Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Backbone One PlayStation Edition is an absolute game changer for mobile gaming. The ergonomic design feels premium, and the buttons are responsive, mimicking the feel of a PlayStation Controller. Highly recommended for anyone wants a console like gaming experience on their phone.

While there are more console-like controllers out there, and for cheaper, the backbone remained my selection because of its portability and the backbone app. Also, I cannot forget the ease of use, which was a huge factor in me keeping this over something else like the Gamesir.

Great to use for remote play, easy to use and accessible, only issue I have is that the joysticks are a little small and sensitive. But it is still a great tool to have to play video games while laying down in bed.

It's a nice little device. Works great with my iPhone 15plus, was able to remote play my PS5 while traveling. Only a couple minor issues keeping it from 5 stars, one is the ergonomics of it prevents much more than a half hour of playtime before your hands start getting really cramped and the 3.5mm headphone jack is a bit too small of a hole and didn't work with my audiophile style cans. I really like the service, the app collates all your game services and games into one launcher which is nice. Lastly, it worked great with the Delta app for all things retro gaming.

I might have returned but i was spared my dignigty and pes he loved like he hurt. Soo good? Good boi.

Its prerty cool just wish it would vibrate on all gaming. Plus in order to get the full experience you do have to pay for a subscription. But if you dont mind the cost I definitely recommend picking on up.

Great and love the feel of the buttons feels like your playing the PlayStation right on your phone, great graphics and very easy to store away

This is almost as good as the portal and can play more games

Very good build construction. Feels good to use. Easy to put phone in and out. My complaints are that there is no dedicated PS home button and or touchpad button. The Backbone button always wants to switch you to the Backbone app, which has little usefulness. When using it with PS Remote Play, you have to tap it for some very precise amount of time to get the effect of pressing the PS button. Also, there is no button to simulate tapping the touchpad of a Dual Sense/Sual Shock 4, which is very frequently used in most games to get to the map or pause screen. But I think this issue is Sony’s fault

Good for mobile gaming via App Store, steam, ps, Xbox, etc. definitely an upgrade for comfort and phone fitting from the first generation. For the price I think it’s pretty decent

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.

Backbone One PS Edition is and amazing device. It covers a whole bunch of game and you can literally use it anywhere you want. 4star due to having some features behind a paywall (streaming, button remapping, and some cloud games). Though this last part is not much of a deal breaker since you can access your PS, XBOX and PC games through their respective apps. The cloud service is more if you dont own a console! Menu / button layout: it might take you a few days before you can completely get used to what button does what, but its just a regular controller with a few extra features so nothing bad to say here... Grip: its not bad, though it could be better. For people maybe with small hands its perfect. For people with big hands (as myself) it a bit uncomfortable as the handle are slim and your hands will feel weird when holding it. Sound: guess it depends on the devices you use. I have Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro and i can tell you sometime it feels like i have full headset. Clear and heavy sounds. Guess it does support some sort of surround/ atmos audio (again depending on your device). Charging: It does have a USB C passthrough under he right hand handle. Have read that for some people it does not charge as fast as it depletes the battery (yes it does use some of your phone's battery for certain features) but in my experience Ive found thats NOT the case. Overall GREAT device for those looking for an alternative to a STEAMDECK, ROG ALLY, GCLOUD or ONEXFly. (yes yes i know, this is for phones and those are basically full-blown handheld PCs, but if you dont have the $ this is the way to go. )

Bought it for traveling and playing games on my phone rather than its intended use, and it works great with the games installed on my phone. I have also used it to play my PS5 remotely, and it works great as well. The shape of the controller can feel a little clunky and not that conformable after a while. Overall satisfied.

The Backbone is an awesome mobile gaming controller. Pair it with an AAA game streaming service like XBox's Clouding Gaming or NVidia's service and you're all set. One major negative is the need to subscribe to their service to use features other gaming controllers (Razer Kishi v2 anyone) offer for free. That's half of a star deducted. The Backbone feels good in the hand even though textured grips would have been perfect. While the face buttons have a nice concave shape and are comfortable under the thumb, the travel is long but functional. Then bumpers are good if not anything special and the triggers could have a more pronounced curve to nestle your fingers in. Let's take half a star for that. Overall, this is a great controller and one I still enjoy.

Pretty cool, except that it Takes Over control of the PS5. So, if my son is playing a game and I go to a doctor's appointment and want to play something, it will Let me, Without saying anything, and Kick Him out of his game... It takes Priority to the PS OS.. at the VERY LEAST, it should PROMPT Me that the PS is currently in use, so I want to proceed anyway?... Then I could call my son and Communicate, instead of HIM calling ME to say I kicked him out of his game...

For the price, you better have a good to excellent internet speed for streaming playstation games on it. As a mobile conroller in general, good quality, and requires no extra charge requirements. Great for android users, an almost must buy for apple users.

Worth every penny. This backbone was a gift and it gets used EVERYDAY, I had to purchase a case and bumpers for the toggels. The accessories were super cool (and purchased separately). This backbone is litterally a PSP but cheaper and you use your phone. I would recommend getting a warranty because the analong sticks and triggers started to stick and that is common with backbones.

Works great with the iPhone 15 Pro Max [you'll need to swap the plastic side guards for the bigger phone, which was a bit of an annoyance... hence the star off. Joysticks feel good, if a bit tight... but I REALLY like how tight the buttons feel on this thing. So much so I really kinda wish I could get a PS controller for my PC with the same feel [they almost have a tactile mechanical feel, which I love] So far it's been mostly Dead Cells on my phone... and for a portable gaming device, it works. I haven't used this with my PS5 at all, mostly because I don't think FFXIV would go over well on a mobile phone, but as a standalone device for new phones that have almost as much power as the OG M1 mac? Not too shabby ^^

Bought for my son, seemed easy to set up but he doesn’t really use it.

This thing is pretty awesome. I had to knock off one star because it didn't work with the case that I had on my phone when I bought the Backbone. My clear Otterrbox Symmetry case was too thick where the USB-C plug of the Backbone plugs into the phone (iPhone 15 Pro), so it would not connect to the phone at all. It seemed like it was just shy of making the connection. I ended up having to buy another case for my phone (3 in less than a month) to be able to make it work. Thankfully, I had just bought a lightning version of the Backbone for my son's iPhone 12 mini one day before buying mine, and it worked great with the case he had on his (JETech Magnetic Case bought on Amazon), so I just bought one of those cases and now the backbone works as advertised. If I had one suggestion for Backbone, it's to make the USB-C plug protrude a sixteenth of an inch or so farther so than it can work with thicker cases. That being said, the improvement they made from Gen 1 to Gen 2 of adding the included swappable magnetic adapters to allow for phone with cases on in the first place was my deciding factor in buying this controller. The Gen 1 Backbone not supporting a phone with its case on was a deal breaker for me. Seriously, who wants to take their case off every time they want to play some games more conveniently? It kind of defeats the purpose. So, I'm glad they addressed it, but they do need to address the small flaw I mentioned above for Gen 3. Overall, it is a very good product, and I would recommend it.