Comparison

NextQuest vs Sessionist

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Sessionist

This app helps gamers manage their extensive libraries and limited time. Track play sessions, plan game completion with a pace calculator, and organize your backlog. It offers features like Steam library import, chapter tracking, and progress visualization.

Highlights
  • Steam library import
  • Session timer with background tracking
  • Pace Calculator for completion timelines
  • Chapter and progress logging
  • Backlog and wishlist organization
  • Play history and stats
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Do you stare at your game library, overwhelmed by choice and limited by time? Sessionist was built for the gamer with a busy life. Whether you're working through a 100-hour RPG or squeezing in quick sessions between responsibilities, Sessionist helps you track your play time and plan ahead. Start a session timer, log your progress, and see exactly how far you've come. And when you're ready, import your entire Steam library — complete with lifetime playtime — in just a couple of taps. Features: Import your Steam library and lifetime playtime Session timer with background tracking and Live Activities Quick-log play time from any game with a single tap Beat-time targets: Main Story, Main + Extra, or Completionist Session history with streaks and a play heatmap Backlog insight that estimates when you'll finish at your pace Collections to organize your library Wishlist with release date countdowns Home screen widgets for upcoming releases Daily and weekly play goals Stats and play history iCloud sync across all your devices Select your default platform Sessionist is free, with no ads and no subscriptions. Built by a solo developer who loves gaming.

Screenshots

NextQuest4 screens
Sessionist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NextQuest at none against Sessionist's 3. NextQuest also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Sessionist sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. NextQuest 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 NextQuest against 5.0 for Sessionist. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NextQuest has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NextQuest versus Sessionist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextQuestSessionist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB13 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperVictor ValentineNabil El Nouby

Customer experience

NextQuest

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sessionist

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NextQuest

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sessionist

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$3.99

Questions

Is NextQuest free?
NextQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sessionist free?
Sessionist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NextQuest or Sessionist?
NextQuest and Sessionist are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do NextQuest or Sessionist have ads?
Neither NextQuest nor Sessionist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextQuest or Sessionist?
NextQuest ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sessionist every 3 weeks. Most recently, NextQuest was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sessionist on November 5, 2026.

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