Retrodex
Retro game collection tracker and game encyclopedia
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I was looking for apps to track my retro game collection and everything looked.... really dated and not great. So I spent the last 5 months making my own. I've made a lot of apps for other people over the years, but this is the first one I've made for myself. iOS and Android. Let me know what you think!
HN · launched May 4, 2026 · 11 upvotes (top 37%) · 1 view
Niche: video game trackers and analytics · 87 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▲ +133% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Vertical SaaS
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 87 launches in video game trackers and analytics →
Could you build this?
Yes Retrodex is a mobile collection management app combining standard CRUD features, barcode scanning libraries, and public video game metadata APIs, which AI assistants can construct readily.
Discussion
3 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Gameye
Concerns raised: No web app - limits to mobile/tablet only, Inventory management difficult on small mobile screens
Feature requests: Web application version
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 181 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #63 of 182 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 176 days after the earliest competitor.
- Fossilware · hn · 2026-03-20 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Game Boy Release Timelines · hn · 2026-01-07 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Retroable · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- GameRoll: Game Backlog Tracker · ph · 2026-09-27 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Retro Decennium · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Mod33 · ph · 2026-09-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- TrackMyDex · ph · 2026-09-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- I built a website for games that catch my eye · hn · 2025-11-28 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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