Rippple vs Show Tracker for Trakt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rippple
Discover trending movies and TV shows, track your viewing history, and share your thoughts with a vibrant community. Find where to stream content and manage your watchlists with customizable options.
- Discover trending and popular content
- Track watched movies and episodes
- Share comments and ratings
- Find where to stream content
- Manage watch history and lists
- Customizable app appearance
- Cross-device synchronization
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Rippple Mark II is available and should be used instead for the best and most up-to-date experience. This legacy version remains available for existing users, but it no longer receives new features and will eventually reach end of life. ___ Rippple is a Trakt client. You'll need to sign in to a Trakt account to use Rippple. Rippple uses the Trakt.tv and the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by Trakt or TMDb. Some features may be limited by the API used. Rippple respects the limits imposed by Trakt and TMDb. Rippple provides "Where to Watch?" information provided by JustWatch via TMDb but can't be used to actually watch movies or TV shows. Rippple's Terms of Use can be found at terms.ripppleapp.com.
Show Tracker for Trakt
Easily manage your TV shows and movies with this app, powered by Trakt.tv and TMDB. Discover trending content, track your watched history, and view detailed information about movies and shows. You can also check box office hits and browse upcoming releases.
- Discover trending and anticipated movies/TV shows
- Calendar of incoming releases
- Multiple themes and UI styles
- Multi-account support
- Detailed movie/TV show information
- Watched history and watchlist management
- Sync data with Trakt account
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Show Tracker for Trakt is the best app the manage your TV shows and movies, both on phone and tablet, powered by Trakt.tv and TMDB services. Features: - Discover trending and most anticipated movies and TV shows - Calendar of incoming movies or TV shows (by your locale timezone) - More than 8 beautiful themes to use - Multiple accounts support. You can sign in more than on the Trakt account, and manage them separately - Two different UI styles: Classic View and Compact View. Classic View is for more control, while Compact View is for more movies and TV shows - Check box office movies - Details about any movies or TV shows - Watched history, watchlist, collection, and recommendation of any movies or TV shows - Biography of any movie or TV shows crew - Statistics of any movies or TV shows: likes, votes, and so on - Comments on any movies, TV shows, seasons, and episodes - Browse all episodes or seasons for all shows in an easy way - Sync all data with your Trakt account Translation Credits: - Chinese: WEIFENG - German: Drazen NOTE: You can not watch episodes or movies. For episodes, only the release date on the original network is listed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Rippple at none against Show Tracker for Trakt's shown. Rippple also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 38%) and ratings volume (88 vs 12). Show Tracker for Trakt's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Rippple sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Show Tracker for Trakt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Rippple against 4.1 for Show Tracker for Trakt. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rippple has 88 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Rippple's written reviews are positive against 38% of Show Tracker for Trakt's.
Rippple ships an update every 5 weeks, Show Tracker for Trakt every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rippple | Show Tracker for Trakt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (88 ratings) — better | 4.1 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.8% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kevin Cador | Synnax Studio LTD |
Customer experience
Rippple
Show Tracker for Trakt
Bugs and requests
Rippple
Reported bugs
9 issues- Trakt auto log out persists
- App not loading anything
- 404 error when logging in
- Sync issues with Trakt.tv
- Likes and comments routinely fail
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- App icon issue after update
- Cannot hide profile sidebar on iPad
- Splash screen only, app won't open
- Constant authorization requests for Trakt.tv
Requested features
16 requests- iCloud sync instead of Trakt
- Lifetime subscription option
- Sort watchlist by recently added
- Add multiple countries/services to 'Where to Watch'
- Search directly within watchlist
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- Calendar of upcoming episodes
- Dark theme/mode
- iPad app availability
- WatchOS and tvOS app
- Letterboxd integration
- Filter/sort activity by year
- More complete activity view
- Grid view as default
- Option to display specific user-created playlists in 'Up Next'
- Show IMDb score in search and details
- Ability to select year when marking as watched
Show Tracker for Trakt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rippple
- Monthly Premium Experience$0.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Experience14 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium Experience$29.99
Show Tracker for Trakt
- Premium Access$2.99
Questions
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