. Directarr can also help you free up storage by identifying large, unwatched content across your servers. Manage and invite Plex users, search indexers directly, monitor Unraid arrays, docker containers and VMs, and stay informed with push notifications for downloads, disk space, and server status. FEATURES Discover - Aggregated discovery feeds from TMDB, Trakt, Seerr, Tautulli, Plex Watchlist, Trakt Watchlist, and Jellyfin Favourites - Add custom Trakt and MDBList lists - Search across movies, TV shows, and people, including full filmographies by actor or director - IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes ratings displayed alongside media - Status overlays showing Radarr/Sonarr availability, download status, and watch history Dashboard - Combined calendar view across all media services, with indicators for downloaded and upcoming items - Current downloads, queue status, and server statistics - Plex activity, active streams, and resource usage - Pending Seerr requests Library Management - Browse Radarr, Sonarr, and Lidarr libraries with extended sort and filter options - Add movies, series, and artists with quality profile and root folder selection - View file details, release info, and subtitle status from Bazarr - Modify item settings including monitoring and quality profiles - Initiate automatic or manual searches, or manually import items already on disk Downloads - Monitor and manage SABnzbd, NZBGet, and qBittorrent queues - View download history across all clients - Pause, resume, and delete queue items Requests - View and manage Seerr request lists with user information - Approve or deny requests directly from the media page - Browse and manage open issues Indexer Search - Search across Prowlarr and Newznab indexers - Send results directly to SABnzbd or NZBGet Statistics - Tautulli watch history with graphs and selectable time periods - Play counts, top users, and media trends - Real-time activity monitoring Server Management - Monitor Unraid docker containers with start and stop controls - Manage virtual machines with start, stop, and force stop - View disk array status, temperatures, and storage usage - System overview with CPU, RAM, parity, and UPS information Plex - Add and invite Plex users directly from the app - Manage shared libraries and apply per-user restrictions - View real-time resource usage Space Cleanup - Identify large, unwatched content across your entire library - Filter by file size, quality profile, ratings, watched status, and date added App Features - Push notifications for completed downloads, low disk space, and offline services - Encrypted backup and restore - Tablet and large screen support - Long press any page and/or tab to set it as your default view - Secure storage for API keys and credentials Directarr uses Apples Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Video Game Tracker4 screens
Directarr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Video Game Tracker at none against Directarr's 11. Video Game Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Directarr's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Directarr sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Video Game Tracker 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 Video Game Tracker against 5.0 for Directarr. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Video Game Tracker ships an update every 2 days, Directarr weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Video Game Tracker versus Directarr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo Game TrackerDirectarr
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB37 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMario Luis Gutierrez AbedThomas Wheeler

In-app purchases

None

Video Game Tracker

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Directarr

Subscriptions2
  • Directarr Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Directarr Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time9
  • Sonarr$4.99
  • Radarr$4.99
  • Lidarr$4.99
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  • Unraid$4.99
  • Bazarr$4.99
  • Usenet Clients$4.99
  • P2P Clients$4.99
  • Search/Indexers$4.99
  • Founders Edition$14.99

Questions

Is Video Game Tracker free?
Video Game Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Directarr free?
Directarr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Video Game Tracker or Directarr?
Video Game Tracker and Directarr are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Video Game Tracker or Directarr have ads?
Neither Video Game Tracker nor Directarr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Video Game Tracker or Directarr?
Video Game Tracker ships an update every 2 days, and Directarr weekly. Most recently, Video Game Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Directarr on October 28, 2026.

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