Prisma vs Shelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Prisma
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Prisma is your personal video game journal. Keep track of everything you play, rate it with stars, write your reviews, and discover what to play next thanks to recommendations made just for you. LOG AND RATE Mark games as completed, currently playing, or on your backlog. Rate them with stars and write reviews to remember what you thought of each one. LISTS AND TIER LISTS Create your own game lists (favorites, backlog, by genre...) and organize your personal rankings with visual, easy-to-share tier lists. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT GAME Get recommendations based on what you've already played and rated, explore recent releases, and check out full game pages (info, age rating, trailers...). COMMUNITY AND FRIENDS Follow your friends, compare your lists and rankings, and take part in polls to see what the community thinks about your favorite games. PERSONAL STATS Check out your gaming activity: how many games you've played, your most frequent ratings, your drop-off rate, and your favorite genres and platforms. NEVER MISS A THING Turn on notifications to hear about releases, friends' polls, and other updates relevant to you. Prisma is made for anyone who loves video games and wants to keep an organized record of their hobby, discover new titles, and share it all with their community. Download Prisma and start your video game journal today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Shelf
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Shelf is an easy way to discover, track, organize, and understand the video games you play. Keep all your games in one place, whether you play on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, console, handheld, or other major platforms. Track games you want to play, games you are playing, and games you have finished. Shelf combines game discovery, game tracking, achievements, trophies, playtime, stats, collections, and a huge video game catalogue into one app. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT GAME Explore a personalized feed based on your taste, gaming history, favorite genres, platforms, ratings, and games you already enjoy. Browse games in a simple swipeable feed and quickly find something worth playing. For every game, Shelf brings useful information together, including: ⢠Description and screenshots ⢠Release date and platforms ⢠Genres and categories ⢠Developers and publishers ⢠Ratings and reviews ⢠Achievements and trophies ⢠DLCs and expansions ⢠Similar games ⢠Multiplayer information The more games you add and play, the better Shelf understands what you like. CONNECT YOUR GAMING PLATFORMS Connect Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox to import your games into Shelf. Shelf can keep supported gaming activity updated automatically, including: ⢠Games played ⢠Playtime ⢠Achievements ⢠Trophies ⢠XP ⢠Completion progress ⢠Recently played games Your library stays updated automatically as you continue playing. TRACK AND ORGANIZE EVERY GAME Build one place for your entire gaming backlog. Mark games as Playing Next, Playing, Completed, Backlog, Dropped, or organize them however you want using custom shelves. Build realistic game shelves that make your digital collection feel physical again. SEE YOUR GAMING STATS Shelf turns your gaming activity into useful stats and history. Track: ⢠Total playtime ⢠Playtime by day, month, and year ⢠Games played and completed ⢠Achievements and trophies unlocked ⢠Completion progress ⢠Most played games ⢠Favorite genres and platforms ⢠Gaming activity over time View your history using timelines, charts, heatmaps, and progress views. See when you played the most, which games took the most time, and how your gaming habits changed over the years. TRACK ACHIEVEMENTS AND TROPHIES Keep achievements and trophies from supported platforms together with your games. See unlocked achievements, trophies, completion percentage, XP, and other available platform stats for each game. POWERFUL SEARCH AND FILTERS Use 20+ filters to find games you actually care about. Filter by platform, genre, release date, developer, publisher, franchise, rating, game modes, multiplayer, DLCs, achievements, tags, themes, and more. Combine filters to narrow down hundreds of thousands of games to exactly what you want. A HUGE VIDEO GAME CATALOGUE Explore more than 400,000 games across different platforms and generations. Shelf covers AAA releases, indie games, older classics, DLCs, expansions, and upcoming games. The catalogue keeps growing as new games are released and existing information is updated. YOUR COMPLETE GAMING HISTORY Bring your Steam games, PlayStation trophies, Xbox achievements, backlog, and gaming activity together. See what you played, remember what you finished, find what to play next, track your progress, and look back at years of gaming activity from one place. PRIVACY AND CONTROL You choose which gaming platforms you connect and what information you add to Shelf. We never store any credentials in our server on any third part server either. MADE FOR EVERY TYPE OF PLAYER Use Shelf as your: ⢠Video game tracker ⢠Gaming backlog tracker ⢠Game collection manager ⢠Steam game tracker ⢠PlayStation game tracker ⢠Xbox game tracker ⢠Achievement tracker ⢠Trophy tracker ⢠Game recommendation app ⢠Game discovery app ⢠Game wishlist ⢠Game organizer Spend less time deciding what to play and more time playing it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shelf at none against Prisma's shown. Prisma's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Prisma sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year and Shelf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Prisma | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 ā better | 16.4 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marc Limeres | Shreyasi Mandal |
In-app purchases
Prisma
- Prisma Premium$14.991 Year
Shelf
- Weekly Sub$1.997 Days
- Monthly Sub$4.991 Month
- Yearly Sub$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Purchase$79.99









