Your next goal.
A clearer plan.

WHAT'S NEW IN 0.5.0

More room. A more personal companion.

Version 0.5 adds monthly and yearly Game Tracker Plus, optional rewarded ads for extra capacity, account avatars and photo uploads, Plus frames, customization themes with matching tracker icons, and a dashboard with a wide choice of selectable metrics. Prepared game templates, description localization, template ownership and cross-device reconciliation have also been improved.

This guide covers Game Tracker 0.5.0 on iOS and Android. See Pricing for the full Free, reward and Plus comparison.

01 / GET GOING

Your first game, in a minute.

1. Add a game. On Overview, tap the + game card, enter a title and optionally choose a cover. Tap Add.
2. Open its card. This is the home for that game's plans, notes and reminders.
3. Name your first tracker. Tap the central +, choose To-Do, and enter a name for the list, such as “This week's quests”. This is not the name of an individual task.
4. Add a task inside it. Expand the new tracker and tap its add control. Name the task “Collect wood”, for example, then tap its checkbox when you finish.

Key terms: game, tracker, item

Game

A card in your library. Open it to see all the plans you keep for that game.

Tracker

A named container inside a game, with a type that determines what it tracks. “This week's quests” could be a To-Do tracker; “Upgrade materials” could be a Counter tracker.

Item

One concrete entry inside a tracker: a To-Do task, a resource counter, a note, a reminder, or a Character element. A tracker can hold multiple items.

Goal

A special tracker that groups other trackers into one larger plan, such as a character build or collection.

Template

A reusable starting structure that creates one or more trackers. You can use a prepared template or save your own.

When a game has no trackers

The game screen says Nothing here yet and offers four ways to begin: Start from a Template for a prepared structure, Create a Progress Tracker for a Goal containing several trackers, Make a Task List for a To-Do tracker, or Set a Resource Reminder for a Reminder tracker. These are suggestions, not the only choices. The central + opens the full tracker menu.

Why does the app ask for a tracker name first?

Creating a tracker sets up the container, not the action you want to track. First choose its type and give it a broad name. After it appears, open it and add the specific item or action inside. The same pattern applies to other tracker types.

Where am I? Overview is your library of game cards. A game screen holds that game's trackers and the central + menu. An expanded tracker shows its items and the controls to add or edit them.

Game Tracker is a companion you update as you play. It does not read your save files or automatically import achievements or inventory from a game.

02 / YOUR LIBRARY

Add the game. Pick the right cover.

Add or edit a game

Tap the + card on Overview and enter a title. A cover is optional: you can start tracking immediately and add one later. To change an existing game, press and hold its card to enter editing mode, then tap the card. Change the title or image and tap Save.

Find a cover automatically

1. Enter at least two characters of the game's title.
2. Tap Find Cover Automatically.
3. If several games match, choose the right title, release year and platform from the results.
4. Check the selected image, then tap Add or Save.

Use the game's full official title when a short name is ambiguous. Selecting the right catalog entry also helps the app offer the appropriate game-specific templates.

Choose your own image

Use Choose from Photos (or the Android image picker) to select an image on your device. You can replace it later or use Remove Photo. Removing the image does not remove the game or its trackers.

Remove a game

Press and hold a game card, use its delete control and review the confirmation. Deleting a game also deletes all its trackers and their contents. This is not a way to archive a completed game.

03 / MAKE IT YOURS

A home screen in your order.

Rearrange your games

Press and hold any game card to enter editing mode. Drag cards into the order you want, then tap Done. In editing mode, tapping a card opens its details instead of opening the game.

Change the grid

Open Settings → Games Per Row. Choose fewer cards per row for larger covers, or more for a compact overview. The available range depends on your device.

Find a game quickly

Once your library has more than six games, a game search field appears. Search by title. Clear the search to see your full library and the add-game card again.

Switch games without going back

Inside a game, use the game carousel to move between games. In Settings, Carousel Hide Time controls how long covers stay visible before switching to text. Choose Always Text for text immediately, or turn on Always Show Game Covers to keep the artwork visible.

04 / THE TOOLKIT

Seven trackers. Different jobs.

Open a game and tap + to choose a type. Tap a tracker's header or chevron to expand it. Add content inside the expanded card.

To-Do · “Have I done this?”

Add one item per task. Tap its checkbox to complete it; tap again to undo. Use the item's edit control to rename or delete it. Example: “Unlock the dungeon”, “Finish the quest”, “Collect the reward”.

Counter · “How many do I have?”

