Comparison

Backloot vs Prysm

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/

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Prysm

Features
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Prysm keeps every game you own, want and play in one place. You stop buying games you forget about, and you finish more of the ones you have. BRING YOUR GAMES IN Connect Steam and your whole library arrives with your hours played. Everything else is one search away, in a catalog of more than 90,000 games across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, PC and mobile. KNOW WHERE YOU STAND Give each game a status: Playing, Backlog, Completed or Paused. Log your hours, rate what you finish, and keep private notes. Game pages show how long a game takes to beat, so you know if a free evening is enough. A WISHLIST THAT REMEMBERS Wishlist a game that is not out yet. Prysm reminds you on release day. SAVE GAMES FROM TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE Saw a game in a video? Share the link to Prysm and it finds the game for you. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Follow other players and see what they are playing. Post an update, run a poll, comment and like. You can block or report anyone from their profile or from a post. PASSPORT Earn stamps as you go: your first ten games, your first finish, a new genre, the platform you keep coming back to. PRYSM PRO Prysm is free for up to 50 games, with a few ads. Prysm Pro removes that limit, removes the ads, and adds backlog stats, so you can see how much you play next to how much you own. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. You can also buy it once as a lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.prysmblast.com/privacy

Screenshots

Backloot4 screens
Prysm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backloot at none against Prysm's 3. Backloot also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. Prysm sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Backloot asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Backloot versus Prysm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBacklootPrysm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Daily
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size104 MB70 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRodrigo FelixJoshua Aideloje

In-app purchases

None

Backloot

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Prysm

Subscriptions2
  • Prysm Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Prysm Pro Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Prysm Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Backloot free?
Backloot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prysm free?
Prysm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Backloot or Prysm have ads?
Prysm shows ads; Backloot does not.

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