Comparison

imWatching vs VVAE for V2EX

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

imWatching

Discover new movies and TV series based on what your friends are watching. Track your viewing history, mark favorites, and share your reviews. Get notified when friends start watching something new.

Highlights
  • Discover new movies and TV series
  • See what friends are watching
  • Mark as watched or favorite
  • Add to watchlist
  • Rate and review content
  • Get real-time notifications
Features
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imWatching is the app will help you to discover new movies or Tv series to watch! ***IT IS NOT A STREAMING APPLICATION*** When you don't know what to watch, your friends are the best source of inspiration! Do you have a friend who likes the same genre of movies like you? Look at his/her profile and discover the latest movies or tv shows he/she has watched! Mark a movie as watched or favorite, add it to your watchlist, rate it and write a review that your followers will read! When you start to watch a new movie, click on the "imWatching" button. All your followers will be notified! And you'll receive a notification as well when your friends start to watch a film. Powered by TheMovieDB

About

VVAE for V2EX

Features
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VVAE is a client for V2EX, a Hacker News-style community for the Chinese-speaking world, where developers, designers, and other creative people talk about programming, startups, gadgets, careers, and life. Reading is free. VVAE Premium unlocks signing in (to reply, post, and more) and the AI assistant, which runs on your own API key. Most of V2EX is written in Simplified Chinese. VVAE's interface is in English, and the AI assistant replies in English, so it can sum up a long Chinese thread for you. Browse the home feed and hot topics, explore nodes (V2EX's topic boards), search, and keep up with your notifications. Posts and replies are carefully typeset, so even long threads are easy to read. No ads, no gratuitous animations, no nagging. Your login and API keys stay in the iOS Keychain. The AI assistant uses your own API key: summarize a whole thread, rank the answers in it, and ask follow-up questions. Choose from eight providers, including OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Ollama Cloud, and any OpenAI-compatible API. Requests go straight to your provider, not through our servers, and your provider bills you for usage. Premium does not include AI credits. Built for both iPhone and iPad: a familiar tab bar on iPhone and a true three-column layout on iPad. Already on V2EX? You also get a Hot Today widget, true-black dark mode, and V2EX PRO support. VVAE is an unofficial third-party client and is not affiliated with V2EX. Content comes from v2ex.com, and use is subject to V2EX's rules. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

imWatching4 screens
VVAE for V2EX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: imWatching at none against VVAE for V2EX's 3. imWatching also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). VVAE for V2EX's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VVAE for V2EX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. imWatching asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

imWatching ships an update every 2 weeks, VVAE for V2EX daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
imWatching versus VVAE for V2EX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterimWatchingVVAE for V2EX
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB15 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMarco NicotraVast Logic

In-app purchases

None

imWatching

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

VVAE for V2EX

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is imWatching free?
imWatching is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VVAE for V2EX free?
VVAE for V2EX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do imWatching or VVAE for V2EX have ads?
imWatching shows ads; VVAE for V2EX does not.
Which is updated more often, imWatching or VVAE for V2EX?
imWatching ships an update every 2 weeks, and VVAE for V2EX daily. Most recently, imWatching was updated on October 24, 2026 and VVAE for V2EX on October 24, 2026.

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