Letterboxd vs TAP Future Students
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Letterboxd
This social networking app allows film enthusiasts to log movies, write reviews, and discover new films. Users can track their viewing history, follow friends' activities, and create custom film lists. Premium features offer advanced stats and streaming service filters.
- Log films with ratings and reviews
- Browse popular and highly-rated films
- Create and edit custom film lists
- Follow friends and view their activity
- Track viewing history and stats
- Discover films via streaming service filters (Pro)
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Letterboxd for iOS puts the popular social network for film lovers on your iPhone or iPad, so you can log films and catch up on your friends’ activity with ease. Sign in with your existing account (or create one for free) to enjoy our native app interface. These features of the web experience are supported, with more to come: – Sign in (with 1Password support) or create an account – Browse popular, highly rated and most anticipated films (including our official list of the Top 250 Narrative Features) – Log films with date, rating, review and tags – View film info (including cast & crew, popular lists and reviews) and rate, like, watchlist or mark as watched – View (and filter) your activity feed – Read and comment on reviews and lists – Create and edit lists – View member profiles including films, reviews, diary entries, tags, stats and more – Follow members to see their activity in your feed – Filter and sort collections of films based on specific criteria – Search for films, content and people – Edit your profile settings Our app offers account upgrades: – Upgrade to 1 Year of Letterboxd Pro or Patron – Pro tier adds annual and all-time stats pages based on your account activity, advanced activity and streaming service filters (including the option to pick and filter by the streaming services you subscribe to, powered by JustWatch.com), list cloning and removes third-party ads. – Patron tier provides all the benefits of Pro, plus the option to customize film posters, backdrops on your profile and content (if available), additional stats, a listing in the Patrons directory on our website and early access to new features. – Payment is charged to your iTunes Account when you confirm purchase and your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for a renewal up to 24 hours before the end of each current period, at the same annual fee. – You can manage your subscription and disable auto-renewals in the App Store app following purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable Our terms of use are always available at: https://letterboxd.com/legal/terms-of-use/ We welcome your feedback regarding Letterboxd for iOS. Please email us: hello@letterboxd.com
TAP Future Students
Connect with future university classmates and student ambassadors to get insider tips and build friendships before arriving on campus. This invite-only platform is designed to help new students kickstart their university journey with security and support.
- Connect with future classmates
- Meet student ambassadors
- Get insider university tips
- Build friendships before campus
- Secure, invite-only platform
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Connect with future classmates and student Ambassadors, get insider tips, and start building friendships before you arrive on campus. Designed to help you kickstart your university journey, it is invite-only, ensuring security and support for new students like you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Letterboxd at 59% against TAP Future Students's 0%. Letterboxd also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (88K vs 2). TAP Future Students's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Letterboxd sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $18.99 per year. TAP Future Students asks for nothing beyond the download.
Letterboxd holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Letterboxd has 88K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Letterboxd's written reviews are positive against 0% of TAP Future Students's.
Letterboxd ships an update fortnightly, TAP Future Students every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Letterboxd | TAP Future Students |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (88K ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #28 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Letterboxd | The Ambassador Platform Ltd |
Customer experience
Letterboxd
TAP Future Students
Bugs and requests
Letterboxd
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to save or edit reviews
- Search and navigation issues
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between app and website
- Syncing and data loss problems when switching devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add TV show support
- Improve social features like notifications and commenting
- Implement offline functionality
- Add more customization options
- Introduce a cheaper tier for basic features
TAP Future Students
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Letterboxd
- Letterboxd Pro (1 Year)$18.991 Year
- Letterboxd Patron (1 Year)$48.991 Year
- Video Store Rental2 variants$3.99
- Video Store Rental$4.99
- Video Store Rental$5.99
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- Video Store Rental$6.99
- Video Store Rental$7.99
- Video Store Rental$8.99
- Video Store Rental$9.99
- Video Store Rental$14.99
- Video Store Rental2 variants$19.99
TAP Future Students
No in-app purchases









