Videogame Backlog Manager vs Gamedex
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.
Gamedex
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Get access to thousands of games and add to your collection, create your finished games list and discover new games.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Videogame Backlog Manager at 7.0 against Gamedex's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 ships an update every 3 weeks, Gamedex every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Videogame Backlog Manager | Gamedex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 9928189 Canada Inc. | Adilson Ferreira dos Santos |
In-app purchases
Videogame Backlog Manager
No in-app purchases
Gamedex
No in-app purchases
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