Backbone — Next-Level Play

4,8
18,1K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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About this app

Backbone turns your phone and tablet into the ultimate gaming device.

■ Play any game or service that supports game controllers.

The Backbone One controller works with services like Xbox Game Pass (xCloud), Xbox Remote Play, and Amazon Luna.

It also works with games like Minecraft, Diablo Immortal, or any other game that supports controllers.

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.

■ 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/

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/
Updated on
14 Oct 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, Financial info and 4 others
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Messages and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4,8
17,7K reviews
Donald Thomas
28 August 2025
Every time I launch the app, a little red banner pops up at the bottom of the screen saying "Something went wrong! Please try again." This message often sits on the screen for quite a while before sometimes finally disappearing, only to reappear as I navigate around the app. While games still work fine with the controller and I can still navigate around the app with the controller, clicking on videos in the app will not bring them full up full screen to watch as it's supposed to.
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Backbone
04 December 2023
Hey Donald. I wanted to follow up here and let you know that we were able to identify and correct the issue with app version 1.5.3. Please update your app and let us know if you're still having any issues!
Ferdinand Opinion
31 October 2024
I don't recommend getting the controller or the app for that matter. It needs a subscription for you to enjoy fully most mobile games. You can't even use it as a controller on your other devices (pc, etc...) without a subscription! I would rather recommend the razer one, while a bit more expensive- i can just plug and play it on a device.
12 people found this review helpful
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Daniel
05 September 2024
Amazing app and UI, feels like I'm on a console. **PREVIOUS 5* REVIEW** However, recently, they've removed the monthly subscription [which makes the controller work with certain games like Free Fire] and now force a year subscription instead of monthly payments. Which is scandalous. These features were behind pay walls in the first place, but the monthly wasn't much, and I didn't mind, I'm not paying a years subscription, though at once!
4 people found this review helpful
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Backbone
10 September 2024
We haven't made any changes to our subscription model, so it is curious you were subscribing monthly as we don't even have that option enabled in our Play account. That said, if this is something you'd like to see and feel would add value, we're certainly open to exploring it!

What's new

Bug fixes, enhancements, and performance improvements