Your whole game collection, one shelf
A local-first video game collection tracker - no account required, nothing stored in someone else's cloud. Search or scan a title to add it, track what you're playing, finished, own, want or have lent out, rate it out of five stars, and see your whole library laid out on a cover-art shelf grouped by platform.
Shelf view lays your collection out like a physical game shelf - cover art, a status pip and a star rating per title, grouped under each platform you own games on.
Search by title to pull cover art, platform and release year in automatically via TheGamesDB - no API key or setup required - or add a game manually with your own details in seconds either way.
Playing, Completed, Owned, Backlog, Wishlist and Lent - the last one so you can actually remember who's borrowed a physical copy, not just what you own.
Rate anything you've played, tag titles however suits you (co-op, indie, replaying) and keep freeform notes per game - your own record, your own words.
Totals, average rating, hours logged, and what your backlog and whole collection are worth - plus a breakdown by status and platform, a heads-up on any game you own on more than one platform, and a "worth revisiting" list of backlog titles you've forgotten about.
Hit "Surprise me" for a random pick from your backlog or wishlist. At year's end, generate a shareable wrap-up card of what you completed, how many hours you logged and your most-played platform - built entirely from your own local data.
Click into any title for a full detail view - cover, hours played, price paid, tags, notes - plus suggestions for similar games already in your collection, based on shared tags.
Your collection lives on your own device - no server dependency for day-to-day use, and no account or sign-in. Nobody else's cloud, nobody else's rules.
Export your whole collection to a readable JSON file whenever you like, and import it back in later. No lock-in, no proprietary format holding your data hostage.
Shelf for browsing, Grid for a dense cover-art overview, List for a sortable table with everything laid out - filter any of them by status, platform or a quick search.
Shelf, Grid and List views, the Stats page, and a game's detail view - a look at the actual app, not a mockup.
Backloggd is a popular free web app for logging and reviewing games, built around a social feed of what friends are playing. Here's how a local-first Windows desktop tracker compares for someone who wants a private collection log rather than a social network.
| Feature | Game Log | Backloggd |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | £4.99 one-off after a 15-day free trial | Free, with an optional paid tier for extra features |
| Works fully offline | ✓ | ✕ |
| Your data stays on your device | ✓ | ✕ (stored on Backloggd's servers) |
| Social feed / following friends | ✕ | ✓ |
| "Lent" status for physical copies | ✓ | ✕ |
| Clean JSON export of your whole collection | ✓ | ~ (CSV export on some plans) |
| Native Windows desktop app | ✓ | ✕ (web app) |
| No account or sign-in needed | ✓ | ✕ |
Comparison based on Backloggd's publicly listed pricing and features as of August 2026 (backloggd.com) - pricing and features change over time, so check backloggd.com for current details. Backloggd is a trademark of its respective owner; this comparison is for informational purposes and isn't sponsored by or affiliated with Backloggd.
No. There's no account and no sign-in - your collection is stored on your own device. You can register your copy with your name and email if you'd like update notices, but it's optional.
Search by title to pull cover art, platform and release year automatically via TheGamesDB - no API key or setup required. Or add a game manually with your own details. Camera barcode scanning isn't wired up in this first Windows build yet.
Shelf view groups your collection by platform with cover-art tiles, like a physical game shelf. Grid view is a denser cover-art-only layout for scanning a large collection quickly. List view is a detailed sortable table with title, platform, status, rating and tags.
Yes - export your entire collection to a clean, readable JSON file at any time from Settings, and import it back in later. No lock-in.
Playing, Completed, Owned, Backlog, Wishlist and Lent - six statuses covering the full lifecycle of a game in your collection, including titles you've lent out to someone else.
