Settings is GameGoblin's management hub for accounts, synchronization, presentation, notifications, support, and data controls.
Open Settings
- iPhone and iPad: Tap the Settings gear.
- Mac: Open the GameGoblin Settings window with the app menu or Command-Comma.
Settings Pages
General
General contains app-level options and the data-management area, including Reset All Data.
Accounts
Accounts lists connected providers, account names, Connect actions for missing platforms, re-authentication when needed, and Disconnect actions.
Sync
Sync shows each platform's play, library, achievement, and Wishlist phase status when supported. Expanded status rows can show progress, duration, estimated time, counts, awaiting details, last success, and recovery actions. It also shows iCloud account and setup health.
Customize
Customize contains Library, Home, Game Detail, and achievement-default controls. Pro presentation changes are synchronized through iCloud. Choose Edit before reordering rows.
Notifications
Notifications controls the device-local release-reminder preference and shows whether system notification permission is available.
Help
Help links to the GameGoblin Help Center, the support request form, and the external Privacy Policy. About shows the GameGoblin version.
iCloud Synchronization
An Apple Account signed in to iCloud is required to connect gaming accounts and use GameGoblin. The app does not provide a local-only account or library mode.
When devices use the same Apple Account and iCloud is available, GameGoblin synchronizes the connected library, platform accounts, game details, achievements, guides, and supported presentation preferences.
Library opening and section layout preferences, Home layout, Game Detail layout, Library sorts and filters, and provider achievement defaults can synchronize. Delivery may take time, especially after a new device is set up or an Apple Account changes.
Automatic refresh cadence, sync checkpoints, notification authorization, and release-reminder enablement remain device-local.
How iCloud sync works
GameGoblin stores your library in your private iCloud database using Apple's CloudKit service. Each device keeps its own copy of the library and exchanges changes with iCloud in the background. Apple schedules this work, so changes are not always delivered instantly.
Before GameGoblin lets you connect, reconnect, or disconnect a platform, or starts a new platform sync, it first confirms that it has received your latest data from iCloud. This prevents one device from overwriting newer changes made on another device.
Why iCloud sync can take a while to start
iCloud sync can take longer than usual to start in some situations, especially:
- Right after GameGoblin is updated to a new version
- When GameGoblin is opened on a new device or reinstalled
- After signing in to a different Apple Account
- After a device restart, before the device is unlocked
- On a slow or interrupted network connection, or when Low Power Mode or Low Data Mode is on
- When the library is large or many changes were made on another device
After an update, the system may need to prepare GameGoblin's iCloud data and download recent changes before syncing resumes. This usually finishes within a few minutes, but it can occasionally take longer. Your library remains available while this happens, and nothing is lost.
Checking iCloud sync status
Open Settings > Sync and look at the iCloud section:
- Last updated from iCloud shows when this device last received changes.
- Last saved to iCloud shows when this device last sent changes.
- Updating synchronized library… appears while changes are being exchanged.
If iCloud is still syncing appears on the Accounts or Sync page, GameGoblin is still waiting for iCloud before it allows account changes. Keep GameGoblin open and connected to the internet. Account changes become available automatically when syncing finishes, and platform syncs you request in the meantime run afterward.
If iCloud activity stays in progress for an unusually long time, the Sync page offers Restart iCloud Sync. Restarting reconnects GameGoblin to iCloud without deleting your library or discarding changes that are waiting to upload. If the restart does not succeed, close and reopen GameGoblin.
Do not disconnect a platform or use Reset All Data to speed up iCloud syncing. Both actions permanently remove data and do not make syncing finish faster.
Disconnect a Platform
- Open Settings > Accounts.
- Choose the account's Disconnect action.
- Review the warning that the platform's games will be removed.
- Confirm Disconnect and Remove Games.
Disconnect removes that platform's games and account, synchronized provider credential, sync checkpoint, registered service, statuses, issues, and platform-owned reminder requests. It does not remove other platform accounts. CloudKit propagates the removal to other devices using the same iCloud account.
If a disconnect fails, GameGoblin preserves retryable state and reports the failure. Do not assume a partial operation completed; review the displayed recovery action.
Reset All Data
Reset All Data is a destructive, app-wide action. It removes GameGoblin's app-owned local and private iCloud library data, gaming platform accounts and credentials, synchronized presentation preferences, sync checkpoints, reminders, caches, and in-memory provider sessions.
Reset does not remove your external Steam, PlayStation, RetroAchievements, or Xbox account. It also does not cancel App Store purchases or remove RevenueCat purchase history, and provider-owned system-browser cookies remain outside the GameGoblin reset.
Use Reset All Data only when you intend to start GameGoblin from an empty state. If the operation encounters a required cleanup failure, GameGoblin keeps the reset retryable instead of reopening stale data.
Customizing Library and Home
GameGoblin Pro can show, hide, and reorder Library sections and Home sections. On iPhone and iPad, Open Library To chooses the section list or a specific section for the first Library visit in each window. Later tab switches preserve your current Library position. iOS uses native Edit mode. Mac has an equivalent Edit and Done control for section layout. Ordinary dragging does not reorder rows.
At least one Library section and one Home section must remain visible. The selected Library section falls back to another visible section if it is hidden.
Customizing Game Detail
GameGoblin Pro can show, hide, and reorder the global Game Detail blocks. Conditional blocks appear only when relevant to a game. Hiding a block changes presentation only and does not delete the underlying game data.
Support
Choose Settings > Help > Submit a Support Request. The form includes the app and platform context. Active Pro access can include GameGoblin's anonymous RevenueCat customer identifier to help with purchase support. Free, inactive, and unknown access does not include that identifier.
Do not include passwords, passkeys, API keys, refresh tokens, or private CloudKit data in the request.