iRetrodex vs Film Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iRetrodex
Catalog and manage your retro game collection with this digital museum and encyclopedia. Browse thousands of games, scan cartridges to identify them, and track ownership, play status, and purchase details. Access deep game information, including ratings, manuals, and cheat codes.
- Browse and discover retro games
- Catalog collection with ownership status
- Scan cartridges for identification
- Deep game information and media
- Backup and sync collection data
- Track purchase details and condition
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Retrodex is the ultimate companion for retro gaming. An encyclopedia and digital museum for enthusiasts, and the best collection tracking and management tool for collectors. Browse, catalog, and manage your collection across classic gaming platforms. Atari 2600 to Xbox 360. Track your games on dozens of consoles. BROWSE & DISCOVER Explore a curated catalog of thousands of retro games with box art, screenshots, vintage ads, and promo videos. Switch between poster-wall grid and list views, filter by genre, rarity, release year, and more. Pinch to zoom the grid to your liking. The Discover tab surfaces a Game of the Day, top-rated picks, and personalized recommendations based on your collection. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Mark games as Owned, Wanted, or Played. Rate your favorites, add personal notes, and log purchase details — price, date, store, and cartridge condition. Use Swipe Mode to rapidly sort through a platform's library, Tinder-style. SCAN YOUR CARTRIDGES Point your camera at a cartridge label and let Retrodex identify it using on-device machine learning. Supports label formats for NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, and more. Rapid-add mode lets you scan and catalog your entire shelf in minutes. DEEP GAME INFO Every game entry includes developer, publisher, genre, release dates, IGDB ratings, and rarity data. Browse RetroAchievements, view digitized manuals, and explore cheat codes — all in one place. BACKUP & SYNC Back up your collection to iCloud automatically. Export to CSV for spreadsheets or import games from a file. Your data stays yours. PLATFORMS Atari 2600 · NES · Famicom · SNES · Super Famicom · Game Boy · Game Boy Color · Game Boy Advance · Virtual Boy · Nintendo 64 · Game & Watch · Sega Genesis · Game Gear · Dreamcast · PlayStation · Atari Jaguar · Sega 32X · Sega Saturn
Film Library
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The free way to organize the films you own, and to decide what to watch tonight from the shelf you already built. Film Library catalogs everything you own, disc by disc, with real cover art, cast, and crew. Then it helps you choose what to watch next based on the last watched film in your log. No subscription. No account. No paywalls. No ads. No tracking. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING YOU OWN Add any film or TV box set in seconds, complete with cover art, cast, and crew. Scan a barcode on iPhone or iPad and the title fills itself in. Own it on disc, digital, or still hunting for it? Add anything you like. SORTED THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT IT Tag every format, DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, Criterion, Steelbook, and any tags of your own, by shelf, by mood, by who you lent it to. Sort and filter by director, year, runtime, genre, or what you loved most, until the right film is one tap away. NEVER WONDER WHAT TO WATCH Film Library helps picks what to watch next from the films you already own: more from the same series, the same director or star, a same-genre pick, and one wildcard. It even surfaces a film with an anniversary today. Never a streaming upsell. Always something already within reach. KEEP A REAL WATCH HISTORY Log a watch with a tap, or back-date one you forgot. A calendar and a journal track everything you have seen, and when. RATE AND REVIEW Rate movies up to five stars and leave reviews or notes about it. BRING YOUR COLLECTION WITH YOU Already on Letterboxd, IMDb, or Blu-ray.com? Import your collection in minutes and your ratings and formats come right along. From there it is your data, on your device, exportable anytime. You are never locked in. YOURS ON EVERY SCREEN A true universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac in the OS 26 Liquid Glass design. Your library syncs privately through your own iCloud, no server, no sign-in. Home-screen widgets keep tonight's pick a glance away. Film Library uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Film Library at none against iRetrodex's 1. iRetrodex's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. iRetrodex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Film Library asks for nothing beyond the download.
iRetrodex ships an update every 3 days, Film Library every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iRetrodex | Film Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 558 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Retrodex LLC | Craig Stubing |
In-app purchases
iRetrodex
- The Collector$6.99
Film Library
No in-app purchases









