Comparison

Arcadia vs GuildLink

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

Head to head
About

Arcadia

Log, rate, and review all the games you play to build a personal gaming journal. Discover new titles through community recommendations and track your progress across all platforms. Connect with friends and see what they're playing.

Highlights
  • Track games across all platforms
  • Rate and review played games
  • Build backlog, wishlist, and played lists
  • Discover new games via community
  • Follow friends and their gaming activity
  • Distraction-free design
Features
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Arcadia is where you track, rate, and review every game you play. Build your gaming journal, discover your next favorite title, and see what the community is playing, all in one beautifully designed app made for players who love games as much as you do. TRACK YOUR GAMING LIFE Log every game you've played, are playing, or want to play. Build a personal library that captures your entire gaming history, from childhood classics to this year's biggest releases. Your backlog, your played list, your wishlist, organized and always with you. RATE AND REVIEW Give every game a rating and write reviews that capture what you really thought. Look back on your favorites, revisit the ones that disappointed you, and build a personal record of your taste in games over time. Your opinions, documented. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT GAME Never wonder what to play next. Explore trending titles, browse by genre and platform, and find hidden gems through a community of players with taste you trust. Arcadia surfaces games worth your time based on what real people are actually playing and loving. FOLLOW THE COMMUNITY See what your friends and other players are rating, reviewing, and adding to their lists. Follow players whose taste you admire, react to reviews, and turn gaming into the social experience it was always meant to be. Your feed, full of games and the people who love them. A LIBRARY THAT SPANS EVERY PLATFORM From PC and PlayStation to Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile, Arcadia covers games across every platform and generation. Powered by a rich, constantly updated game database, you'll find everything from AAA blockbusters to indie darlings and retro cult classics. BUILT FOR PLAYERS Clean, fast, and designed with real gamers in mind. No clutter, no noise, just a beautiful home for your gaming life. Track your stats, celebrate your milestones, and watch your library grow with every game you play. WHY ARCADIA? - Track games across all platforms and genres - Rate and review everything you play - Build your backlog, wishlist, and played list - Discover new games through a trusted community - Follow friends and see what they're playing - A gorgeous, distraction-free design Whether you're a lifelong player with hundreds of titles behind you or just starting to take your hobby seriously, Arcadia gives your gaming life a home. Start tracking, start rating, start discovering. Download Arcadia and build your gaming library today.

About

GuildLink

Discover new video games through personalized recommendations based on your gaming history and friends' preferences. Connect with other gamers, share your library, and organize gaming sessions.

Highlights
  • Personalized game recommendations
  • Social discovery platform
  • Cross-platform game library tracking
  • Friend activity feed
  • Organize private gaming sessions
  • Gamer profile customization
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The best game recommendations come from people who know your taste. Until GuildLink, that was really hard to find online. GuildLink is a social discovery platform for video games. When you add games to your shelf, GuildLink gets to work doing game discovery how it’s always worked best: person to person. GuildLink compares your gaming history with other gamers. When their library overlaps with yours, what they've played and enjoyed becomes your best recommendation. Everything you've played influences discovery. Any platform. Any era. Contra on NES? Yep. Sonic on Sega Game Gear? Yep. Metal Gear Solid on Playstation? Yep. Puzzle Quest on Xbox360? Yep. Half-Life on PC? Yep. Fortnite on Mobile? Yep. On GuildLink, every game you’ve played helps you find your next favorite game. YOUR SHELF Add games from any platform or era. The more you add, the better your recommendations get. DISCOVERY FEED See GuildLink Discoveries, follow what your friends are playing, and talk games without the typical drama of social media. GUILDS 
Game with friends? Guilds lets you schedule private Gaming Sessions so everyone is in the loop. RSVP with your status for each session, and chat in the session-specific chat. GAMER PROFILE Curate your gamer profile with stats about your gaming history. Join GuildLink and find your next favorite game.

Screenshots

Arcadia4 screens
GuildLink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Arcadia at 8 against GuildLink's 1. On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Arcadia against 5.0 for GuildLink. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arcadia has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Arcadia versus GuildLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcadiaGuildLink
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB47 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperLINK CLICK INCMATTHEW TIMOTHY CURTIS

Customer experience

Arcadia

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GuildLink

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Arcadia

No in-app purchases

None

GuildLink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arcadia free?
Arcadia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GuildLink free?
GuildLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Arcadia or GuildLink?
Arcadia and GuildLink are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Arcadia or GuildLink have ads?
Neither Arcadia nor GuildLink shows ads.

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