Add a named counter, set its current value and target, then save. Tap the counter to add one. Open its editor to correct the value, adjust the target, use the number picker, or Reset to 0. It counts as complete when its target is reached.

Example: Use a Counter for “Iron ore: 12 / 50”. Use To-Do for “Visit the blacksmith”. A Counter tracks quantity; it does not describe a crafting chain.

Character · “What makes up this build?”

Name the tracker after a character or build. Each repeatable element has a type and subtype: attributes such as role, class, profession, gender or position; equipment such as weapons, armor, artifacts and accessories; or skills and abilities such as magic, active abilities and passives. Add optional details for stats, affixes, sources or recommendations. Every element is optional, and a Character tracker can live inside a Goal.

Note · “What should I remember?”

Add a title, text and optionally an image. Tap the note to read it; use its edit control to change it. Web links in the note become tappable. Keep routes, build references or a screenshot beside your actual checklist.

Goal · “What belongs together?”

Create a Goal, expand it and use Add Tracker inside the Goal. You can add Character, To-Do, Counter, Note, Reminder and Recipe trackers. A Goal cannot contain another Goal.

Example: “Build my healer” can contain a Character loadout, a quest checklist, upgrade-material counters, a build note and a weekly reminder. The Goal keeps the whole plan together; each child tracker still works normally.

05 / KEEP IT TIDY

Edit, reorder and reuse.

Tracker actions

Use the tracker's actions menu for Rename, Duplicate, Save as Template and Delete. On iOS, top-level tracker actions are also available by swiping the card. Android exposes actions through the tracker's menu. Rename also lets you edit tags where shown.

Search trackers and items

Inside a game, use Search trackers and items to find matching trackers or entries. A matching child can keep its parent Goal visible so you can reach it. Clear the query to return to the normal view. Add comma-separated tags when editing tracker details, and use template search and tag filters to narrow the Template Library.

Change the order

Collapse the trackers first, then press and hold a top-level tracker's header to enter tracker reordering. Move trackers into the order you want and finish with the displayed Done or Save control. To reorder items, expand a tracker and tap its up/down reorder icon; it appears when there is more than one item. In a Goal, that control orders its child trackers.

Duplicate or save a template?

Duplicate makes another tracker in the current game. Save as Template stores a reusable setup in My Templates for later use. Saving a Goal includes its child trackers; saving one child creates a standalone template.

06 / CRAFTING, WITHOUT THE SPREADSHEET

Turn a recipe into a plan.

A Recipe is useful when “collect 20” is not enough: an item might be crafted from several ingredients, bought, or obtained as a drop.

1. Create a Recipe from the game's + menu and name the output or project.
2. Add a material or result and set the amount you need.
3. Add a way to obtain it using the branch menu. A method can be crafting, a purchase, a drop or another source.
4. For crafting, add its ingredients. Set the ingredient cost per batch and the amount the method produces.
5. Record what you collect. Tap a directly collectable ingredient or a method with no ingredient children to add one. Use the branch editor for larger changes or Reset to 0.

What updates automatically?

A crafting method with ingredient children calculates its output from those ingredients. You do not tap it to manufacture extra progress. Changing a parent target adjusts the amounts required below it.

Alternative methods contribute toward the same parent item. Only record the materials or results you actually obtained, so you do not count the same acquisition twice.

Read large recipe trees

Expand only the branches you are working on. Use a branch's menu to edit its name and quantities or add materials and methods. A prepared template can create several separate Recipe trackers; open the specific output you need.

07 / DON'T START FROM ZERO

A head start for your next plan.

Open Templates from the game's + menu or the suggestions in an empty game. Switch between Curated and My Templates, browse categories and use tag filters to narrow the list. Expand a template to inspect its structure before adding it.

What do the template colors mean?

Prepared game templates in 0.5

Unique catalogs include The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin engraving materials; The Elder Scrolls Online trait research and Mythic Items; Stardew Valley cooking recipes; Atelier Resleriana alchemy recipes; Granblue Fantasy: Relink and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 character builds; and Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave recruitment.

The recruitment template asks for the Part I leader, selects the corresponding recruitable characters and sorts them by required Renown. It includes Support and Renown requirements, recruitment notes, class/weapon guidance and separate lists of Most favorite and Liked gifts. Review the template's source and freshness notes; not every recommendation is an in-game default.

Curated descriptions are available in English, Russian, German, French and Spanish. Game terminology and technical game fields retain their original names; user-written descriptions are kept as written. Contextual Hades II / Dead Cells Run Builds and Farming Plans are deferred beyond 0.5.

