Comparison

readme vs Trophy Rooms

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

Head to head
About

readme

Easily catalog your book collection by scanning ISBNs or searching by title and author. Access your library anytime, anywhere to know what you own and what you want to read next. Perfect for casual readers and passionate collectors alike.

Highlights
  • Scan ISBN barcodes to add books
  • Search by author or title
  • Build and browse your library
  • Track owned books
  • Manage reading lists
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Tired of wondering which books you already own or where that one favorite is hiding? This app makes it easy to keep track of every title in your personal collection — from treasured classics to your latest bookstore finds. Add books in seconds by scanning their ISBN barcode, or find them instantly by searching for the author or title. Build and browse your library anytime, anywhere, so you always know what’s on your shelf (and what you still want to read). Whether you’re a casual reader or a passionate collector, your library is always at your fingertips!

About

Trophy Rooms

Features
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Trophy Rooms is a home for everything you've played, everything you own, and everything you're still chasing. Most trackers stop at "played it." This one keeps the whole room: the library you're working through, the physical shelf behind you, and the hours you actually put in. YOUR LIBRARY, HONESTLY SORTED Every game you play in one place, from retro classics to this year's releases. Give each one a status — backlog, playing, paused, completed, dropped — and see the pile shrink. Filter by platform, sort how you like, and jump back into whatever you left unfinished. THE SHELF, PROPERLY CATALOGED Physical collectors get first-class treatment. Record region, condition, and whether a copy is complete-in-box or still sealed. Track boxes, manuals, and extras. Multi-game compilations and bundles are handled properly instead of being flattened into one entry. Keep a buylist for what's next and a sell list for what's on its way out. A PLAY JOURNAL THAT KEEPS YOU HONEST Log what you played and for how long in a single tap. Daily entries build a streak worth protecting, and weekly and all-time totals show where your hours really went. ACHIEVEMENTS AND TROPHIES Follow achievement sets game by game and watch completion climb. Finish a set and the trophy lands in your room. BUILT ON A REAL CATALOG Search more than 47,000 games across dozens of platforms, with cover art, release dates, editions, DLC, and bundles already mapped out. No manual data entry to get started. SEE WHERE YOU STAND Leaderboards and a community activity feed show what everyone else is finishing. Free to use. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email — and delete your account and data from inside the app whenever you want.

Screenshots

readme4 screens
Trophy Rooms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: readme at every 2 days against Trophy Rooms's every 3 weeks. readme also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

readme ships an update every 2 days, Trophy Rooms every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
readme versus Trophy Rooms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterreadmeTrophy Rooms
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (18 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuben MartinezEnricco Gemha

In-app purchases

None

readme

No in-app purchases

None

Trophy Rooms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is readme free?
readme is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trophy Rooms free?
Trophy Rooms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do readme or Trophy Rooms have ads?
Neither readme nor Trophy Rooms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, readme or Trophy Rooms?
readme ships an update every 2 days, and Trophy Rooms every 3 weeks. Most recently, readme was updated on October 30, 2026 and Trophy Rooms on October 31, 2026.

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