Comparison

ShelfyHub vs Game Tracker & Backlog

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

Head to head
About

ShelfyHub

Organize your physical video game collection with this app. Easily log game details, formats, regions, and personal ratings. Track consoles and accessories, mark favorites, and view collection statistics. Start for free with a limit on the number of games.

Highlights
  • Scan or manually add games
  • Log format, region, and rating
  • Track consoles and accessories
  • Mark favorite games
  • View collection statistics
  • Wishlist functionality
Features
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ShelfyHub is the app for physical video game collectors who want to finally have their library under control. Whether you have five games or five hundred, keeping track of formats, platforms, regions, and ratings across your shelf is harder than it sounds. ShelfyHub makes it simple. - Scan or add manually. Point your camera at any barcode and ShelfyHub pulls in the game details automatically. Prefer to do it by hand? No problem — you can add any title manually in seconds. - Your collection, your way. Log the format (cartridge, disc, digital), region (PAL, NTSC), your personal rating, hours played, times completed, purchase date, and where you bought it. Every game gets the context it deserves. - Track your hardware too. Consoles, handhelds, accessories — scan or search to add them to a dedicated Hardware collection. Add cover photos, condition ratings, and notes, or drop them into your Wishlist. - Mark your favourites. Bookmark the games you love and filter your library to see only the ones that matter most. - Built for collectors. Browse by platform, search by title, and get a full picture of your collection through built-in stats. See how many games you own, which platforms dominate your shelf, and how far you've come. - Free to start. Collect up to 30 games for free. When your shelf grows, upgrade to Pro and collect without limits. ShelfyHub is for the people who still believe physical games are worth collecting — and worth remembering. ShelfyHub Pro Unlock unlimited games and scans with a ShelfyHub Pro subscription. Available as a monthly or annual plan. Pricing is shown before purchase and varies by region. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://shelfyhub.site/terms Privacy Policy: https://shelfyhub.site/privacy

About

Game Tracker & Backlog

Features
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Keep track of all your video games: what you're playing, what you've finished, what's left in the pile. And for each game, a notebook where you can finally write down everything you've been keeping in your head: notes, checklists, annotated maps, photos. No account required, no ads Grym is the logbook for your video games. One notebook per game, where everything you used to keep in the back of your head finally lives: notes, checklists, annotated maps and photos. No more sticky notes, no more screenshots lost in your camera roll, no more wiki tabs reopened three weeks later. ONE NOTEBOOK PER GAME • Add a game in two taps: search fills in the title, cover art and release year for you. • Split each notebook into pages: Bosses, Quests, Builds, Collectibles, Run ideas… • Or start from a ready-made template: RPG, Souls-like, open world, roguelike. FOUR KINDS OF BLOCKS • Text — your notes, strategies and reminders. Link pages together with [[Title]] links, like a real wiki. • Checklist — side quests, bosses, items, trophies: tick them off and watch progress fill up. • Photo — your screenshots filed where they are actually useful, not buried in the gallery. • Annotated map — import a map and drop your own named markers on it. YOUR PROGRESS AT A GLANCE • A status per game: to play, playing, finished, platinum, dropped. • A private score from 0 to 100 — yours, not an aggregator's. • A session journal: time played, how it felt, what happened. Playtime adds up on its own. • A report on your collection: rankings, split by status, content you created. FIND ANYTHING, INSTANTLY • Offline global search across titles, notes, checklist items and map markers. • Your games and pages also show up in iPhone Spotlight search. • Pin what you are playing right now and see your recent activity on launch. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account to create, no ads, no tracking. • Your notes stay on your device, where they belong. • Everything stays readable and editable offline — only adding a new game needs a connection. MADE YOUR WAY • Four themes that recolor the whole app, in light and dark mode. • English and French, iPhone and iPad. GRYM COMPLETE EDITION Grym is free for up to 10 games. The Complete Edition unlocks unlimited games, every theme and the full report on your collection. One purchase, forever: no subscription, no season, no pass. You already spent 200 hours in that world. It deserves better than a note in Reminders. *Game data and artwork provided by IGDB.com.

Screenshots

ShelfyHub4 screens
Game Tracker & Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Game Tracker & Backlog at none against ShelfyHub's shown. ShelfyHub's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence 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. ShelfyHub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Game Tracker & Backlog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShelfyHub ships an update every 2 weeks, Game Tracker & Backlog fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ShelfyHub versus Game Tracker & Backlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShelfyHubGame Tracker & Backlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntonio Moreno VallsJulien Taret-Falconetti

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ShelfyHub

Subscriptions2
  • ShelfyHub Pro – Monthly$1.991 Month
  • ShelfyHub Pro – Annual$17.991 Year
1 purchases

Game Tracker & Backlog

One-time1
  • Complete Edition$6.99

Questions

Is ShelfyHub free?
ShelfyHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Game Tracker & Backlog free?
Game Tracker & Backlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShelfyHub or Game Tracker & Backlog have ads?
ShelfyHub shows ads; Game Tracker & Backlog does not.
Which is updated more often, ShelfyHub or Game Tracker & Backlog?
ShelfyHub ships an update every 2 weeks, and Game Tracker & Backlog fortnightly. Most recently, ShelfyHub was updated on October 31, 2026 and Game Tracker & Backlog on November 6, 2026.

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