Comparison

GameCache 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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

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

GameCache4 screens
Game Tracker & Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GameCache at none against Game Tracker & Backlog's 1. GameCache also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.4). Game Tracker & Backlog's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Game Tracker & Backlog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GameCache asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GameCache ships an update weekly, Game Tracker & Backlog fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
GameCache versus Game Tracker & Backlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGameCacheGame Tracker & Backlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGameCache LLCJulien Taret-Falconetti

In-app purchases

None

GameCache

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Game Tracker & Backlog

One-time1
  • Complete Edition$6.99

Questions

Is GameCache free?
GameCache is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Game Tracker & Backlog free?
Game Tracker & Backlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GameCache or Game Tracker & Backlog have ads?
GameCache shows ads; Game Tracker & Backlog does not.
Which is updated more often, GameCache or Game Tracker & Backlog?
GameCache ships an update weekly, and Game Tracker & Backlog fortnightly. Most recently, GameCache was updated on October 24, 2026 and Game Tracker & Backlog on October 24, 2026.

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