PSN GO vs Joystickd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PSN GO
Track your PlayStation trophy collection, analyze your gaming history, and compare your progress with friends. Discover game rarity and find guides directly within the app. Offers an optional Pro upgrade for advanced analytics.
- Sync PlayStation Network trophies
- Full game library organization
- Trophy earn rate and rarity data
- Generate shareable game cards
- Friend and rival leaderboards
- Integrated game and trophy guides
- Offline data storage
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PSN GO connects directly to your PlayStation Network account to sync every trophy across PS5, PS4, PS3, and Vita. Your full gaming history, organized and analyzed. No ads. No servers. No subscriptions. One optional Pro upgrade - $6.99, lifetime. FULL GAME LIBRARY Every game in one place. Search, filter by platform or completion, sort by last played or progress. List and grid views. Hide games you don't want counted. RARITY DATA Every trophy shows its actual earn rate. Four tiers: Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Ultra Rare. See exactly how your collection stacks up. SHARE CARDS Generate beautiful share cards for your profile, platinums, any game, or any trophy. Stats, rarity data, and your PSN ID. Ready to post anywhere. FRIENDS & RIVALS See who's online and what they're playing. Set rivals for head-to-head leaderboards across level, platinums, trophies, and points. GUIDES BUILT IN One tap from any game or trophy to find guides on YouTube, Google, PowerPyx, and PSNProfiles. NOTES Add notes to any game or trophy. Your notes survive cache clears and re-syncs. PSN GO PRO — $6.99 LIFETIME Unlock deep analytics for trophy hunters who want more: • What's Next - Games closest to finishing, easy trophy wins, pace projections • Velocity - Weekly, monthly, and yearly earning trends with charts • Streaks - Current and best streaks, activity heatmap, play time records • Rarity - Rarity Score, ultra rare count, top 15 rarest trophies • Completion - Hardest platinums, abandoned games, DLC breakdown • Custom Lists - Organize games and trophies however you want YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL Everything lives on your device. Zero analytics. Zero tracking. Zero third-party SDKs. Export your data anytime. Sign out and it's all gone. SECURE AUTHENTICATION Sign in through Apple's ASWebAuthenticationSession — the same secure browser used for Sign in with Apple. PSN GO never sees your password. Tokens are stored in the iOS Keychain. Family Sharing supported. Requires iOS 17 or later. PSN GO is not affiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation, PS5, PS4, PS3, and PS Vita are trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. Trophy data retrieved from Sony's PlayStation Network API.
Joystickd
Log and rate your gaming experiences, showcase your platinum trophies, and participate in yearly game awards. Build custom lists, follow friends, and engage with a gaming community. Share your progress and reviews easily.
- Log and rate games 1-10
- Track platinum trophies and difficulty
- Create custom game lists
- Participate in yearly game awards
- Follow friends and see their activity
- Share game reviews and progress
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Joystickd is a diary for logging and rating the games you play, showing off your platinum collection, voting in game awards, making lists, and building a gaming community. Game rating: - Rate games 1–10 with .5s available, each rating accompanied by its own trophy artwork. - Add written reviews, or just mark a game as played. - let people know exactly what you liked and disliked with optional category ratings: gameplay, story, visuals, music, creativity, and more. Platinums: - Track every platinum and vote on its difficulty and hours. - Record the dates you started, earned your first trophy, and platinumed. - Community stats: see the hardest, easiest, longest and shortest platinums as rated by players. Additional features: - A Top 5 shelf on your profile - Custom lists, fully customizable. Ranked or not, with your ratings and platinums shown if you want. - Yearly Game Awards: vote in over a dozen categories every December, and vote on previous years. - Share beautiful images of your reviews, lists, profile and award ballots straight to your camera roll. Social features: - Follow friends and see their latest logs in your feed. - Like and comment on reviews. - Get notified when someone likes, comments, or follows you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joystickd at none against PSN GO's 1. Joystickd also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). PSN GO's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. PSN GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Joystickd asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PSN GO against 5.0 for Joystickd. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PSN GO has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | PSN GO | Joystickd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lavai Labs LLC | Scott Stark |
Customer experience
PSN GO
Joystickd
In-app purchases
PSN GO
- PSN GO Pro$6.99
Joystickd
No in-app purchases









