Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this for my husband as a fathers day gift a couple years ago. He literally takes it with him everywhere. He can just snap his phone right into it. And he doesn't have to worry about the hassle of carrying around a controller and a charger for the controller. Granted the price of a controller and this device is essentially the same, but now he can leave his controller at home! He loves that the feel of the backbone is similar to the controller itself. The fact that it collapses is also great for when you need to put it in small spaces, meaning i can literally stick it in my purse and not have it being bulky! This keeps him gaming on the go! It's great for gaming when he has down time at work or when we are traveling.

Bought one for me and one for my son. I use Xbox cloud gaming and he plays mobile Fortnite.They work exactly as advertised. Connection was plugged in play. Like the product so much that I might buy another one in the pro version.

I bought this for my son for Christmas and it’s by far his favorite present this year! He also got the new Nintendo switch 2 but still plays using this more. My daughter kept borrowing it so I went back to get another.

Backbone is great for mobile gaming. Its small enough to take with you. Buttons are responsive overall great product. My only complaint would be price could be a little lower.

This thing is absolutely incredible, best mobile Controller I’ve owned! Wish the buttons were a little quieter but that is the only complaint I have, recommend getting the case two, protects it perfectly

I love this if you’re new to this, I would recommend this other than the PlayStation portal because that’s gonna cost much but if you want to start I’ll recommend this cause it’s a lot cheaper even on Black Friday. It’s a very good item I would say you won’t regret this.

I LOVE this. Works great with my Zenfone 11 Ultra. Even without the subscription it works with a bunch of games, particularly mobile adventure games. Would definitely buy again.

I liked that it's pretty portable and has charging passthrough. It is a little pricey in my opinion and one of the more annoying features is the app wants you to purchase a subscription every time it opens. The buttons are clicky and the dpad is decent. There aren't very many phone games that use it but I got it for deadcells to play on a flight and found it worked with stardew valley as well. Although pricey I kept it since it works with PlayStation remote play and with steam remote play. Great for when I want to play and someone is using the tv.

This thing is great. Buttons are great, iphone 15 pro max fits great in the controller. Performance of the controller is great as well.

Picked this up during BF for $70. To sum it up, the backbone controller is like attaching Switch Joy Cons to your phone (with slightly larger joy sticks). The experience is great for almost any game that supports a controller. Emulation, SteamLink, Play Store and sideloaded games all work and with a direct USB-C connection there isnt any noticeable input lag. Works well with my Pixel 7 and slim bumper case. Only downside is the backbone doesnt support USB transfer through its secondary USB-C port. So no ability to add additional storage for a larger catalog of local games.

The backbone PlayStation edition is a great product to have as a mobile gamer. You can stream your console directly to your phone with low latency. I recommend this over the PlayStation portal because you can do more than just play PlayStation games. You wont regret buying one of these.

Great Product, don't try to mix this one with Xbox one for it will not work or other way around. For Playstation games make sure to get the white one and it works so good.

I use a Samsung Flip 3 5G. I bought the white playstation model. The phone fits perfect with extra set of adapters that come with it. Very easy to take out the original and pop in the other ones. I use it to play off my PS5 at home in another part of the house, while im on the bus to work, or 30 miles away at work. No problems at all knock on wood. There is an odd looking button that you use to be able to connect the phone to ps remote play that took me a while to figure out. Thats it. I recommend to any Samsung flip users and or PS Remote users.

Literally better than any tv console I've played on, light night fast response, complete controll or axis, compatible with google play down loads, and acts as a good prop when watching movies. Backbone games are y Great and you get a free trial, lots of options to keep you busy for hours, I'm an FPS player and racer so the console is the perfect thing to use, motion sensor function would be dope for racing games because it fits in your hands like an F1 steering wheel, or a super car, only issue I have is this model doesn't have streaming capability! Solid product!

I like the easy set up, I have big hands so it feels small but didn't want to buy the pro, so good value for the $.

Works great with my wife's iPhone. She hated on screen controls. Feels great. Easy to use.

Great concept and much easier to play on if you haven't adapted yourself to other controllers like Xbox or PlayStation. The joysticks are just not like console controllers and way further apart. I'm sure you can get used to it with enough time but for me personally I change all my settings and sensitivities on my controllers and I play on the Xbox elite and this was just to odd to play on. I only got it for when I'm out at work in the oilfield for 7 days. I played it one time and was just not feeling it. Also I have a great phone (s24) but be darned I'm getting old and I was squinting to all heck trying to play COD zombies seriously and it wasn't happening lol I already gave it away. So most of this is my personal opinion and the quality of the backbone is there and the concept is awesome my opinion is just something to think on before you drop $100. It could be about $60-65 and would make more sense considering you're already paying for gamepass or the backbone subscription. You get 30day trial of backbone subscription. BUT it is portable and that's great as long as you have phone service!

I like it. It works great! Fits in my hands very well and has good button response.

To be fair, I didn’t even give this thing a chance against the Portal. I purchased both at the same time, but I was so blown away with the quality of the Portal, and it suited my needs perfectly. The Backbone got returned the next day. I wasn’t looking forward to having the drain on my iPhone battery while using the Backbone. I appreciate that the Portal is its own device. The Backbone may be ideal for individuals who are looking for a hyper portable gaming solution. That’s not what I was in the market for.

Gifted this to my adult child for Christmas and they loved it. Made gaming on the go a lot more fun! I would definitely recommend it.