Comparison

Pocket Backlog vs Ludara

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

Head to head
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

About

Ludara

Features
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Ludara is a video game catalogue for people who like keeping track of what they play. Search thousands of games, read what they are about, and keep the ones that matter in a vault that lives on your device. FIND GAMES • Search the IGDB catalogue by name • Browse what is trending, narrowed by genre • Sort by rating, release date or title SEE THE DETAIL • Description and storyline • Player ratings and critic scores • Genres, platforms and release date • Screenshots • Developer, publisher and age rating • Where to get it, with links to the stores that sell it KEEP A VAULT • Save any game with one tap • Your vault works offline. A saved game keeps its description, screenshots, ratings and platforms, so you can read it with no connection at all • See what you have collected: how many games, how many this week, and your average score MAKE IT YOURS • Light and dark themes, or follow the system • A name and a picture of your own, both stored on your device PRIVATE BY DESIGN There are no accounts and nothing to sign up for. Ludara has no server of its own: your vault, your name and your picture live on your device and never leave it. No analytics. No advertising. No tracking. One thing worth knowing: because your collection is stored only on your device, deleting the app deletes it too. It is included in your device backup, so it survives a new phone. Game data from IGDB.

Screenshots

Pocket Backlog4 screens
Ludara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ludara at none against Pocket Backlog's 3. Ludara also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket Backlog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ludara asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Pocket Backlog versus Ludara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket BacklogLudara
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB23 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDavid NorrisLUIS GARCIA PRIETO

In-app purchases

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
None

Ludara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Backlog free?
Pocket Backlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ludara free?
Ludara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Backlog or Ludara have ads?
Neither Pocket Backlog nor Ludara shows ads.

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