Comparison

KO Backlog 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

KO Backlog

Organize your entire game library with this app. Track games across all platforms, add notes, rate your progress, and mark when you've completed them. Sync your data seamlessly across your iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Track games across all platforms
  • Rate and add notes to games
  • Mark games as beaten
  • Sync across iOS devices
  • Simple and intuitive interface
Features
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KO Backlog is a simple app for keeping track of your gaming backlog across all gaming platforms, old and new. Add games to your library and then rate, keep notes, and detail when you've beaten the games you're playing. It can be used and synced across iOS devices using iCloud.

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

KO Backlog4 screens
Game Tracker & Backlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KO Backlog at none against Game Tracker & Backlog's 1. KO Backlog also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence, ads 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. KO Backlog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
KO Backlog versus Game Tracker & Backlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKO BacklogGame Tracker & Backlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJustin NoormandJulien Taret-Falconetti

In-app purchases

None

KO Backlog

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Game Tracker & Backlog

One-time1
  • Complete Edition$6.99

Questions

Is KO Backlog free?
KO Backlog 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 KO Backlog or Game Tracker & Backlog have ads?
Neither KO Backlog nor Game Tracker & Backlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KO Backlog or Game Tracker & Backlog?
KO Backlog ships an update fortnightly, and Game Tracker & Backlog fortnightly. Most recently, KO Backlog was updated on October 16, 2026 and Game Tracker & Backlog on October 24, 2026.

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