Comparison

GamesVault vs Hobby Tracker

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

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GamesVault

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GameVault is the ultimate tracker for physical game collectors. Catalog your entire collection, track real market values, log your playthroughs, and buy or sell games, all in one place. CATALOG YOUR COLLECTION Add any game to your collection in seconds by searching our database of thousands of titles across every platform. GameVault pulls in cover art, descriptions, genres, developer info, and Metacritic scores automatically โ€” no manual entry required. REAL MARKET VALUES GameVault connects to live pricing data so every game in your collection displays its current market value. Watch your collection's total worth update automatically. Pro members get daily price refreshes โ€” free members refresh weekly. COLLECTION STATS THAT MATTER Your Stats dashboard gives you a full financial picture of your collection at a glance: โ€ข Total collection value based on current market prices โ€ข Total amount spent vs. estimated value โ€ข Best ROI games and biggest gains โ€ข Breakdown by platform, play status, and condition โ€ข Recently added and highest-value titles TRACK EVERY DETAIL GameVault captures everything a serious collector needs: โ€ข Condition: Loose, Complete, New, Graded, Box Only, or Manual Only โ€ข Purchase price and date โ€ข Sale price and date โ€ข Physical or digital โ€ข Custom tags and notes โ€ข Sโ€“F tier rankings PLAY STATUS & PLAYTHROUGHS Track what you're playing, what you've finished, and what's still in the backlog. Log individual playthroughs with start/end dates and hours played. WISHLIST & SOLD LIST Maintain a wishlist of games you're hunting for with target prices, and a complete sold history so you never lose track of what left your collection. VAULT PRO Upgrade to Vault Pro for the full experience: โ€ข Daily market value refreshes (free: weekly) โ€ข Full stats and analytics BUILT FOR COLLECTORS Whether you're tracking a handful of favorites or a warehouse of sealed games, GameVault scales with your collection. Designed with retro and modern collectors in mind โ€” covering NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, Genesis, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and everything in between. Download GameVault and finally know what your collection is worth. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=8c3f9cf2-51fa-4b60-bb4b-e3212c938654

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Hobby Tracker

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Hobby Tracker keeps the film, series, book or game you're in the middle of front and center โ€” and tracks the time you put into it. FOCUS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW Put any number of titles in focus. Each card shows where you left off โ€” the next episode by name for series, the page for books โ€” and one tap starts a session timer. When you stop, the time is logged and shown back to you wherever that title appears. TRACK EVERY EPISODE AND PAGE Browse a series season by season with episode names, stills and air dates, and tick episodes off as you watch. Rate each episode as you go, and file older watches as "back then" so your history stays honest. Episodes that haven't aired yet can't be marked โ€” the app knows the schedule, down to the hour. WATCH TOGETHER Invite friends with a link and group them โ€” a partner, a household, a film club. Mark a title as watched, read or played together: progress moves for everyone, each person keeps their own rating, and a notification asks the others for their score. Filter Focus and Lists by who you share with. COLLECTIONS Build your own cross-category lists โ€” "Rainy weekend", "Book club 2026" โ€” and share them with friends as viewers or editors. A collection can hold a title you haven't added to your library yet, and an unreleased one is tracked until it comes out. SHARE WHAT YOU FINISHED Share any title as a link, or as a story card for Instagram with your stars and a comment. Monthly and yearly recaps turn your posters into one card. NEVER MISS A RELEASE Upcoming films, series and games wait in their own list with a countdown. A series you've caught up on waits there too, with the date and time of its next episode. When the moment comes, the app tells you โ€” with an optional local notification, no account needed. DISCOVER WHAT'S TRENDING Search films, series, books and games in one place, or browse what's popular this week โ€” including what's streaming on the services you pick, in your country, the most popular games and the most anticipated ones. See where a title streams, its cast, trailers, similar titles and community ratings, then add it with one tap. Filter your games by platform. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR TASTE Tell it what you're in the mood for, how much time you have and what genre, and get one confident suggestion with a reason โ€” from your focus, your backlog, a collection, what's trending or your streaming services. It reads your own history: what you loved, what you dropped, what you're halfway through. Pick a friend and it chooses for the two of you. YOUR YEAR AT A GLANCE Profile shows everything you finished this year by category, a month-by-month history of episodes watched, pages read and time spent, per-category stats with a monthly chart and your top genres โ€” and, when you ask for it, a short written note on your taste. IPHONE AND IPAD On iPad, lists and details sit side by side. Sign in with Apple, Google or email to keep your lists, progress and history in sync across your devices. An account is optional โ€” the app works fully without one. HOBBY TRACKER PRO Everything in the app is free, including sync. The assistant offers 5 suggestions a week for free (20 in your first week); Hobby Tracker PRO makes it unlimited (up to 500 a month), lets you rewrite your Profile note whenever you like and unlocks the story card themes. PRO is an auto-renewing subscription: $1.99 per month or $14.99 per year (prices vary by region). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://mainthreadstudios.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://mainthreadstudios.com/privacy Film and TV data from TMDB, book data from Open Library, game data from IGDB, streaming availability from JustWatch. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

GamesVault4 screens
Hobby Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

GamesVault and Hobby Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. GamesVault sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Hobby Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GamesVault ships an update every 2 weeks, Hobby Tracker weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GamesVault versus Hobby Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGamesVaultHobby Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB73 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRobert BergmanAHMET TURK

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GamesVault

Subscriptions2
  • Vault Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Vault Pro Annual$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Hobby Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly$1.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is GamesVault free?
GamesVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hobby Tracker free?
Hobby Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GamesVault or Hobby Tracker have ads?
Neither GamesVault nor Hobby Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GamesVault or Hobby Tracker?
GamesVault ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hobby Tracker weekly. Most recently, GamesVault was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hobby Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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