Comparison

Backloot vs Barklog

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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 โ€” then share it with people whose taste you trust. TRACK YOUR BACKLOG โ€ข Organize every game into shelves: Backlog, Playing, Completed, Abandoned, Wishlist, and Replaying. โ€ข Search thousands of games powered by IGDB โ€” cover art, genres, platforms, and release dates. โ€ข See time-to-beat estimates so you know what you're signing up for. LOG & REVIEW โ€ข Keep a play diary โ€” log replays, playthroughs, platforms, hours, and the date you played. โ€ข Rate with stars and write reviews. Hide spoilers with a tap. โ€ข Look back on your year in games and everything you've finished. IMPORT YOUR LIBRARY โ€ข Connect Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox to auto-import the games you own โ€” no manual entry. GET SOCIAL โ€ข Follow other players and see what they're playing in a live activity feed. โ€ข Like, comment, and repost. Discover games through people, not algorithms. โ€ข Build and share lists โ€” best soulslikes, 2026 GOTY, comfort games. โ€ข Find your taste-match and the people worth following. MAKE IT YOURS โ€ข A beautiful, fast, dark interface designed for gamers. โ€ข Rich profiles with favorites, stats, and your diary. โ€ข 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

Barklog

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You own more games than you'll ever finish. Barklog is where you keep track of them anyway. Add a game, then mark it waiting, playing, completed, or abandoned. That's the whole system. Whatever you're playing sits at the top, so the game you're actually in the middle of is the first thing you see. ABANDONED IS A REAL ANSWER Most trackers give you a "finished" box and quietly assume you'll get there. You won't. Barklog lets you say so in one tap and stop thinking about it. No judgement. FIND THE NEXT ONE Explore shows what's popular, what's coming out, and what just landed. Already know the name? Search for it. Tap any game for its cover, platforms, genres, who made it, what the ratings look like, and which games it's similar to. SHARE A VIDEO, PICK THE GAME You're watching a clip of some game and you can't work out what it is. Share the video to Barklog from YouTube or TikTok and it figures out which game the clip is about, then hands you the candidates to pick from. All it reads is the video title and the channel name. TEN AT A TIME, FREE Barklog is free for ten unfinished games: the ones waiting, and the ones you're partway through. Finish one, or admit you're done with it, and the slot comes back. Games you've completed or abandoned never count against the ten, so the shelf behind you can get as long as it likes. Premium takes the cap off. Nothing else changes. GAME DATA Every cover, release date, platform, genre and summary in Barklog comes from IGDB, a games database its community maintains. BARKLOG PREMIUM Barklog Premium removes the ten-game cap and nothing else. It comes as two auto-renewable subscriptions, Barklog Premium Monthly and Barklog Premium Yearly, both starting with a 7-day free trial. The price for your region is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at the end of the free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends; your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://barklog.gg/privacy Barklog terms: https://barklog.gg/terms Support: https://barklog.gg/support

Screenshots

Backloot4 screens
Barklog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backloot at none against Barklog's 2. Backloot also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Barklog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Backloot asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Backloot versus Barklog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBacklootBarklog
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size104 MB78 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRodrigo FelixVolodymyr Chornonoh

In-app purchases

None

Backloot

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Barklog

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

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

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