Comparison

KO Backlog vs Vidya

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

Vidya

Features
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Your video game collection, as a binder of collector cards. Vidya turns every physical game you own into a card with its box art, its format and a rarity from Common to Legendary. Add a game and its card turns over like a pull from a pack. FREE FOR YOUR FIRST 50 GAMES Every feature works in the free binder. Vidya Collector (a subscription, or one purchase for good) holds the rest of your collection and unlocks every desk, card back and app icon. Stop, and every card you added stays yours. GET YOUR WHOLE COLLECTION IN • Search by name, scan the barcode or take a photo of the box. Titles and barcodes are read on your iPhone. • Photograph a whole shelf and Vidya reads the titles on the spines. • Bring your list: import a spreadsheet (CSV) from another collection app or your own. • Adding a lot at once? Put the cards face down and open them together as one pack. RARITY FROM THE REAL MARKET Each release gets a rarity from what copies sell for: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic or Legendary. When a game's price climbs, its card can move up a tier, and your binder tells you. LOOSE, COMPLETE OR SEALED Record each copy as loose, complete in box or sealed, and see what that format sells for. Your binder shows an estimated total on a price sticker you can peel off, and prices can be hidden in Settings. A BINDER, NOT A SPREADSHEET Nine-pocket pages with index tabs, sorted by console or by rarity. Pinch for bigger pockets. Rare, Epic and Legendary cards are printed on foil that catches the light as you tilt your phone. HUNT WHAT'S MISSING Keep a Wanted binder of the games you're after, in the format you want, with a note of what you'd pay. When you find one, tap "I got it!" to add it and watch it turn over. YOUR OWN BINDERS Make binders for anything: For sale, Favorites, Lent out. A card can be in more than one. LISTS Pick any games, yours or not, for a list of up to nine: My 9 Games, your Game of the Year, your top 5. Open it as a pack and share it as an image or a video. MAKE IT YOURS Pick a desk theme and a card back from more than twenty of each, and an app icon: vidya's own or one of 36 consoles, with Vidya Collector. SHARE YOUR PULLS Share any card as an image, or its reveal as a short video, with its sound. THE CATALOG Tens of thousands of console, handheld, PC and Mac releases, from the earliest systems to today, with regional editions and reprints. Can't find yours? Add it yourself, and once it's checked, everyone can find it. YOUR DATA No account needed. Keep your collection in iCloud, and export it as a spreadsheet or a full backup whenever you like. Vidya is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by any console maker, game publisher or price guide. Game titles and box art belong to their owners. Values are estimates from market data, not appraisals. VIDYA COLLECTOR • Monthly or yearly subscription, or one purchase for good. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. • A subscription renews automatically unless it's turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within the 24 hours before then. • Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://framara.net/vidya/terms Privacy Policy: https://framara.net/vidya/privacy

Screenshots

KO Backlog4 screens
Vidya4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KO Backlog at none against Vidya's 3. Vidya's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vidya sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. KO Backlog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KO Backlog ships an update fortnightly, Vidya daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
KO Backlog versus Vidya: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKO BacklogVidya
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB73 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJustin NoormandFrancisco Martinez

In-app purchases

None

KO Backlog

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Vidya

Subscriptions2
  • Collector Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Collector Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Collector Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is KO Backlog free?
KO Backlog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vidya free?
Vidya is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KO Backlog or Vidya have ads?
Neither KO Backlog nor Vidya shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KO Backlog or Vidya?
KO Backlog ships an update fortnightly, and Vidya daily. Most recently, KO Backlog was updated on October 31, 2026 and Vidya on November 6, 2026.

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