PlayVault vs Joystickd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlayVault
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PlayVault is your all-in-one companion for tracking what you play, discovering new games, and sharing your gaming journey with friends. Build your personal library with flexible statuses: Want to Play, Playing, Finished, or Dropped. Rate games, write reviews, add notes, and keep your collection organized exactly how you want it. Discover and explore games with rich detail pages, including release information, genres, platforms, screenshots, and studio credits. Sort your library by recently added, rating, or title, and quickly find anything with search and filters. PlayVault also adds a social layer: Add friends and manage friend requests View friend profiles and shared libraries Follow activity in a live feed (started playing, finished, rated, reviewed) Like friend activity Suggest games directly to friends Privacy and control are built in: Choose visibility per library entry (Private, Friends, Public) Block users and report inappropriate reviews Manage your account with email verification, password reset, and full account deletion (including associated app data) PlayVault is designed to be clean, fast, and focused on what matters most: your games and your progress. Game metadata is powered by IGDB. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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 PlayVault's 2. Joystickd also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. PlayVault sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Joystickd asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PlayVault | Joystickd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Afonso Pires | Scott Stark |
In-app purchases
PlayVault
- PlayVault Pro$0.991 Month
- PlayVault Pro$9.991 Year
Joystickd
No in-app purchases









