Comparison

Cartridge vs GameCache

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

Head to head
About

Cartridge

Log your gaming history, track progress, and discover new titles. Build a digital library of completed games, create custom lists, and see what friends are playing. Share reviews and uncover hidden gems.

Highlights
  • Track game status (Finished, Playing, Backlogged)
  • Rate and review completed games
  • Build custom game lists
  • Find friends and see their activity
  • Discover new games based on friend preferences
Features
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Every game should have its own home. Cartridge allows gamers to keep up with what they have completed in their gaming history, what they are playing at the moment, and to discover their next favorite game. Log games from all of your consoles: PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, PC, and more! Build a digital shelf, and create lists and game ratings and reviews once you are finished with them. See what your friends and others are playing, read reviews, and uncover hidden gems written by people you know. Features: • Track games as Finished, Want to Play, Playing, Dropped, or Backlogged • Rate and review completed games • Build custom lists like "Best of the Year," "Guilty Pleasures," and "Games that Made Me Cry" • Find friends through contact sync • Discover new games based on what your friends like Whether you're tackling your backlog or just want to remember that indie game from 2019, Cartridge is your go-to gaming buddy.

About

GameCache

Consolidate your scattered game libraries from various platforms into a single, organized collection. Track your playtime, rate games, and discover what others are playing. Never miss a release with timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Import Steam and Xbox libraries
  • Manual game addition
  • Track playtime and sessions
  • Rate, review, and rank games
  • Follow other players
  • Release and event notifications
  • Shareable game cards
Features
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Your games are scattered across storefronts, consoles and a decade of half-finished saves. GameCache brings them together into one library that is finally yours. Import from Steam and Xbox to start with the shelf you already have, not an empty one, then add anything else by hand from a catalogue of hundreds of thousands of games, on any platform you play. Everything else is built on top of that: what you're playing, what you've finished, what's still waiting, and what you're hoping for. BUILD YOUR CACHE Import your Steam and Xbox libraries in a couple of taps, with playtime carried across where it's available. Add PC, console and handheld games by hand from the full catalogue. Sort everything into Owned, Playing and Played, keep a backlog you'll actually look at, and a wishlist for everything still to come. TRACK WHAT YOU ACTUALLY PLAY Log sessions and playthroughs and see where your hours really went; per game, per month, and over time. A sessions calendar shows your year at a glance, and playtime adds up automatically as you go. RATE, REVIEW AND RANK Score what you finish and your CacheScore follows, the running average of every rating you've given. Write reviews other players can read and reply to, and build lists and tier lists from anything in the catalogue. SEE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS PLAYING Follow other players and keep up with what they're finishing. Compare libraries game by game to find the overlap, and the gaps. Reviews have threaded replies, so recommendations turn into conversations. NEVER MISS A RELEASE Get notified when a wishlisted game comes out, when a gaming event is about to start, and when a game you've been playing has been sitting untouched for a while. EARN YOUR PROGRESS Achievements track the things worth tracking; games mastered, hours logged, reviews written, libraries imported. SHARE IT Turn any game, review, list or profile into a share card built for posting, and let people open it straight in the app. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Export everything you've added at any time, and delete your account and its data from inside the app whenever you want. No waiting on a support request. GameCache is free to use and supported by ads. Game data powered by IGDB.

Screenshots

Cartridge4 screens
GameCache4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GameCache at 4.8 against Cartridge's 4.4. Cartridge's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GameCache holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cartridge ships an update every 10 days, GameCache weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cartridge versus GameCache: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCartridgeGameCache
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (12 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB68 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJogWheel Digital LLCGameCache LLC

Customer experience

Cartridge

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

GameCache

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cartridge

No in-app purchases

None

GameCache

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cartridge free?
Cartridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GameCache free?
GameCache is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cartridge or GameCache?
GameCache is rated higher. Cartridge averages 4.4 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while GameCache averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Cartridge or GameCache have ads?
Both Cartridge and GameCache show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cartridge or GameCache?
Cartridge ships an update every 10 days, and GameCache weekly. Most recently, Cartridge was updated on October 31, 2026 and GameCache on October 31, 2026.

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