Comparison

GameTime vs Game Tracker & Backlog

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

Head to head
About

GameTime

Manage your extensive game library across multiple platforms. Track playtime, completion dates, and personal ratings to discover your next favorite game. Organize your backlog and make informed decisions about what to play next.

Highlights
  • Track games across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  • Log start and completion dates
  • Rate games on custom scales
  • Smart game suggestions
  • View playtime and completion stats
  • Offline support
  • iCloud sync
Features
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GameTime is the game library manager for people with more games than time. Track what you own, remember what you loved, and actually decide what to play next. Your backlog is growing across Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch. GameTime keeps it organized without turning logging into a second job. Smart, not overwhelming. Fast, not tedious. Powerful when you need it, quiet when you don’t. What should I play next? Stop scrolling your library. Suggestions from your backlog answer it: • Highest rated in your backlog — critic favorites you’ve been meaning to play • Been waiting a while — games you added months ago • Quick wins — short games when you only have an hour • Big commitments — 40+ hour RPGs for when you’re ready Your library, in lists • Backlog, Playing, Completed, Dropped, Wishlist, and On Hold • Search and filter by platform, genre, and more • Log a game in seconds Track your gaming journey • Start and completion dates, playtime, and progress • Rate on 1–5, 1–10, or 1–100 — ratings convert if you switch scales • Activity Calendar on Stats: the days you played, started, and finished • This week vs last week, streaks, and On This Day flashbacks Stats you’ll actually look at • Games completed and total hours (tracked or estimated) • Completion rate and backlog health • Record highlights: longest and shortest finishes • Average rating and badges for the milestones along the way Discover new games • Personalized picks similar to games you already love • New releases, trending titles, and upcoming games from IGDB • Filter by platform, genre, score, and more Your data, everywhere • iCloud sync on iPhone and iPad • Works offline • Backup and restore your library as JSON • Privacy first — your library stays yours Platforms • PC (Steam, Epic, GOG, and more) • PlayStation (PS4, PS5) • Xbox (One, Series X/S) • Nintendo Switch • And more Your backlog doesn’t have to be a burden. It can be your next great adventure.

About

Game Tracker & Backlog

Features
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Keep track of all your video games: what you're playing, what you've finished, what's left in the pile. And for each game, a notebook where you can finally write down everything you've been keeping in your head: notes, checklists, annotated maps, photos. No account required, no ads Grym is the logbook for your video games. One notebook per game, where everything you used to keep in the back of your head finally lives: notes, checklists, annotated maps and photos. No more sticky notes, no more screenshots lost in your camera roll, no more wiki tabs reopened three weeks later. ONE NOTEBOOK PER GAME • Add a game in two taps: search fills in the title, cover art and release year for you. • Split each notebook into pages: Bosses, Quests, Builds, Collectibles, Run ideas… • Or start from a ready-made template: RPG, Souls-like, open world, roguelike. FOUR KINDS OF BLOCKS • Text — your notes, strategies and reminders. Link pages together with [[Title]] links, like a real wiki. • Checklist — side quests, bosses, items, trophies: tick them off and watch progress fill up. • Photo — your screenshots filed where they are actually useful, not buried in the gallery. • Annotated map — import a map and drop your own named markers on it. YOUR PROGRESS AT A GLANCE • A status per game: to play, playing, finished, platinum, dropped. • A private score from 0 to 100 — yours, not an aggregator's. • A session journal: time played, how it felt, what happened. Playtime adds up on its own. • A report on your collection: rankings, split by status, content you created. FIND ANYTHING, INSTANTLY • Offline global search across titles, notes, checklist items and map markers. • Your games and pages also show up in iPhone Spotlight search. • Pin what you are playing right now and see your recent activity on launch. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account to create, no ads, no tracking. • Your notes stay on your device, where they belong. • Everything stays readable and editable offline — only adding a new game needs a connection. MADE YOUR WAY • Four themes that recolor the whole app, in light and dark mode. • English and French, iPhone and iPad. GRYM COMPLETE EDITION Grym is free for up to 10 games. The Complete Edition unlocks unlimited games, every theme and the full report on your collection. One purchase, forever: no subscription, no season, no pass. You already spent 200 hours in that world. It deserves better than a note in Reminders. *Game data and artwork provided by IGDB.com.

Screenshots

GameTime4 screens
Game Tracker & Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GameTime at none against Game Tracker & Backlog's 1. GameTime also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Game Tracker & Backlog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GameTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GameTime ships an update weekly, Game Tracker & Backlog fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GameTime versus Game Tracker & Backlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGameTimeGame Tracker & Backlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamer Munther AbuswayJulien Taret-Falconetti

In-app purchases

None

GameTime

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Game Tracker & Backlog

One-time1
  • Complete Edition$6.99

Questions

Is GameTime free?
GameTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Game Tracker & Backlog free?
Game Tracker & Backlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GameTime or Game Tracker & Backlog have ads?
Neither GameTime nor Game Tracker & Backlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GameTime or Game Tracker & Backlog?
GameTime ships an update weekly, and Game Tracker & Backlog fortnightly. Most recently, GameTime was updated on October 22, 2026 and Game Tracker & Backlog on October 24, 2026.

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