Backbone — Next-Level Play
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Description
Backbone turns your iPhone and iPad Mini into the ultimate gaming device. ■ Play any game or service that supports game controllers. The Backbone One controller works with services like PS Remote Play, Xbox Game Pass (xCloud), Apple Arcade, Xbox Remote Play, Google Stadia, and Amazon Luna. It also works with games like Call of Duty: Mobile, Minecraft and Genshin Impact. Press the Backbone Button to bring up the app and launch into your favorite games that support controllers from one place. ■ Record, edit, and share epic gaming clips Backbone One has a built-in Capture button that allows you to easily screen record or screenshot gameplay and share directly to social platforms like Instagram Stories and iMessage, all directly from your mobile device. ■ Never miss a moment Hold the Capture Button to bookmark a moment when recording. Forgot to bookmark? Once a video is captured, Backbone’s app helps you identify your most action-packed moments automatically, allowing you to show off your best moments and highlights with ease. ■ Party with your friends With Backbone’s Rich Presence feature, you can get push notifications when your friends start playing games on Backbone, making it easy to join the action in real-time. Once you see a friend online, you can link up for voice chat inside the app and move from game to game, seamlessly. To learn more, download the app or visit https://backbone.com/ A Backbone+ subscription is required for some features within the app. Any feedback? Use the in-app feedback tool, ping us at support@playbackbone.com or tweet us @backbone Terms of Use: https://backbone.com/terms/
What's New
Bug fixes, enhancements, and performance improvements
Details
- Developer
- Backbone Labs, Inc
- Main Category
- Social Networking
- Version
- 1.9.26
- Version Release
- 2026-03-02
- Initial Release
- 2020-10-19
- Size
- 376 MB
- Age Rating
- 12+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO and 4 more
- Bundle ID
- com.backbonelabs.backboneapp
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.80 (98,307)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-30
Metadata updated 2026-06-14
Rank History
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Competitive Benchmark — Social-Networking Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Threads | Free | ★ 4.64 | 2,011,600 | 31 | 2026-06-08 |
| 2 | WhatsApp Messenger | Free | ★ 4.69 | 18,076,005 | 39 | 2026-06-07 |
| 3 | Free | ★ 4.52 | 26,780,019 | 32 | 2026-06-09 | |
| 4 | Life360: Family Safety & GPS | Free | ★ 4.79 | 2,856,842 | 21 | 2026-06-09 |
| 5 | Telegram Messenger | Free | ★ 4.01 | 271,141 | 19 | 2026-06-09 |
| 6 | Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out | Free | ★ 4.70 | 3,457,374 | 1 | 2026-06-10 |
| 7 | Messenger | Free | ★ 4.66 | 12,701,436 | 29 | 2026-06-10 |
| 8 | Google Meet | Free | ★ 4.76 | 2,332,277 | 54 | 2026-06-11 |
| 9 | TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited | Free | ★ 4.79 | 904,992 | 3 | 2026-06-08 |
| 10 | GroupMe | Free | ★ 4.72 | 1,559,035 | 14 | 2026-06-08 |
| 99 | Backbone — Next-Level Play | Free | ★ 4.80 | 98,307 | 10 | 2026-03-02 |
User Reviews
had to removed the app cause everytime i try open the playstation home button on remote play it sends me to backbone app everytime kept the controller so is very good but the app opening itself is super ANNOYING!!!
After only 2 months of purchase left trigger button stopped working.
I plugged my it into my iPhone and as soon as i got on the app the back bone would not work but I don’t know if I had to set it up or something but when I finally created my account it kept telling me to broadcast and it wouldn’t go away and when I tried to use the the buttons it just stopped. Most infuriating thing I had to deal with
so heres problem one: if i connect my backbone to my phone it switches to backbone audio and then i cant here. so i went to check my control center audio center the iphone audio was gone and i have no idea how to fix it. anyways heres problem two: can u pls make xbox remote play in the backbone app free? because i dont wanna pay money to play xbox games.
You can play so many games on this app with a controller on your phone and its awesome! Most definitely worth the money.
Emulator won’t save unless you don’t close the app, and even then will freeze. Xbox all works good. Codm perfect! Stardew valley perfect! Decent app! Just needs work. And a lower price for subscription.
It took me to pictures of naked men and I can’t connect my Xbox damnit
I bought a pro controller from them a month ago used it about 5 times. I noticed it wasn’t charging so I thought it was full went to plug it to my phone and nothing. Looked online found some troubleshooting things I can do and nothing work. This product is a scam! I subscribed to their yearly subscription which I want a refund back on as well. Horrible horrible product. This is supposed to be the pro? Smh Update: they will not give me a refund even though it was bought 5/10 not even a month like I thought. They rather send me another broken controller. GAMERS DO NOT BUY. Seen better ones on Amazon and I’m going to try them
Like the idea of a new game
Ever since the last couple new updates the backbone will connect to the audio port instead of phone speakers
I love the product and the services but recently I had went too use the backbone app loading cyberpunk 2077 it will not load the game and crashes before I get a chance to play it this has been going on for about a week now please have the developers fix this bug
I have to controller for the app but when I open the app it’s permalocked on a 40 dollar subscription page with no exit button. Genuinely no point of having the controller if it’s gonna force me to pay more on an app just to use it. I used the app only once before and it worked fine but now it’s stuck on the subscription page even when I made a new account.
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