Shelf vs Barklog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
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
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Verdict
Shelf and Barklog are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Shelf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Barklog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shelf ships an update every 11 days, Barklog weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shelf | Barklog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shreyasi Mandal | Volodymyr Chornonoh |
In-app purchases
Shelf
- Weekly Sub$1.997 Days
- Monthly Sub$4.991 Month
- Yearly Sub$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Purchase$79.99
Barklog
- Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year








