SBIFF vs RecDek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBIFF
Access comprehensive schedules and detailed film information for all events, including the annual Film Festival and year-round programming. Stay updated on screenings at SBIFF's Riviera Theatre and Film Center.
- Event schedules
- Film information
- Annual Film Festival details
- Year-round programming
- Venue information
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Get all of your schedule and film info for SBIFF's events including the annual Film Festival and year round programming at SBIFF's Riviera Theatre and Film Center.
RecDek
Discover personalized film and TV recommendations from friends, family, critics, and festivals. Curate a unified watchlist across all streaming services and filter by subscription to save time and watch better.
- Friend recommendations
- Critic reviews
- Festival award winners
- Unified watchlist
- Subscription filtering
- Personalized discovery
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Independent entertainment discovery. Discover the best in film and TV across all streamers by getting the best recommendations from your friends, family, critics and film festivals. All in one place. Algorithms don't suggest good shows, use RecDek with your friends and family to share your best shows with each other and find what to watch next. You can also follow your favourite newspapers to get top reviews, and film festivals to get all the award winners! Curate your watchlist across all streamers and use the subscription filters it to find something personalised for you in the time you have available. Save time, watch better. Join our community and find out about the best shows around. Download now. Tell your friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RecDek at every 2 weeks against SBIFF's every 11 months. RecDek also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). SBIFF's advantage is ratings volume (444 vs 5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SBIFF against 5.0 for RecDek. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SBIFF has 444 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SBIFF ships an update every 11 months, RecDek every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBIFF | RecDek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (444 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 444 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Recdek Ltd |
Customer experience
SBIFF
RecDek
In-app purchases
SBIFF
No in-app purchases
RecDek
No in-app purchases