Quick Add or Guided Setup?

Quick Add, when offered, uses the saved titles, values and defaults immediately. Guided Setup lets you fill in choices and edit a preview before applying it. Changes in that preview affect the new trackers, not the saved source template. Game-specific templates may require Guided Setup.

Save your own setup

1. Prepare a tracker or Goal in your game.
2. Open its actions and choose Save as Template.
3. Give it a useful name and tags, then save.
4. Open My Templates to apply, edit, duplicate or delete your saved setup.

When you apply an own template, Choose Game lists its game of origin first when available, then games in your library and the option to create a new game. Guest-created own templates are associated with your account when you migrate the library at sign-in, so you can manage them on your other devices.

New To-Do items start unchecked. Reminder dates are calculated relative to when you apply the template. Review counter starting values and reminder settings before use. Curated catalog definitions are read-only and cannot be edited, cloned or saved as own templates. Only your own saved templates can be edited and duplicated by their author. Plus permits duplicating applied curated trackers, but does not make catalog originals editable or allow saving curated-derived content as own templates.

Examples from the curated collection

• The Elder Scrolls Online: trait research by crafting discipline and Mythic Item checklists. Set research timer dates yourself to match your character's actual research time.
• Stardew Valley: a cookbook with cooking completion, unlock notes and individual recipe trackers.
• Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian: alchemy recipes selected by category and subcategory.
• Character builds and material plans: supported games receive their own terminology or prepared choices; other games can use a universal setup.

08 / COME BACK AT THE RIGHT TIME

Reminders that fit your routine.

1. Create a Reminder tracker and add a reminder item.
2. Enter a title and choose the date and time.
3. Choose Does Not Repeat, Every Hour, Every Day or Every Week.
4. Choose whether the deadline shows a Date or Time Remaining.
5. For a one-time reminder, choose its action on tap, then save and allow notifications if prompted.

Complete, postpone or repeat?

Complete Reminder marks a one-time reminder done when tapped. Postpone moves it by the configured number of days. To move an existing reminder without opening its editor, press and hold it, choose a quantity and select hours, days or weeks. The date is updated and its system notification is rescheduled. An hourly, daily or weekly reminder repeats automatically; tapping it opens the reminder without changing its schedule. Edit its frequency or delete it when you no longer need it.

Find reminders that are due

Tap the bell on Overview to open the notification inbox. Tap an entry to go to its game and Reminder tracker. Opening a system notification also takes you to the relevant tracker.

09 / SMALL ADJUSTMENTS

Your app, your preferences.

Language & appearance

Open the gear icon on Overview. App Language can follow your device or use one of the available languages. Games Per Row, Carousel Hide Time and Always Show Game Covers control how your library and game switcher look.

Appearance: preview before applying

Between General and About the App, open Appearance. Select a theme to preview its palette, tracker card and seven matching icons on the same screen; tap Apply theme to use it. Midnight Quest (dark) and Daybreak Camp (light) are free. Plus adds Game World (game-cover background), Neon Arcade (black/pink), Golden Legend (gold), Emerald Grove (green), Haunted Quest (Halloween) and Christmas Quest. Locked themes can still be previewed.

The theme stays on this device. Game World uses the selected game's cover on the tracker screen, with a dark overlay and readable cards; without a cover it uses a dark fallback. If Plus expires, premium appearance falls back to Midnight Quest while retaining your preference.

Dashboard metrics

Below Appearance, Dashboard metrics lets Plus users choose three ordered metrics with a live preview. Selecting a metric already used in another slot swaps their positions. Reset restores Total Games, In Progress, Completed, which are also the Free defaults.

The nine choices are Total Games, In Progress, Completed, Total Trackers, Total Reminders, Next Reminder, Plus Days Left, My Templates and Completed Goals. Counts refer to the current app library; tracker counts include Goal children. Completed Goals counts completed nonempty Goal containers using their task, counter and recipe progress. Notes, characters and reminders do not determine Goal completion. A missing next reminder or subscription date appears as a dash. Days Left reflects the current paid period, not a promise that renewal will stop then.

Dashboard selection is device-local. After Plus expires, the default metrics are shown while your custom selection is kept for renewal.

Clear the local catalog cache

Game covers and public metadata use a system-purgeable cache. On iOS, open the system Settings app, find Game Tracker and enable Clear Game Tracker Cache; cached files are removed the next time the app launches. Your games and trackers are not deleted. Android exposes cache clearing through the app system storage settings.

