Limelight: Find What to Watch

Limelight: Find What to Watch

Movie & TV Tracker, Watchlist

20 ratings
9 reviews
Free
In-App Purchases

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Released
February 7, 2025
Updated
October 21, 2026

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Discover movies and TV shows, find where to stream them, and track what you want to watch. Features personalized recommendations, streaming availability across major platforms, and AI-powered scene recognition. Organize your viewing with watchlists and custom lists.

✓Personalized recommendations
✓Streaming availability search
✓Watchlist and seen list tracking
✓AI scene recognition
✓Multi-source ratings
✓Customizable lists
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What's New in Limelight

2.6

October 21, 2026

With this update, Limelight is ready for iPhone Duo and has added many new features and improvements. New Features • Made for iPhone Duo: Limelight fits the outer display, the inner display and every fold, with title pages that open like a book across the hinge. • Describe in Search: Type "feel-good movies from the 90s" and Search turns it into filters you can change. Requires Apple Intelligence. • Visual Intelligence: Point the camera at a poster, or circle one in a screenshot, to find it in Limelight. Needs Apple Intelligence. • Ask Siri what to watch: Say “What should I watch on Limelight?” and Siri gives you one pick for tonight, chosen from the streaming services you use, along with the reason it was picked. • Episode Ratings Grid: A season-by-episode map of every episode's score. • Trending Today: A new way to see what’s popular. Home now opens with a large carousel of the top 10 trending movies and shows. • Tonight's Pick widget: One pick for what to watch tonight. • Trending Now widget: Today's most popular movies and shows on your Home Screen. • Save from anywhere: Share a link from Safari, IMDb or Letterboxd to add the title to your Watchlist. • Undo: Shake to undo a removal or a Seen mark. • Landscape on iPhone, plus layouts for any window size on iPad. • Open in New Window: Open any title in a window of its own on iPad and iPhone Duo's inner display. • Recent searches: Your recent searches sit at the top of Search, on this device only. • Siri knows what's on screen: On a title's page, say "add this to my watchlist" or "mark this as seen". • Search your Watchlist and lists from Spotlight, with posters. • Drag and drop a poster from any list into Messages, Notes or another app. • Why each pick was chosen: Touch and hold a Just For You poster to see why it was recommended. • Skip talk shows: New talk show episodes don't alert you unless you've pinned the show. • Grouped alerts: Three or more alerts at once arrive as one notification. Enhancements • House Lights: A new opening for first launch, with a spotlight on tonight's top trending title. • Swipe or use the poster strip to move through a row after opening a title from Top 10, Just For You, Coming Soon or Trending Today. • Read It First now opens with a beautiful animation. • Without Limelight+, the extra ratings sit blurred beside the TMDB score so you can see what they add. • Save to List offers New List at the top and saves the title straight into it. • Empty Watchlist and Seen lists offer QuickSort to fill them. • Pull to refresh keeps Home's rows on screen while new picks load. • Search tells you when Apple Intelligence is helping, and offers Try Again when a search fails. • Better VoiceOver and Voice Control support, with named posters and clearer headings. • Clearer, darker secondary text, and the largest text sizes no longer cut words off. • Reduce Motion fades between titles instead of sliding. • New haptics for filters, Save to List, purchases and app icons. • Posters load faster and are ready everywhere they appear. • Clearer error messages and consistent account wording. Bug Fixes • Creating several lists quickly no longer asks you to sign in again. • Every Top 10 tile now has a poster and opens the title it names. • SceneSnap can be cancelled while it works, and it matches actors more carefully. • Watchlist and Seen counts now roll to their new number. • Ratings fill in as soon as you subscribe to Limelight+.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Limelight+ Monthly

A monthly subscription to Limelight+

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User reviews

does what it says on the tin

Limelight is an app that has a watchlist and a recommendations feature. if you're like me, and you only watch movies and shows casually, then that's basically all this app will be. the lack of individual episode tracking is a bit odd, but not a huge deal breaker for me.

i'm not sure why such basic features, like the top 10s leaderboard and the ability to hide films or add them to custom lists, are locked behind a monthly subscription. if i didn't know better, i'd assume this was to nickel and dime, but devs gotta eat too i suppose. i only wished they took the Apollo route- have simple features locked behind a one-time purchase, and more expensive features (like notifications) locked behind subscriptions.

regardless of the bizarre paywalling, this app does indeed have a watchlist and a recommendations feed, which is pretty much the only thing i need. something nice and private to break away from Reelgood.
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Hard to track

It’s hard to track anything with this app. There is no continue watching feed to see what’s next on your list. You can’t even mark tv show episodes as seen individually so how can you tell where in the series you are? This seems like a new app that needs a lot of work and most of the cool features are behind a paywall. Stick to TVTime it’s free and does tracking the right way.
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I use it daily

I love being able to track the movies and shows I watch, and discover new ones. It’s great to be able to see top shows and movies by streaming service and only show the services I have. Plus I enjoy being to see if a show or movie is based in a book. This is a great app.

Netflix movie

This is an awesome app. Makes it easy to decide what to watch. Great App!!

Response from developer

Thank you for the feedback!

So helpful

This App is so incredibly helpful and has made watching movies / shows that much more enjoyable

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words!

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FAQ

What is Limelight?

Limelight is an entertainment app designed to help you discover movies and TV shows, find where they are streaming, and keep track of everything you want to watch. It offers personalized recommendations and detailed information about titles.

Does Limelight have ads?

No, Limelight is supported entirely by subscriptions and does not contain advertisements. The developer emphasizes a clutter-free user experience.

What streaming services does Limelight support?

Limelight compares availability across major streaming platforms including Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Peacock, and Paramount+.

How does Limelight's AI scene recognition work?

SceneSnap, Limelight's AI feature, can identify what you're watching and who's in it from a photo, screenshot, or video. This feature is part of the Limelight+ subscription.

What are the subscription options for Limelight+?

Limelight offers monthly ($2.99/P1M) and yearly ($14.99/P1Y or $24.99/P1Y) subscription plans. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial.

What features are unlocked with Limelight+?

The Limelight+ subscription unlocks advanced features such as AI scene recognition, streaming Top 10 charts, multi-source ratings comparison, unlimited custom lists, and pinned watchlist items.

Is Limelight available on all devices?

Currently, Limelight is supported on iPhone and iPod devices. Information on broader platform availability may be updated by the developer.

How often is Limelight updated?

The latest version of Limelight is 1.7.4, and it was last updated on March 22, 2026. This indicates a recent update cycle, suggesting ongoing development and support.