Photos
Keep the box, components, inserts, condition, or anything else worth remembering with the item itself.
Board game collection app
Keep the whole shelf accounted for.
Catalog the games, expansions, editions, and details you actually own, so the collection stays useful long after the shelf outgrows memory.
More than a list of boxes
Keep the details with the game.
Condition
Record the state of the copy you own before shelf wear, missing pieces, or resale make the details matter.
Purchase details
Remember when and where you bought it without hunting through old orders or receipts.
Recorded value
Keep a value for reference when replacement, resale, or collector context matters.
Categories
Organize games in a way that makes your own shelf easier to understand.
Private notes
Save house notes, component details, edition differences, or other context only you need.
Supporting files
Keep receipts, reference PDFs, documentation, and other files connected to the game they describe.
Useful links
Save a rules reference, publisher page, BoardGameGeek entry, replacement-parts page, or another source worth returning to.
Your whole game shelf
Base games to big-box editions.
Catalog the games you play, collect, display, replace, trade, or simply do not want to forget you already own.
Strategy & hobby games
Euros, campaign games, deck builders, worker-placement games, war games, and the boxes that anchor a larger collection.
Family & party games
Family favorites, social games, trivia, party games, card games, and the titles that come out with a group.
Expansions
Standalone boxes, modular expansions, campaign add-ons, extra factions, maps, and other pieces of a growing system.
Deluxe & collector editions
Kickstarter editions, big-box releases, promos, upgraded components, limited editions, and versions where the exact copy matters.
Older & out-of-print games
Vintage games, discontinued editions, inherited copies, and titles that may be difficult or expensive to replace.
Your games, your system
Give the shelf some structure.
Use categories such as Strategy, Family, Cooperative, Two Player, Expansions, or whatever makes your own collection easier to browse.
StrategyFamilyCooperativeTwo PlayerExpansions
Capture first
Start with the box in front of you.
Add the game with the details you know, use photos when they help, and keep moving. A useful record does not need every hobby-specific field before it can exist.
Add the identity
Give the game a clear title and enough context to recognize the copy later.
Add photos
Capture the box, components, inserts, damage, upgrades, or another detail that matters to your copy.
Keep useful context
Add condition, purchase information, value, notes, files, and links when they are worth remembering.
Keep moving
No specialist database match is required for the item to belong in Catalist.
Useful beyond game night
Know what is already on the shelf.
A board-game catalog earns its keep when the collection itself is not right in front of you.
Avoid duplicate buys
Check the collection before a sale, convention, used-game shelf, or online order turns into another copy you did not need.
Remember the expansion
Reference your existing items when a new expansion or edition makes you wonder what is already part of the system.
Document special copies
Keep photos and notes with upgraded components, promos, deluxe editions, signatures, or other details that make the copy different.
Prepare for resale or trade
Reference condition, photos, purchase details, and notes instead of reconstructing them at listing time.
Keep supporting material close
Put receipts, useful links, PDFs, and references with the game instead of scattering them across email, folders, and bookmarks.
Manage a growing shelf
Give a large collection enough structure that the physical shelf is not the only reliable source of truth.
Built around ownership
Catalog the games themselves.
Catalist keeps the focus on what you own: the box, the copy, its condition, photos, purchase context, files, notes, and value. You do not need to log every player, score, or session to keep a useful collection.
More than board games
One collection does not need one app.
Your board games do not have to live in one specialist tool while books, vinyl, movies, puzzles, and other collections live somewhere else.
Keep them in Catalist while each collection keeps the organization that makes sense for it.
Explore what you can catalogSimple pricing
Two plans. One complete Catalist experience.
Start free or go Pro. Use the same Catalist account for board games and every other collection you want to keep together.
Catalist Free
$0
Catalog up to 75 items across 2 collections.
- 2 collections
- Up to 75 items
- Add and organize your catalog
Catalist Pro Monthly
$4.99 per month
Catalog unlimited items across unlimited collections.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited collections and items
- Photos and useful item links
- Purchase dates and estimated values
- Notes and ownership details
- Model and serial numbers
Catalist Pro Annual
$49.99 per year
Get the same unlimited Pro plan and save with annual billing.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited collections and items
- Photos and useful item links
- Purchase dates and estimated values
- Notes and ownership details
- Model and serial numbers
Start free with 2 collections and up to 75 items. Go Pro for unlimited collections and items.
Questions, answered
The practical details.
What to know about using Catalist as a board game collection app.
What is a board game collection app?
A board game collection app gives you a digital record of the games you own, with photos, categories, condition, purchase details, notes, values, files, links, and other context you want to keep with each copy.
Can I catalog expansions separately?
Yes. Add expansions as their own items and organize them in the collection in a way that makes sense to you. Catalist does not currently infer expansion relationships automatically.
Can I keep multiple editions of the same game?
Yes. Each copy can have its own item record, photos, condition, purchase details, value, files, links, and notes.
Can I keep photos of components or box condition?
Yes. Add item photos for the box, components, inserts, damage, upgrades, signatures, or another detail worth preserving.
Can I attach rules or reference files?
Yes. Supporting files and labeled links can stay connected to the game they belong to.
Does Catalist track game plays and scores?
Catalist is currently centered on the collection and the physical items you own rather than play logging, player statistics, or score tracking.
Does Catalist sync with BoardGameGeek?
Not currently. Catalist can still keep a useful board-game record without a BoardGameGeek connection.
Is my board game collection public?
No. Catalist is private by default.
Can I use Catalist for board games and other collections together?
Yes. Keep Board Games beside Books, Vinyl, Movies, Puzzles, Home, and other collections in the same Catalist account.
Know what is on the shelf.
Give your board game collection a record that can leave the game room with you.
Private by default · One catalog · Everything you own