GamePal vs PS Playtime

GamePal is an iOS app for tracking gaming activity and keeping a game collection. Users can mark games as played, completed or wishlisted, and record thoughts, memories and experiences in a journal. Live Activities show session updates on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, while widgets display gaming stats, recent games and upcoming releases. The app can track gaming events and alert users when upcoming games are about to release. Siri Shortcuts offer actions for logging games and checking stats. Discover provides personalized recommendations, curated lists and trending titles across platforms; Monthly Games lists titles available through services such as PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass. GamePal requires iOS 18.0 or later. The download is free, though some features require Platinum. Platinum adds features including unlimited collections, advanced journal entries with media, widgets, Live Activities, a Monthly Games calendar and Shortcut actions. Its prices are $2.99 a month, $29.99 a year, or $49.99, paid once for lifetime access.

PS Playtime is a free web tool for checking time played on PlayStation games. It retrieves public data from PlayStation Network for PS4 and PS5 titles. To run a lookup, enter a PlayStation Network online ID or display name; the search is case-sensitive. No registration is required, and PS Playtime says it never asks for a PlayStation password, email, or login credentials. The library view shows each game’s hours played, first played date, and last played date, with sorting by playtime or most recently played. The game library and playtime must be publicly visible for access. Every lookup fetches current information from PlayStation Network, and gaming lookup data is not permanently stored on PS Playtime’s servers. Older PS3-era games and games played offline for long periods may have incomplete data. The terms allow access to be limited or blocked to protect the service from excessive requests or harmful scraping. PS Playtime describes itself as an independent fan-made tool, not affiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment or PlayStation.