Ask for help or report a problem

Go to Settings → Support Email, choose the appropriate request type and review the prepared message. Include what you expected, what happened and the steps to reproduce it. The Settings screen also shows your app version.

A bug report can include recent diagnostic files. Review the message and attachments before sending. If a mail composer is unavailable, the app may offer sharing or your default mail app. You can also use the support page.

10 / ACCOUNT & CLOUD

Keep your library local. Take a backup with you.

Sign in from the person icon using Apple or Google on iOS, or Google on Android. Signing in does not merge or replace your library. Games, trackers and own templates stay on the current device; they move between devices only when you restore a backup.

Link Apple and Google

Link both sign-in methods in Account to open the same account on either platform. Plus and your account avatar are shared by the account; library edits are not synchronized automatically.

Your account avatar

Open Account → Edit avatar. Signed-in Free and Plus users can choose an original silhouette or a photo. Plus also offers avatar frames. Save to update your account profile across devices. The app only accesses the photo you select.

Create a manual backup

Open Account → Backups → Back Up Now. The app saves a snapshot with own templates and library images, then queues its compressed file for cloud upload. Free retains one manual copy; Plus retains ten. Manual backups are never created by a timer.

When automatic backups happen

An automatic safety copy is created before deleting a game, restoring a backup or signing out, at most once every 24 hours. Free keeps one automatic copy, Plus ten. Further qualifying actions during that interval keep the previous protective copy. Ordinary edits, adding trackers, opening the app and inactivity do not create copies. If no qualifying action occurs, there may be no automatic backup.

Transfer between devices

On the destination device, sign in to the same account and tap Refresh Cloud Backups. Select a copy and choose Merge to combine it with the local library using the existing reconciliation rules, or Replace to restore it in place of the local library. Replace asks for confirmation. Restored additions still follow creation limits and reward rules.

Offline and storage

If upload fails, the backup remains on the source device and retries with a delay; no background loop repeatedly reads the library from the server. Confirm upload before uninstalling or moving to another device. Free has 50 MB and Plus 150 MB of cloud backup storage, shared by the account, with separate manual and automatic history allowances. A delayed automatic upload does not prevent an eligible manual upload.

Delete the account

Account deletion removes its server records, profile and cloud backup files. The current device keeps the library as guest data. Signing out or deleting the app does not cancel a store subscription.

11 / CAPACITY & PLUS

Understand what an addition needs.

Free includes 20 games, 20 trackers per game and 20 saved own templates. A Goal and each child count as trackers; items inside a tracker do not use separate tracker slots. Local manual tracking is available to guests within these limits. Curated applications, rewards and subscriptions require a Game Tracker account.

Optional rewards

At a limit, the app offers an ad, Plus or Cancel. A completed, verified ad adds capacity for 1 game, 2 trackers in the selected game or 1 saved own template. Unused tracker rewards stay with that game; rewards cannot be exchanged between categories. Retry the original action once the reward is confirmed. Added content stays, but deleting it does not create a reusable above-limit slot.

Own and curated templates

You may apply own templates repeatedly; only the resulting tracker capacity matters. If an own template needs five additional tracker places, three ads cover them at two per ad, less any existing rewards. The app calculates the requirement before applying.

Curated templates have 3 applications per week + up to 2 extra applications for ads, for a maximum of five. The week resets Monday at 00:00 UTC. If a curated application exceeds tracker capacity, one ad covers the complete selected addition, even during the first three uses. Future manual trackers follow the ordinary reward rules. Previewing and canceling setup do not spend a use.

Subscribe, restore and manage

Open Game Tracker Plus to compare monthly and yearly billing. Both offer the same features; prices and currency come from your store. After purchase verification, the screen shows Plus status and the end of the current period. This date can move after an auto-renewal.

Use the same Game Tracker account across devices. If paid access is missing, use Restore App Store Purchases on iOS or the available store restore/status action on Android, then refresh the account status. Do not buy a second subscription to fix an account mismatch. If verification is pending, reconnect first.

Manage renewal through the original store. Signing out, uninstalling or deleting an account does not cancel billing. If Plus expires, your existing library remains and Free limits apply to new additions. Read the complete feature comparison, subscription terms and advertising privacy details.

Why was an ad unavailable?

Rewards require connectivity, an available ad and applicable privacy choices. A privacy form appears only when required; it is not shown on every launch. Check the advertising privacy options in the app when available. An unfinished or unavailable ad does not grant a reward; a completed ad can briefly await server confirmation.

12 / Q&A

A few things worth knowing.