Gametrove vs GameCache
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gametrove
Organize your board game collection with beautiful visuals and detailed stats. Log plays, track your gaming history, and discover new titles. An optional one-time purchase unlocks advanced features.
- Organize board game collection
- Log plays and track history
- View game statistics
- Discover new games
- Syncs with BoardGameGeek account
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Your board game collection, beautifully organized. Gametrove connects to your BoardGameGeek account and brings your entire collection to life gorgeous box art grid, play logging, stats, and more. No password needed. Just your BGG username. YOUR SHELF, FINALLY BEAUTIFUL Browse your collection in a clean, fast grid. Filter by unplayed games or wishlist. Search instantly. Tap any game for full details pulled live from BGG. Discover new games in the Browse tab - explore what's trending on BGG or search the full catalog and add anything straight to your shelf. LOG PLAYS IN SECONDS Record a play right from the game detail screen or your shelf. Add players, duration, and a note. Your play history builds automatically. STATS THAT MEAN SOMETHING See your most-played games, total hours at the table, H-index, and collection coverage. Share your year in board gaming with a tap. GAMETROVE PRO Unlock all-time stats, playing partners breakdown, full play history, and shelf sorting options. One-time purchase for $5.99. No subscription, ever. Requires a free BoardGameGeek account with a public collection.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GameCache at none against Gametrove's 1. GameCache also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Gametrove's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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. Gametrove sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GameCache asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gametrove holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Gametrove | GameCache |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Day Two | GameCache LLC |
Customer experience
Gametrove
GameCache
In-app purchases
Gametrove
- Gametrove Pro$5.99
GameCache
No in-app purchases









