Cineaste App vs Director's Cut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cineaste App
Easily manage your movie lists, track what you've watched, and discover films for your next movie night. Seamlessly export and import your lists to keep your collection safe across devices.
- Manage movie lists
- Track watched movies
- Discover movies
- Export/import lists
- Cross-device sync
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Cineaste is the most comfortable way to find the proper movie for a relaxed movie night. Here you can easily manage all movies you want to see or you have already seen. If you want to transfer your movie lists permanently to another device, you can export and import them without any problems.
Director's Cut
Log your cinema visits, track movie expenses, and discover new releases. Browse your viewing history, search for cast members, and visualize your visited theaters on a world map. Never miss a future film with an intuitive watchlist.
- Log movie visits
- Track expenses
- Search cast members
- View visited theaters on map
- Earmark future releases
- Automatic movie retrieval
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Easily record your visits to the movies by choosing from current screenings and movie theaters nearby. Browse through your history and search for actors and other cast members you have seen. Keep track of expenses and see statistics based on your data. Reminisce by viewing the world's map including the movie theaters you have visited. Furthermore never again forget about that movie you heard about. Intuitively earmark future movie releases and scroll through them when planning your next visit to the box office. Automatic movie retrieval is currently supported for the following countries - Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, United Kingdom, USA For all other countries a generic list of current movies is available In-App-Purchase You can manage up to 9 entries for free. Managing more than 9 entries will require an in app purchase. This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Director's Cut at 4.2 against Cineaste App's 3.0. Director's Cut also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Cineaste App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Director's Cut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cineaste App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Director's Cut holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Director's Cut has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Cineaste App ships an update every 6 weeks, Director's Cut every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cineaste App | Director's Cut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Felizia Bernutz | Christian Nissen |
Customer experience
Cineaste App
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In-app purchases
Cineaste App
No in-app purchases
Director's Cut
- Director's Cut Unlimited$0.99
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