Comparison

Backloot vs Kyrune

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

Head to head
About

Backloot

Features
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Backloot is the social-first home for your game backlog. Track everything you want to play, log what you're playing, and rate and review games like Letterboxd β€” then share it with people whose taste you trust. TRACK YOUR BACKLOG β€’ Organize every game into shelves: Backlog, Playing, Completed, Abandoned, Wishlist, and Replaying. β€’ Search thousands of games powered by IGDB β€” cover art, genres, platforms, and release dates. β€’ See time-to-beat estimates so you know what you're signing up for. LOG & REVIEW β€’ Keep a play diary β€” log replays, playthroughs, platforms, hours, and the date you played. β€’ Rate with stars and write reviews. Hide spoilers with a tap. β€’ Look back on your year in games and everything you've finished. IMPORT YOUR LIBRARY β€’ Connect Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox to auto-import the games you own β€” no manual entry. GET SOCIAL β€’ Follow other players and see what they're playing in a live activity feed. β€’ Like, comment, and repost. Discover games through people, not algorithms. β€’ Build and share lists β€” best soulslikes, 2026 GOTY, comfort games. β€’ Find your taste-match and the people worth following. MAKE IT YOURS β€’ A beautiful, fast, dark interface designed for gamers. β€’ Rich profiles with favorites, stats, and your diary. β€’ Private accounts, blocking, muting, and per-section visibility keep you in control. Backloot is free to track and be social. Go Pro for deeper stats, year-in-review recaps, and customizable, watermark-free share cards. Start your backlog today. Your next favorite game is already on someone's list. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kyrune

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Kyrune shows what's coming to PS5, PC and Switch 2. That's it. No library, no backlog, no social feed. Open it, see the next launches, build your wishlist. Games without a date yet show up too, marked "TBA". Other apps hide those; here they stay in view, because that's what you came to track. What you get: β€’ A radar of this month's launches and what's next, filtered by platform: PS5, PC or Switch 2 β€’ A monthly calendar with every launch marked by platform β€’ Search that reaches games beyond the feed window, remakes and remasters included β€’ A wishlist grouped by platform that moves between devices through iCloud β€’ iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape, in English and Portuguese Premium, one-time purchase, no subscription: β€’ An unlimited wishlist β€’ A launch-day alert for the games you follow β€’ Extra themes, including a light one β€’ A home-screen widget and a launch-day Live Activity Kyrune does one thing well: it tells you what's coming.

Screenshots

Backloot4 screens
Kyrune4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Backloot at 15.6 against Kyrune's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Backloot versus Kyrune: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBacklootKyrune
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size104 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRodrigo FelixWILLIAM DE OLIVEIRA IZIDRE

In-app purchases

None

Backloot

No in-app purchases

None

Kyrune

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backloot free?
Backloot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kyrune free?
Kyrune is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backloot or Kyrune have ads?
Neither Backloot nor Kyrune shows ads.

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