DayOne vs NextQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DayOne
Easily track upcoming game releases and manage your personal game library. Get timely alerts for new titles and organize your backlog by progress. Discover your next favorite game with detailed information and filtering options.
- Track upcoming game releases
- Manage game backlog by status
- Receive release date alerts
- Filter games by platform and genre
- View detailed game information
- Optional cloud sync for backups
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DayOne is the easiest way to track upcoming game releases and manage your backlog. Stay informed, stay organized, and always know what to play next. Track every game release: follow all upcoming titles across your favorite platforms and keep a clear view of launch dates. Get essential alerts: enable notifications to be reminded before a game releases or when a release date changes. Organize your backlog: sort your games into Not Started, In Progress, or Completed. Manage your library with clarity. Find your next game: filter by platform or genre, sort by popularity or release date, and quickly discover what to play next. Accurate and up-to-date information: access detailed game data including summaries, trailers, screenshots, ratings, average playtime, and more. Optional cloud sync: upgrade to DayOne Pro to enable cloud backups and unlock unlimited backlog and watchlist entries. DayOne supports 12 languages: English, Mandarin, Hindi, French, Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Urdu, Indonesian, Russian, and Japanese.
NextQuest
Organize your entire gaming library, track progress, and set personal goals for each game. Discover and share curated lists with a community of players. Understand your gaming habits with long-term statistics.
- Organize and prioritize game library
- Add notes, checklists, and goals
- Create and share curated game lists
- Discover games with search and details
- Reflect on long-term gaming stats
- Custom dark theme and haptics
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Take control of your gaming journey with NextQuest, a game-tracking app built for players who want to be more intentional about what they play. Whether you're diving into a massive RPG, working through a growing backlog, or deciding what to play next, NextQuest keeps your entire gaming life in one organized place. Go beyond simple tracking. Log every playthrough on every platform, with its own status, dates, play time, and rating. Keep notes and checklists for each game, organized into sections, and turn your library into a living quest log, not just a list. Discover and share curated game lists with other players, see what's trending, and explore a community that values curation over noise. Over time, NextQuest helps you understand your habits as a player. Built-in stats show your gaming history across the years: what you play, finish, revisit, or leave behind. What you can do with NextQuest: - Organize your library by status: playing, queued, finished, dropped, or backlog - Track multiple playthroughs of the same game across platforms - Import your Steam library in a few taps - Keep notes and checklists for each game, organized into sections - Create, share, and explore curated lists with other players - Search over 400,000 games with rich details, media, and store links - Look back on each year's highs and lows with long-term stats - Test your gaming knowledge with daily quizzes and leaderboards - Enjoy a polished dark theme with smooth animations and haptics NextQuest is a passion project, built with care for players who see games as experiences worth remembering.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NextQuest at none against DayOne's 1. DayOne's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. DayOne sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NextQuest asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DayOne against 5.0 for NextQuest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively.
DayOne ships an update every 10 days, NextQuest every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DayOne | NextQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Colin Golberg | Victor Valentine |
Customer experience
DayOne
NextQuest
In-app purchases
DayOne
- DayOne Pro — one-time purchase$2.89
NextQuest
No in-app purchases







