Comparison

RomCrate vs Pocket Backlog

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

Head to head
About

RomCrate

Organize your entire gaming library, track your backlog, and discover new titles. Share your progress, rate games, and connect with friends to see what they're playing. Access your data seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Track all owned games across platforms
  • Discover new titles and release dates
  • Organize backlog with custom lists
  • Rate and review games
  • Share progress and follow friends
  • View annual gaming stats
  • Sync data across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Features
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Welcome to RomCrate, the ultimate hub for your gaming life. Whether you are a hardcore collector or just looking to clear your backlog, RomCrate keeps your entire gaming history organized, synced, and social. - Your Entire Library: Keep track of every game you own, across all platforms, in one single place. - Explore Thousands: Discover new titles, check release dates, and find your next adventure. - Organize Your Backlog: Create custom lists, rate what you've played, and never forget a game again. - Share & Connect: Post your reviews, rate games, and follow your friends to see what they are playing. - Track Your Journey: Relive your gaming history with detailed annual stats. - Seamless Ecosystem: Access your data anywhere. Your library syncs instantly across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pocket Backlog

Features
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Every game you own, in one place, and a good answer to what to play next. Sign in with Steam, Xbox, or PlayStation and Pocket Backlog brings your whole collection across in one go. NEW IN 1.5: READY FOR IPHONE DUO - Open your iPhone Duo and the Library spreads across both screens: Now Playing as a Cover Flow, a countdown to your next must-play, and your Gamedex beside it - The Gamedex becomes the Dex: one finished game on show on the left, every finish in a numbered grid on the right - Your Wishlist and the Releases calendar use both screens too - On every iPhone and iPad, the Library now opens on a stage that takes its color from the game you're playing - Counting down to a must-play? While you wait suggests a game from your backlog you can finish before it lands START WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY OWN - Import from Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation: choose what comes across, and import again later to pick up only what's new - Achievements and trophies come along, so you can see how far along you are in each game - Not on those? Pick a platform and check off the games you own, or search the IGDB catalog and add one with a tap SORTED FOR YOU, NOT SHOUTED AT - Organize reads your trophies and playtime and suggests what looks finished or never really started. Nothing changes until you say so - Your backlog sorts itself onto shelves: nearly done, barely touched, the genres you collect. Build your own and pin your favorites - Pick for Me finds something that fits the time you have tonight FINISH THINGS, AND SEE THEM - Every game you finish becomes a card in your Gamedex - Rate games your way, from Uninstalled to Masterpiece, and share a review slip with your verdict - Check-ins ask how the game you're on is going: stay on it, finish it, or set it aside - A Recap every month, and your Year in Gaming each December ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S COMING - The Releases calendar shows the next twelve months, and your wishlist gets a nudge on release day - Discover is a Cover Flow of popular games: skip, wishlist, or add each one, with Undo if you change your mind FREE AND PRO Import, Organize, shelves, ratings, Recaps, Releases, and the Gamedex are free. Pro adds iCloud sync across your devices, the deeper readings on the Activity tab (the player you are, where you play, your rarest trophy), full achievement and trophy lists, more library styles, widgets, app icons, themes, and rating colors, the animated foil card, and Calendar sync. Monthly, annual, or lifetime. No ads. No feeds. Just your games. Terms of Use: https://pocketlab.studio/pocket-backlog/terms Privacy Policy: https://pocketlab.studio/pocket-backlog/privacy

Screenshots

RomCrate4 screens
Pocket Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RomCrate at 15.0 against Pocket Backlog's 26.4. 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. RomCrate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pocket Backlog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RomCrate versus Pocket Backlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRomCratePocket Backlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaphael FreiDavid Norris

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RomCrate

Subscriptions1
  • Pro$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Backer$9.99
3 purchases

Pocket Backlog

Subscriptions2
  • Pocket Backlog Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pocket Backlog Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pocket Backlog Lifetime Pro$49.99

Questions

Is RomCrate free?
RomCrate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Backlog free?
Pocket Backlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RomCrate or Pocket Backlog have ads?
Neither RomCrate nor Pocket Backlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RomCrate or Pocket Backlog?
RomCrate ships an update weekly, and Pocket Backlog weekly. Most recently, RomCrate was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pocket Backlog on October 25, 2026.

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