Comparison

Prysm vs GameMonster

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

Head to head
About

Prysm

Features
Read full description

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

About

GameMonster

Effortlessly track your video game collection, including every edition and copy. Scan shelves with photos, manage wishlists with price limits, and get instant answers about ownership, even offline. AI features help you query your collection and discover new games.

Highlights
  • Offline game collection tracking
  • Photo shelf scanning
  • Wishlist management with price limits
  • Detailed copy tracking (disc, digital, region, edition)
  • AI-powered collection queries
  • Import/export collection data
  • Console and accessory tracking
Features
Read full description

Standing at a game store and can't remember if you already own it? GameMonster answers in seconds, down to the exact copy, even with no signal. Scan a whole shelf with one photo, track every copy you own, and hunt your wishlist with a price limit. Free, with no account, no ads and no cap on how many games you add. KNOW WHAT YOU OWN, INSTANTLY Search your collection and over 78,000 games right in the aisle. The game list lives on your device, so it works without a signal. You can also check from Spotlight or ask Siri "Do I own this game in GameMonster" without opening the app. ADD YOUR SHELF IN MINUTES Take a photo of your games, spines or covers, and GameMonster reads the titles on your device. You review the results and add them all in one tap. Nothing gets added until you say yes. Already keep a list somewhere else? Import a spreadsheet or a CSV export from another collection app. GameMonster matches each row and shows you the ones it isn't sure about. EVERY COPY, EXACTLY Each game gets one page with every copy you own on it: • Disc, cartridge, digital download or Game-Key Card • Complete in box, loose or new, and which parts you have • Region: NTSC-U, PAL, NTSC-J and more • Edition, picked from the game's real editions Track consoles and accessories too, from NES and PS1 to PS5 and Switch 2. HUNT SMARTER Set the most you'll pay for each game on your wishlist, mark your grails, and plan upgrades, like replacing a loose copy with a complete one. Upcoming games show their release date. When you find one, tap Bought It and it moves to your collection. Recent sold listings are one tap away when you want to check a price. ASK MONSTER AI Ask about your collection in plain words: "Which of my PS2 games are complete in box?" or "What do I want to play next?" You can also ask about any game in the list, like who made it or when it came out. Answers come from your collection and the game list, privately with Apple Intelligence. SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE • Games per platform, genres and release years • How much of your collection is complete in box • What you've spent, and how your collection has grown • Want to Play, Playing and Completed for your backlog • Series progress, like "You own 3 of 10" • Coming Soon for the platforms you collect ON IPHONE, IPAD AND IPHONE DUO On iPad and an open iPhone Duo, your shelf and the game you pick sit side by side, upright or sideways. YOUR COLLECTION STAYS YOURS There's no account to create and nothing is tracked. Your collection lives on your iPhone or iPad and syncs through your own private iCloud. GameMonster backs it up on your device every day, and you can export it to a backup file or a spreadsheet at any time. The game list updates on its own every week, so new releases show up without an app update. Monster AI chat needs an iPhone or iPad with Apple Intelligence and iOS 27. On other devices, it still tells you whether you own a game. Game data provided by IGDB.com.

Screenshots

Prysm4 screens
GameMonster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GameMonster at none against Prysm's 3. GameMonster also leads on ads (none vs shown). Prysm's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price and device support 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. Prysm sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. GameMonster asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prysm ships an update daily, GameMonster every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Prysm versus GameMonster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrysmGameMonster
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB31 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperJoshua AidelojeAlisher Serikbayev

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
None

GameMonster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prysm free?
Prysm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GameMonster free?
GameMonster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prysm or GameMonster have ads?
Prysm shows ads; GameMonster does not.
Which is updated more often, Prysm or GameMonster?
Prysm ships an update daily, and GameMonster every 2 weeks. Most recently, Prysm was updated on November 10, 2026 and GameMonster on November 6, 2026.

Other comparisons