Videogame Backlog Manager vs GameCatalog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Videogame Backlog Manager
Organize your video game collection and track your progress. Search for games, update your status, and add notes. Share your lists and back them up via Dropbox.
- Manage game backlog and collection
- Track game progress and status
- Add notes and ratings to games
- Share game lists via email
- Backup and restore game lists via Dropbox
- Search for games using GiantBomb API
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Videogame Backlog Manager (VBM) is a simple app to help manage your video game backlog and collection. You can search for games and add them to your library. When adding a game, you can specify your progress and whether or not you are currently playing and/or have beaten the game. Using this information, VBM provides a simple way to keep track of your now playing list, your backlog and your library. In addition to this, you can also to add notes/ratings to your games, as well as share your game lists with others via email. Backing up and restoring your games list is also possible through Dropbox. VBM uses the GiantBomb API for game data.
GameCatalog
Organize your video game library by platform, track played and unplayed titles, and discover your next game with smart suggestions. Text recognition simplifies adding games to your collection.
- Catalog video game collection
- Organize by platform
- Track played/unplayed games
- Text recognition for entry
- Smart game suggestions
- Filter by platform, genre, playtime
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Catalog and organize your video game collection. Have your collection organized by platform, so you know what games you have, which you have played, and which you haven't. Use text recognition to help you enter your collection into the app. Let the app suggest what to play from your collection based on criteria you choose, such as platform, genre or playing time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Videogame Backlog Manager at 76% against GameCatalog's 0%. Videogame Backlog Manager also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (25 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Videogame Backlog Manager holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Videogame Backlog Manager has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Videogame Backlog Manager's written reviews are positive against 0% of GameCatalog's.
Videogame Backlog Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, GameCatalog every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Videogame Backlog Manager | GameCatalog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (25 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 9928189 Canada Inc. | German Alonso Perez |
Customer experience
Videogame Backlog Manager
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In-app purchases
Videogame Backlog Manager
No in-app purchases
GameCatalog
No in-app purchases
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