WBFYC Screeners vs Academy Members
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WBFYC Screeners
Access exclusive Warner Bros. 'For Your Consideration' screeners. Authorized users can view, download, or stream content after pre-authorization and login.
- View screeners
- Download screeners
- Stream screeners
- Exclusive Warner Bros. content
- Requires valid credentials
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The WBFYC Screeners app allows authorized Guild members or Warner Bros. users to view, download, or stream Warner Bros. 'For Your Consideration' screeners. Valid Warner Bros./Guild credentials are required to access content in the WBFYC Screeners app. Pre-authorization from a Warner Bros. Television Distribution Contact, and a valid login/password are required to use the app.
Academy Members
This app provides exclusive access to Academy members, offering the latest news, screening information, and industry discussions. Members can also stream titles eligible for awards consideration directly on their devices.
- Latest Academy news updates
- Screening and event information
- Industry discussions forum
- Stream award-eligible titles
- Exclusive member access
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The Academy Members app extends existing Academy membership features to the iPhone and iPad. Academy Members can stay updated on the latest Academy news, access information about screenings and events, engage in industry discussions with fellow members, and stream titles eligible for awards consideration. Please note that this app is exclusively available to Academy Members.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Academy Members at 4.1 against WBFYC Screeners's 3.0. Academy Members also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). WBFYC Screeners's advantage is review sentiment (17% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Academy Members holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of WBFYC Screeners's written reviews are positive against 0% of Academy Members's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WBFYC Screeners | Academy Members |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (52 ratings) | 4.1 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Warner Bros. | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Customer experience
WBFYC Screeners
Academy Members
Bugs and requests
WBFYC Screeners
Reported bugs
42 issues- Login code expired
- Stereo playback only
- Cannot cast to decent screen
- Crashes every time
- Cannot download without error
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- Screeners only play on phone
- Continues to refresh when casting
- Cannot download/play movie
- Only cast through DirectTV stream box
- Does not stream
- Black screen with sound
- Movies skip and glitch
- Crashed unexpectedly
- Screen only appears black
- Spent two hours trying to screen
- App won't work with older devices
- AppleTV generation 3 too outdated
- Won't accept the code
- Crashes on launch
- Unable to connect to screener
- Sent to different sites and apps
- Refusal to allow secondary screen
- Viewed on tiny laptop screens
- Less than ideal sound and vision
- HDCP stuff is ridiculous
- Screen goes black with sound
- Screen went black
- Progress bar kept going forward, but no picture
- Lock itself to closed interfaces
- Configured for Monterey?
- Neither played at speed (dropping frames)
- Blank screen
- Buggy app
- Does not airplay or chrome cast
- Aggressive watermarking ruins films
- Watermarking every 10 minutes
- No AirPlay to big screen
- No picture in picture view
- Not being capable of playing on big screen
- Straight to iPhone
- App works great. No Casting though.
- Not everyone has an Apple TV
Requested features
5 requests- Support for Amazon Firestick
- Extend mirroring capability to other devices
- Make app Chromecast able
- Allow casting to TVs
- Bring back DVD and BluRays
Academy Members
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WBFYC Screeners
No in-app purchases
Academy Members
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is WBFYC Screeners free?
Is Academy Members free?
Which has better reviews, WBFYC Screeners or Academy Members?
Do WBFYC Screeners or Academy Members have ads?
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