Comparison

Backlogged vs Joystickd

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

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About

Backlogged

Discover, collect, and analyze your games with detailed interactive maps for over 250 titles. Track your progress, manage your backlog, and connect gaming accounts to build a unified library. Engage with a community of players, share reviews, and join discussions.

Highlights
  • Interactive game maps with location categories
  • Progress tracking and syncing
  • Game backlog management
  • Custom lists and favorites
  • Connect gaming accounts (Steam, PlayStation, Xbox)
  • Community reviews and discussions
Features
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Backlogged is similar to Backloggd, is a game tracker built for players who want to organize their game collection, manage their backlog, track gaming progress, discover new games, and complete every corner of the games they love. Track what you're playing, build your game list, journal your gaming sessions, and explore detailed interactive maps filled with collectibles, quests, achievements, bosses, merchants, hidden locations, and points of interest. GAME BACKLOG & GAME TRACKER Make your game backlog easier to manage. • Track your game backlog and gaming progress • Build a personal game library and game list • Mark games as Playing, Completed, Paused, Dropped, or Saved for Later • Create custom game lists and collections • Add games to your favorites • Rate games and track your progress • Record play sessions and journal entries • Keep track of what you want to play next Whether you have 10 games or a backlog hundreds deep, Backlogged keeps your game collection organized. INTERACTIVE GAME MAPS Go beyond tracking your games. Explore 700+ interactive game maps across 250+ games. Find collectibles, quests, loot, bosses, achievements, merchants, hidden locations, and points of interest. • Search detailed interactive game maps • Browse locations by category • Mark locations as found • Track map completion progress • Add personal markers and notes • Sync your discoveries across devices Explore games including Elden Ring, Red Dead Redemption 2, Skyrim, The Witcher 3, Hogwarts Legacy, Assassin's Creed, Fallout, Zelda, Genshin Impact, World of Warcraft, Hitman, Escape from Tarkov, and many more. YOUR GAMING LIBRARY Keep your games together in one unified game collection. Connect supported gaming accounts to import available games and gaming activity. • Import supported game libraries • Sync available playtime • Import trophies and achievements • Track your gaming activity • View games across supported platforms • Disconnect linked accounts whenever you choose GAMING JOURNAL Remember every game you play. Write journal entries about your gaming sessions, rate games, record your progress, and keep a history of your gaming life. Write a quick note after a session or a detailed review after finishing a game. ACHIEVEMENTS & COMPLETION For players who want to finish everything. Track available achievements and trophies, monitor completion progress, and use interactive maps to find things you might have missed. From finding one last collectible to completing an entire game, Backlogged helps you track your journey toward 100%. DISCOVER GAMES Find your next game. Discover games, explore player reviews, build your wishlist, and find something new to add to your backlog. When you're ready to play, find where a game is available and open the relevant store. Privacy Policy: https://www.brightfox.fun/gamerlist/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://www.brightfox.fun/gamerlist/terms-of-service.html

About

Joystickd

Log and rate your gaming experiences, showcase your platinum trophies, and participate in yearly game awards. Build custom lists, follow friends, and engage with a gaming community. Share your progress and reviews easily.

Highlights
  • Log and rate games 1-10
  • Track platinum trophies and difficulty
  • Create custom game lists
  • Participate in yearly game awards
  • Follow friends and see their activity
  • Share game reviews and progress
Features
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Joystickd is a diary for logging and rating the games you play, showing off your platinum collection, voting in game awards, making lists, and building a gaming community. Game rating: - Rate games 1–10 with .5s available, each rating accompanied by its own trophy artwork. - Add written reviews, or just mark a game as played. - let people know exactly what you liked and disliked with optional category ratings: gameplay, story, visuals, music, creativity, and more. Platinums: - Track every platinum and vote on its difficulty and hours. - Record the dates you started, earned your first trophy, and platinumed. - Community stats: see the hardest, easiest, longest and shortest platinums as rated by players. Additional features: - A Top 5 shelf on your profile - Custom lists, fully customizable. Ranked or not, with your ratings and platinums shown if you want. - Yearly Game Awards: vote in over a dozen categories every December, and vote on previous years. - Share beautiful images of your reviews, lists, profile and award ballots straight to your camera roll. Social features: - Follow friends and see their latest logs in your feed. - Like and comment on reviews. - Get notified when someone likes, comments, or follows you.

Screenshots

Backlogged4 screens
Joystickd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Joystickd at 5.0 against Backlogged's 4.3. Joystickd also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Backlogged's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1). On price, 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. Backlogged sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Joystickd asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Joystickd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backlogged has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Backlogged versus Joystickd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackloggedJoystickd
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (32 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings32 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB2 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperRohith KrishnanScott Stark

Customer experience

Backlogged

All ratings32 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Joystickd

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Backlogged

Subscriptions2
  • GamerList Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • GamerList Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
None

Joystickd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backlogged free?
Backlogged is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Joystickd free?
Joystickd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backlogged or Joystickd?
Joystickd is rated higher. Backlogged averages 4.3 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Joystickd averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Backlogged or Joystickd have ads?
Backlogged shows ads; Joystickd does not.

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