Ascended vs Backloggd

Ascended is a gaming social platform for connecting through voice, communities, clips, parties, progression and live game activity. Its feed includes clips, photos, LFG listings and posts, while persistent communities provide channels and events. Users can join voice rooms and parties that carry across games, and livestream to friends with chat, reactions and party watch. The Windows desktop companion advertises automatic game detection, screenshots, an in-game overlay and a 30-second instant replay buffer. Clips and screenshots are captured on the PC; clips stay there unless users choose to share them to the cloud. The download page lists a Windows desktop app and browser-based home-screen installation instructions for iPhone, iPad and Android. Ascended says Windows 10 and 11 are supported, with macOS and Linux coming soon. The free plan allows up to three communities or groups and 720p streaming and uploads. Ascended Plus costs $4.99 per month for up to 10 communities or groups and bigger upload limits. Its privacy policy is labeled a private-beta placeholder, some moderation tools are placeholders, and beta account deletion requires a manual support request.

Backloggd is a web-based personal video game collection tracker for logging games, recording play, and sharing ratings and reviews with friends. Users can mark games as played, in progress, or wanted, while keeping journals, play sessions, ownership, completion history, and playtime records. They can rate and review titles, create private or shared lists, and optionally track progress or rankings. Following users surfaces their activity, ratings, and reviews. Game information comes from IGDB, whose data is community contributed, and users cannot upload their own covers. The Free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited game logging, lists, reviews, and journal tracking, with 14 days of recent activity. The Backer plan costs $3 a month via Patreon and adds all-time statistics, a yearly recap, ad-free use, 60 days of recent activity, and early beta access. There is no mobile app, although the website is optimized for mobile screens.